Thanks for the great ideas on propagating oregano and rosemary. I have been successful with an even shorter step to propagate rosemary. I live in southwest Florida where, apart from this 2023 draught year, we have abundant rain and sandy soil. What I have done very successfully is to simply stick a screwdriver directly into the garden soil where I want the rosemary to grow, push the cutting into the punched hole, loosely close the soil around the cutting, water daily for about two weeks then let the now newly-rooted plant grow with the rest of the garden. Next, I will try oregano. Your tip on using the softer cuttings makes sense and I will try both the water-jar method in your video and the direct planting to see what happens. Thanks again for your very encouraging and useful tips.
I propagate my tomato plants this way from year to year. Saves me the trouble of planting from seeds each year or buying expensive plant starts. Also its a great way of perpetuating varieties I like and that grew well for me. And for more difficult plants I use a DIY cloner that I saw someone make right here on youtube
You can easily root rosemary from a wooden part and only water (I always do it like that)...it really works and I have one right now, so not just from the soft part!
Nice tips; I've been trying to root sage and rosemary without success. But I must point out that propagation does not pertain only to rooting cuttings. Propagating can be any method of growing a new plant. (Seed, rooting, air layering, etc.)
Hello Efren, sorry you haven't been able to root your cuttings. Those woody herbs can be tough ones. Try it with the worm tea and see how it does - it's worked so well for me. Keep me posted and thanks for watching!
Rosemary took me For Ever to grow from seed definitely one of the more slow and challenging of all the things ive tried. But finally after 2 years my plant is big enough to take cuttings! hoping to see roots on mine cool so i can share them with friends and families much like i do with my aloe vera plants! Great videos Kim you rock
Rosemary from seed is definitely challenging, Stan! That's awesome that you took on that challenge and are now reaping the rewards. Isnt that one of the fun things about gardening?! Getting to see the tangible results of your efforts is just so satisfying. Thanks for watching!
Hi Kristy - soft stem cuttings are definitely the easier way to go. I've tried many times without success, the worm tea tipped the scales for me! Let me now how it goes for you!
Great video! My basil and mint are starting to show roots and I"m so excited! It's the first time I've done this and now I want to do the same with my rosemary and oregano to give to all my friends!
Basil and mint are the easiest to root, rosemary and oregano amoung the hardest. It's always fun to grow new plants for friends. It makes a nice gift all potted up in a pretty spring container. Keep me posted!
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Great video thanks! I am going to be selling herb plant starts and fresh herbs at the farmers market this year and I really am not a fan of oregano. I have a decent patch of it already, and I didn’t want to plant it from seed and hen potentially end up with Gina of it... I would have to plant it somewhere! So now I will just take cuttings from what I already have and sell that as plant starts! Thanks you have just saved me time, money, and likely a bit of frustration too!
Nice info ....... I have a Rosemary plant that I turn into a hedge right next to my sidewalk with a pair of shears next to it so people that walk past can help themselves. Oregano and Sweet Basil I don't need to plant, I just wait till they drop seeds and sprout volunteers all year long for me. ~ Aloha ..... :)
Basil works as well! I buy several plants in the spring and once they get established I start cuttings and make more plants. Also I've managed to keep coleus cuttings alive all winter this year. Hoping to keep them going until it's warm enough to put them back in the garden!
Glad you have had success with basil, it is one of the easiest! Congrats on keeping your coleus alive, I"ll keep my fingers crossed for you! Thanks for watching!
Yes I meant ate not are lol , I’m up to 15 basil plants again. I love the feeling of being a cook for a living at Wholefoods then coming home and picking my two thyme,two oregano’s, sage, my rosemary plants , 2 basil cilantro and my parsleys just using them an
One of the best videos on water propagation. Will sure try it out and thanks for the tip on adding the nutrients in the water. I guess they help in speeding up the process....
What a creative way to use the earthworm tea. Uncle Steve just told me the reason why this works so well is because the VermisTerra tea has a pH of 3.8-4 which makes all the elements and trace minerals in the tea available to the cutting! The natural growth hormones get those roots going fast, and the beneficial microbes protect the roots for transplanting! We are going to add this video to our Blog! - Mindy
Oh, earthworms 🪱 tea? What do you dig them up in the garden and then pour warm water over them and then put it in a jar with a lid and shake it up and wait for the earthworms to dissolve, and then put it on the plants?
