Today I got up early and went out to explore the garden like every morning, suddenly I saw beautiful blue lilac flowers in the distance. My rosemary has already started to bloom! I open my arms and squeeze its leaves, feeling that characteristic smell of grass and I think about the joy that these simple things bring.
I remember a few years ago I was struggling with a rosemary cutting to keep it from drying out and becoming the divine bush I see today. Everything is trial and error in this gardening, perhaps if I had informed myself a little I would have avoided a few lost cuttings .
Luckily we have the information at our fingertips today (never more literal). I opened my favorite garden pages and got to work researching. Objective… so that my Rosemary doesn’t die anymore! In this note I am going to share with you everything that I learned at the time to achieve this abundance of bush.
1- Suitable place
Rosemary originates in countries with warm climates, so one of the priorities is to choose a place with plenty of sun. He loves the sun like all of us, he needs between 6 or 8 full hours. If you have very harsh winters, I recommend covering it with an anti-frost fabric as a mini greenhouse. Four pieces of wood, a little roof and that’s it!
2- Good drainage
Rosemary grows best in Mediterranean climates, which is why it likes stony, permeable and dry soils that do not become waterlogged . If you don’t have it, I recommend building a mound and preparing suitable soil for it to grow without limitations and prevent its roots from rotting. You will notice this because you will notice that the plant begins to dry from the bottom up.
3- Subscription
As it says above, it likes nutrient-poor soils, so much fertilizer will not be necessary. I made the mistake of giving him a lot of nutrients and the poor thing got really sick. In this case less is more.
4- Irrigation
Irrigation should be little or almost non-existent. One way to check if it needs watering is to put your finger in the soil and check if it is dry. If you have it in a pot, water it deeply once or twice a week. This plant does not usually show a lack of water until it is almost in a coma, we can affirm that the finger test is pure science hahaha!
5- Pest control
It is usually a fairly strong plant and resistant to pests and diseases, although the fungus can be one of the diseases that can affect it due to excess humidity. You can recognize it because you can see a whitish powder covering it, I was scared to death the day I discovered it! Luckily for every evil there is a cure, in this case we must always have neem oil which is fabulous for combating and preventing pests.
6- Pruning
Every year we will cut the weakest branches, but don’t think you are a hairdresser, just minimal pruning is more than enough . At first I let it grow on its own and a bush flower formed, you should take this into account if you have little space in your garden.
