Growing rosemary at home - everything you need to know about potting
Rosemary is an evergreen shrub with aromatic shoots used as a spicy seasoning. And although this plant open ground, growing rosemary at home, we have more widespread. This is due to the fact that lush bushes do not tolerate low temperature. Already at 10 ° frost, the aboveground part of the rosemary freezes, and if still colder - it completely dies. Most of the regions of our homeland cannot boast warm winters. Fortunately, rosemary does well in indoors and can grow in pots. If you give it a little attention, you can always have a fragrant spice at hand without worrying about its safety in the off-season.
Growing rosemary at home - planting features
Buying room rosemary is not a problem, because almost every garden center has lush, fragrant bushes. When choosing a seedling branched plants with a height of about 15 cm should be preferred.
Rosemary does not need highly nutritious soil, and does not like it. The main thing is that it is light and breathable.
A moderately fertile and loose soil mixture will turn out if you mix:
- 2 shares of sod and leaf land;
- 1 share of peat, humus and sand.
As for the flowerpot, for growing rosemary in at home, it should be spacious enough. The plant has very developed root system. Clay pots work best - they breathe.
Do not put a pot of rosemary next to plants that are often attacked by spider mites. Since the spice will be used for food, it cannot be processed with chemistry, and the mite is very fond of rosemary.
How to care for rosemary in a pot
The most important thing indoor rosemary needs is good lighting. Only under this condition will he actively branch and present many fragrant twigs. For the summer, a pot of rosemary is a must take it out into the street. There, in the fresh air, he will grow the cut shoots. But, unlike most indoor plants living in the garden in summer, rosemary cannot be hidden from the sun. The pot should be put on well lit place.
Return the rosemary to the house for the winter. He should spend the winter in relative coolness, but, again, in a bright room. The optimum temperature in winter for the spice is 10-13 ° C. In a warm room, the bushes can also live, but they will suffer from dry air. In this case, they will need to be sprayed frequently.
Cool wintering encourages bud setting.
Because rosemary is a drought tolerant southern crop, it does not need frequent watering. The bush will survive the drying out of the soil, but the excess moisture will not. Waterlogging is dangerous for rosemary and is often the reason for its death.