1. does the rule of choosing soft cuttings apply to any plant with woody stems? 2. any experience growing cuttings of lemon verbena? if not you should try a plant, california is a good spot especially if you're in the southern half. 3. an abandoned community garden today yielded a huge amount of purslane and a big bundle of kale seed pods! 4. i'm kicking up my heals my first ever watermelons seem to be fattening on the vine! and the cucumber beetles don't care! woooooo!
Put a cuttings of lemon verbena in a small saucepan with soil and pour water over it. Now put the cuttings 10 cm into the pot and put them in a transparent plastic bag, close them well and don't open them, after about 4 weeks the cuttings will have roots. put the cuttings in the shade for 4 weeks..I've tried it 100 times, 99 times it worked. cut the verbena from the top 10 cm
3 weeks is a very long time for those to root. try using willow water or aloe vera to get your plants to root faster. to make willow water you just soak first year shoots cut in small pieces in a jar of water for about a day, strain and your done. to use aloe vera you cut off a fillet and either squeeze out the pulp n mix with water or use it as a rooting gel and stick your cutting into a seedling starter soil. you can get those rooted in under a week these ways. the only thing I've rooted that took that long was Japanese maple.
Thank you for the info Petey, I've a neighbor with a *huge* willow tree they trim all the time. I'll be able to make willow water from bits of the tree to root stuff. So awesome to know this information. I appreciate it. 🌱Be Blessed ღ 🌼
Sansa Stark im happy to help. I'm all about using what my environment gives me to garden. look up Korean Natural Farming, your surroundings give you everything you need to garden.
Thanks for the info, Petey. It certainly is longer than many herbs, but it was actually pretty quick for me, compared to what I had tried before. Thanks for the info on different ways to root - I'll have to try it w Aloe Vera, I have a plant in my front yard. Appreciate you stopping by!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY also adding an air stone to your water helps a lot as well. I really wish I know now when I started gardening. I've cloned many different ways and spent way to much money on different chemicals, equipment, and media. I now try to simplify everything I do in the garden an limit what I spend. I have found out that my environment gives me everything I need. seriously look into Korean Natural Farming.
I had great success with Basil in just tap water. Roots sprung out in just 1 to 2 weeks. Not so much luck with Tyme and Rosemary in just tap water. I will try again with your helpful tips. Thanks a bunch!
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So I watched a guy here in YT who mentioned a drop of peroxide in the water will encourage root growth and that has worked for me with basil and oregano and mint. The easy rooters. Im still trying to get Thyme, sage, rosemary to root.
I am sooooo glad I stumbled across this video! Hi, I'm bree and I'm a virgin gardner 👋 lol. I'm growing rosemary and oregano for the first (and cilantro) ... I cant get rosemary to germinate for the life of me but I bought some small plants at home depot that are doing well. Oregano...it seems to have plateaued in its growth and I'm not sure why. Same with the thyme😔. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it! Started then all outside in my screened porch. Snd I'm in Asheville NC, which I think is zone 6a...
I like to take cuttings from Basil plants. The same method you showed. Works great. Two of my favorite herbs. Greek Oregano winters outdoors in my zone 5 garden, but Rosemary needs to come in the house during my long Wisconsin winter...8 months indoors.
Hello Lark - basil is one of the easiest to root, so fun to get all those basil plants from just one mother plant! Good to know that you have successfully overwintered rosemary indoors, a viewer just asked me about that. Thanks for watching!
It's like you can read my mind. haha. I have been trying twice now with rosemary with no success and thought maybe it cannot be done. great info. will try
@@CaliKim29 , thanks for sharing your knowledge. However, it is pity that I have never been able to get OREGANO PLANTS at my place, in Tanzania, East Africa! Still looking for either seeds or plants.
Hello Kenneth - it's always fun to try new things, see what works and what doesn't. Good to know you are having success with these two lovely flowers! Thank for watching!
Hi a few questions: 1. Should I let the cutting callus out like with succulents? 2. How much light is too much? (Outdoors? Grow light?) 3. Have you tried rooting hormone?
Yes, you should let oregano cuttings callus before planting them, similar to how you handle succulent cuttings. Allowing the cuttings to callus helps prevent rot and increases the likelihood of successful rooting. Oregano is a sun-loving herb that thrives in full sunlight, both outdoors and under grow lights. But in super hot climates - afternoon shade is good. Hormone...No, I have not! Hope this helps - CaliKim
I have 60 baby green apple trees rooting in the greenhouse right now. I guess I went a little crazy when sticking them. I have no idea what I will do with them all, but it's been fun so far. I've propagated blueberry bushes, grape vines, even ficus trees. If I can grow it, I try to propagate it at least once. I propagated a ficus tree one year, and grew two beautiful small trees from it, which I gave to my mother-in-law and aunt as gifts. Last year, my 25 year old ficus tree (Mike the Ficus) died :(. My mother-in-law gave me cuttings from the tree I had given her before, and now I have Mike Jr. I call it MJ. I was so thrilled!! I have golden pothos propagates all over the country now, and rose of sharon props from my grandma's bush in Kentucky, all over northern Indiana and now spreading down to South Carolina. Share the love!!
I've rooted rosemary lots of times keeping them in a jar of water and they almost always root. Never had any bother. Of course you need to use young green stems not old woody ones.
Hello Pritu - glad you liked the video - I love working hard in the garden. it's always a good kind of tired after coming inside! Do you grow herbs? Thanks for watching!
Thanks for posting this info. However, I have the opposite problem with our oregano as it has become an evasive plant around a few of my fruit tree's. I can remove it in clumps and easily have another patch by planting that clump elsewhere. I'm live in the so calif high desert so im able to keep it at bay by restricting water, but thats not possible around the trees. Really cool ground cover that comes back year after year, and when it flowers it just looks incredible. So it really isnt that much of a problem if you plant it in the right spot.
Kim: I always look forward to your show now thanks to you for doing it full time! I just love how your yard looks and want something similar for mine even though we have big dogs (thus the name Little Shepherd Farm). Just wanted to tell you that I now have not only globe radishes coming in but also Oak Leaf Lettuce and Spinach as well. Thanks for all the great tips. Love your show. Again thanks so much for sharing this great info.
Thanks for watching, Little Shepherd Farm! Sounds like you have some really fun things coming! What are you planning to plant next? Have you tried propagating plants? Its simply amazing to me how easy it is to expand your garden this way! =)
Hi Kim. Nope. Haven't gotten that far yet. My household keeps running into tons of road blocks. Last night 2 of our dogs got into a bad fight and one had to go to the vets. So there goes my gardening money for a few weeks. LOL. It's always something. But...Life goes on and I have a ton of lettuce and radishes and a little bit of spinach coming up. I planted them from seeds in soda bottles and milk jugs and put them on the kitchen table where they can get direct sun light and they're doing great. But the 2 big fish tanks full of lettuce and onions are dead. There's only 1 tiny plant coming up there. LOL. Those were seeds I bought from some off name brand online. But the ones in the kitchen are from Mary's Heirloom Seeds out of California and they're doing awesome. It's swamp season here so i'll have to wait to build my raised beds till it chills out a little. It's gonna be in the lower 30s here tonight so I won't be putting anything outside until it warms up a bit more. I am very interested in trying that propagation method. I have watched a ton of videos here on YT about it. My wide is so encouraging too! She was raised on a very small farm so she knows some of this stuff. But me...I'm as green as grass. LOL. I am so looking forward to your next show! Could you please include a schedule of days and times in the description box so I don't keep missing you? I have to go back and watch reruns cuz my time is so screwy, but if I had a schedule then i could shoot for a specific day and time and set that time aside for your show. Thanks so much for taking the time to show some interest in your fans. we love you. I know I do. You're so natural at this and so genuine. That's impressive.
For the life of me I can not get my rosemary to grow through out the hot days of summer here in South Louisiana. So I just got a new plant and keeping it inside. So far it's still alive...
Hi Rick, Hopefully you are able to keep your plant alive this summer. How about planting it in an area with gets afternoon shade? I had a rosemary plant (that I propagated from a friend) in the same spot for years that didn't grow one iota. I moved it to a place where it got more sun, it STILL sat for a year or so and didn't grow much at all. Then, about a year ago, it just took off and is now what you saw in this video. Go figure. Thanks for watching!
Hello CaliKim, I'd like to know, do you make your own earthworm castings or do you purchase it, and if so who do you order from. Thank You very much. I do also enjoy your educational videos :)
Hello ragweed, I used to make my own, but found it hard to make enough to meet the needs of my large garden. I recently did a video on using worm castings in the garden, ruclips.net/video/BH9XUMWusaU/видео.html, and learned so much about how beneficial aged castings are. I now purchase them from vermisterra.com, (use promo code "calikim" for a 10% discount), have used them on my garden for 6 months, and love the results I am seeing. Check out the video linked above for more specific info. Thanks for watching!
Hola Kim! Catching up on my YT :) Your Rosemary looks amazing! Mine just grew into a bush and the stems seem to want to grow downward for some reason! Hahaha!!! It still looks nice though. Great video!
Thanks so much for watching! So glad you are learning new things from the channel. What are you growing in your garden right now? So glad you stopped by to say hello!
We are growing all kinds of heirloom tomatoes( Abe Lincoln, Roma, Amish Paste, Rutgers, Black Krim, Solar Ice, etc); all kinds of hot peppers (habenero, De Arbol, cayenne, poblano, jalepeno, purple tiger, firecracker), onions, garlic, cucumbers and watermelon. :) Next year I want to try potatoes and cantaloupe.
Lovely video Kim! I was wondering if you would make a video or have a video on planting herbs/vegetables that would make nice insect-pest deterrents. With warmer temperatures coming, and living in southern California as well, I would like to know of plants that would be great to keep in the back yard to keep away any pesky mosquitos or other unwanted insects! Happy Harvests!
hi loved you videos, I happen to have Enzyme Formula, ( its a recognized company, but not sure if I should mentioned here ) would that work? In the directions is mentions " Propagation preparation mix 1.5mL per gallon". its not nutrition but wondering if this would help more after roots start or even to promote it? it mentions its
No matter how many times I try I can never get oregano to root before it rots. I've tried changing the water anywhere from every other day to twice per day. But eventually the leaves start going black, one by one, and the cutting dies in a couple weeks before it puts out any roots. What could I do different here?
Better than worm tea, would use an Aspiring tablet per gallon b of water. Aspirin is made from the white willow tree and contains salicylic acid. It also will boost your plants immune system, especially when under stress from an attack.
Kim--those plants you got your cuttings from are in ground? I would love to have ours in ground but not sure they would winter over here in Missouri--what do you think? thanks-Kristy
I’ve had similar experiences, you might want to pick up a plant from a nursery or big box store ( Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc) keep me posted on your progress!
Is Rosemary invasive? I really couldn't find anything online that said it was, but I lived at a place before that seemed to have an over abundance of it, like it went crazy.
Flaquis I would not call it invasive, no, but it will spread some. It will take several years to get a large area of it. You might want to plant it in an area where you are ok with it spreading a little. Also it can be planted in a pot, just make sure the pot is large enough to sustain the plant and fertilize regularly. Happy gardening!
i went to the grocery store and bought an oregano plant and it didn't look to good so i took the god stems and put them in plain water and they rooted in 5 days
I am concerned about my rosemary - I've planted seeds a couple of weeks ago and nothing is showing yet, do they take a longer time than most herbs to come up?
Rosemary does take super long to germinate - hang in there, your patience will pay off - or find a friend with a rosemary bush and root a cutting! Keep me posted. Thanks for watching!
Hello FIBBI, great question. Oregano and Rosemary are perennial in zones 7 and higher, which means that they will continue to grow through the winter outdoors if you live in zone 7 or higher. If you are in a colder zone, you might want to consider bringing it indoors. You can find out your growing zone if you don't know it at this link, Plant Hardiness Zones: www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html. Thanks for watching!
Hi, Paul! Isn't it fun to do your own root cuttings?! Amazing how you can get plants for free with such a simple method! The process for root cutting sage would be very similar to rosemary- look for the softer, greener stems as those will have the quickest root growing results. Keep me updated on how it works and happy gardening!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Kim...I can grow rosemary but sage is harder for me...here it's autumn now ..I have a hothouse do u think it's worth trying cuttings and putting them in water? thnx for your channel..
Cuttings in water inside my home water gets moldy, yucky and have to throw them away! My home is only a year old. I think my home might be to warm? I can't figure it out...is there something I can add to the water so it doesn't do this?
I rooted a pineapple in water. Changed the water every single morning and within a week the first roots showed. I've found changing the water every day works. If it is older than 2 days it starts to make a slime layer on the plant and then it rots.
Joy Francisco this is a rather complicated process of distilling the herb... the first thing you need is lbs and lbs of herb, and you need a still. Some herbs are easier than others because they have lots of natural oils. But it is really quite a process with a whole lot of set up, for a very small return.
Thanks for the great ideas on propagating oregano and rosemary. I have been successful with an even shorter step to propagate rosemary. I live in southwest Florida where, apart from this 2023 draught year, we have abundant rain and sandy soil. What I have done very successfully is to simply stick a screwdriver directly into the garden soil where I want the rosemary to grow, push the cutting into the punched hole, loosely close the soil around the cutting, water daily for about two weeks then let the now newly-rooted plant grow with the rest of the garden. Next, I will try oregano. Your tip on using the softer cuttings makes sense and I will try both the water-jar method in your video and the direct planting to see what happens. Thanks again for your very encouraging and useful tips.
Thank you! You made it seem easy, you didn't overload me with ancillary facts and plant origins thank you!
You're very welcome! Where are you gardening, Murphy and what are you growing? CK
I propagate my tomato plants this way from year to year. Saves me the trouble of planting from seeds each year or buying expensive plant starts. Also its a great way of perpetuating varieties I like and that grew well for me. And for more difficult plants I use a DIY cloner that I saw someone make right here on youtube
You can easily root rosemary from a wooden part and only water (I always do it like that)...it really works and I have one right now, so not just from the soft part!
Nice tips; I've been trying to root sage and rosemary without success. But I must point out that propagation does not pertain only to rooting cuttings. Propagating can be any method of growing a new plant. (Seed, rooting, air layering, etc.)
Hello Efren, sorry you haven't been able to root your cuttings. Those woody herbs can be tough ones. Try it with the worm tea and see how it does - it's worked so well for me. Keep me posted and thanks for watching!
Not only are they hard to propogate but hard to grow from seed I’ve heard and I tried that and failed so hopefully her tips help…
You have absolutely inspired me to start growing my garden!!! Thank you!!!!
Rosemary took me For Ever to grow from seed definitely one of the more slow and challenging of all the things ive tried. But finally after 2 years my plant is big enough to take cuttings! hoping to see roots on mine cool so i can share them with friends and families much like i do with my aloe vera plants! Great videos Kim you rock
Rosemary from seed is definitely challenging, Stan! That's awesome that you took on that challenge and are now reaping the rewards. Isnt that one of the fun things about gardening?! Getting to see the tangible results of your efforts is just so satisfying. Thanks for watching!
Good video. Thank you. Mint and lemon balm can also be easily rooted using the same method.
claire bigelow Lol OMG 4 days wow. Just using water? Mine takes much longer
Great roots!!!! I have had success with oregano(with many tries) and basil but never rosemary. Rooting soft stem explains a lot!! Great tip🌻
Hi Kristy - soft stem cuttings are definitely the easier way to go. I've tried many times without success, the worm tea tipped the scales for me! Let me now how it goes for you!
Great video! My basil and mint are starting to show roots and I"m so excited! It's the first time I've done this and now I want to do the same with my rosemary and oregano to give to all my friends!
Basil and mint are the easiest to root, rosemary and oregano amoung the hardest. It's always fun to grow new plants for friends. It makes a nice gift all potted up in a pretty spring container. Keep me posted!
I’ve had great success propagating basil in water. Now I’ll try oregano and rosemary. Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome - you got this, Robin! Thanks for watching!
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Great video thanks! I am going to be selling herb plant starts and fresh herbs at the farmers market this year and I really am not a fan of oregano. I have a decent patch of it already, and I didn’t want to plant it from seed and hen potentially end up with Gina of it... I would have to plant it somewhere! So now I will just take cuttings from what I already have and sell that as plant starts! Thanks you have just saved me time, money, and likely a bit of frustration too!
Luv my herbs last year was not good I bought some plant and so far growing I have to learn how to propagate its amazing
Thank you so much for Showing us how to regrow Oregano ..will keep you posted
I love those scissors I have a whole bunch of them, and they work on all kinds of things!!!
Yep!!! Same!!!
Nice info ....... I have a Rosemary plant that I turn into a hedge right next to my sidewalk with a pair of shears next to it so people that walk past can help themselves. Oregano and Sweet Basil I don't need to plant, I just wait till they drop seeds and sprout volunteers all year long for me. ~ Aloha ..... :)
What a lovely idea
Basil works as well! I buy several plants in the spring and once they get established I start cuttings and make more plants. Also I've managed to keep coleus cuttings alive all winter this year. Hoping to keep them going until it's warm enough to put them back in the garden!
Glad you have had success with basil, it is one of the easiest! Congrats on keeping your coleus alive, I"ll keep my fingers crossed for you! Thanks for watching!
another great video and using the recycle pots are a great idea because they go straight into the soil without disturbing the root system of the plant
Nice video I’ve done with rosemary before was doing Oregano, I’ve propagated lots of basil and mint squirrels are my basil
That is awesome, Jeff!
Yes I meant ate not are lol , I’m up to 15 basil plants again. I love the feeling of being a cook for a living at Wholefoods then coming home and picking my two thyme,two oregano’s, sage, my rosemary plants , 2 basil cilantro and my parsleys just using them an
One of the best videos on water propagation. Will sure try it out and thanks for the tip on adding the nutrients in the water. I guess they help in speeding up the process....
What a creative way to use the earthworm tea. Uncle Steve just told me the reason why this works so well is because the VermisTerra tea has a pH of 3.8-4 which makes all the elements and trace minerals in the tea available to the cutting! The natural growth hormones get those roots going fast, and the beneficial microbes protect the roots for transplanting! We are going to add this video to our Blog! - Mindy
Oh, earthworms 🪱 tea? What do you dig them up in the garden and then pour warm water over them and then put it in a jar with a lid and shake it up and wait for the earthworms to dissolve, and then put it on the plants?
1. does the rule of choosing soft cuttings apply to any plant with woody stems?
2. any experience growing cuttings of lemon verbena? if not you should try a plant, california is a good spot especially if you're in the southern half.
3. an abandoned community garden today yielded a huge amount of purslane and a big bundle of kale seed pods!
4. i'm kicking up my heals my first ever watermelons seem to be fattening on the vine! and the cucumber beetles don't care! woooooo!
Put a cuttings of lemon verbena in a small saucepan with soil and pour water over it.
Now put the cuttings 10 cm into the pot and put them in a transparent plastic bag, close them well and don't open them, after about 4 weeks the cuttings will have roots.
put the cuttings in the shade for 4 weeks..I've tried it 100 times, 99 times it worked. cut the verbena from the top 10 cm
3 weeks is a very long time for those to root. try using willow water or aloe vera to get your plants to root faster. to make willow water you just soak first year shoots cut in small pieces in a jar of water for about a day, strain and your done. to use aloe vera you cut off a fillet and either squeeze out the pulp n mix with water or use it as a rooting gel and stick your cutting into a seedling starter soil. you can get those rooted in under a week these ways. the only thing I've rooted that took that long was Japanese maple.
Thank you for the info Petey, I've a neighbor with a *huge* willow tree they trim all the time. I'll be able to make willow water from bits of the tree to root stuff. So awesome to know this information. I appreciate it.
🌱Be Blessed ღ 🌼
Sansa Stark im happy to help. I'm all about using what my environment gives me to garden. look up Korean Natural Farming, your surroundings give you everything you need to garden.
Thanks for the info, Petey. It certainly is longer than many herbs, but it was actually pretty quick for me, compared to what I had tried before. Thanks for the info on different ways to root - I'll have to try it w Aloe Vera, I have a plant in my front yard. Appreciate you stopping by!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY also adding an air stone to your water helps a lot as well. I really wish I know now when I started gardening. I've cloned many different ways and spent way to much money on different chemicals, equipment, and media. I now try to simplify everything I do in the garden an limit what I spend. I have found out that my environment gives me everything I need. seriously look into Korean Natural Farming.
can i use any cactus gel with water and soak the cuttings in it ? thanks for this info
I had great success with Basil in just tap water. Roots sprung out in just 1 to 2 weeks. Not so much luck with Tyme and Rosemary in just tap water. I will try again with your helpful tips. Thanks a bunch!
Great video full of good information!
Ty so much!!
Glad it was helpful, Jackie.. Thank you so subbing, watching, liking the video (clicking on the thumbs up button) and taking the time to comment, all 3 of those really, really help the channel - Thank you!! CaliKim
So I watched a guy here in YT who mentioned a drop of peroxide in the water will encourage root growth and that has worked for me with basil and oregano and mint. The easy rooters. Im still trying to get Thyme, sage, rosemary to root.
I am sooooo glad I stumbled across this video! Hi, I'm bree and I'm a virgin gardner 👋 lol. I'm growing rosemary and oregano for the first (and cilantro) ... I cant get rosemary to germinate for the life of me but I bought some small plants at home depot that are doing well. Oregano...it seems to have plateaued in its growth and I'm not sure why. Same with the thyme😔. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it! Started then all outside in my screened porch. Snd I'm in Asheville NC, which I think is zone 6a...
I like to take cuttings from Basil plants. The same method you showed. Works great. Two of my favorite herbs. Greek Oregano winters outdoors in my zone 5 garden, but Rosemary needs to come in the house during my long Wisconsin winter...8 months indoors.
Hello Lark - basil is one of the easiest to root, so fun to get all those basil plants from just one mother plant! Good to know that you have successfully overwintered rosemary indoors, a viewer just asked me about that. Thanks for watching!
It's like you can read my mind. haha. I have been trying twice now with rosemary with no success and thought maybe it cannot be done. great info. will try
Perfect timing, Anja! Let me know how they turn out. Thx for watching!
@@CaliKim29 , thanks for sharing your knowledge. However, it is pity that I have never been able to get OREGANO PLANTS at my place, in Tanzania, East Africa!
Still looking for either seeds or plants.
Geraniums and roses are my current passion for cutting propagation.
Hello Kenneth - it's always fun to try new things, see what works and what doesn't. Good to know you are having success with these two lovely flowers! Thank for watching!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Did you ever get your grapes pruned and the photos I sent you?
Hi a few questions:
1. Should I let the cutting callus out like with succulents?
2. How much light is too much? (Outdoors? Grow light?)
3. Have you tried rooting hormone?
Yes, you should let oregano cuttings callus before planting them, similar to how you handle succulent cuttings. Allowing the cuttings to callus helps prevent rot and increases the likelihood of successful rooting.
Oregano is a sun-loving herb that thrives in full sunlight, both outdoors and under grow lights. But in super hot climates - afternoon shade is good.
Hormone...No, I have not!
Hope this helps - CaliKim
@@CaliKim29 thanks!!! You’re the best!
I have 60 baby green apple trees rooting in the greenhouse right now. I guess I went a little crazy when sticking them. I have no idea what I will do with them all, but it's been fun so far. I've propagated blueberry bushes, grape vines, even ficus trees. If I can grow it, I try to propagate it at least once.
I propagated a ficus tree one year, and grew two beautiful small trees from it, which I gave to my mother-in-law and aunt as gifts. Last year, my 25 year old ficus tree (Mike the Ficus) died :(. My mother-in-law gave me cuttings from the tree I had given her before, and now I have Mike Jr. I call it MJ. I was so thrilled!! I have golden pothos propagates all over the country now, and rose of sharon props from my grandma's bush in Kentucky, all over northern Indiana and now spreading down to South Carolina. Share the love!!
Make sure, if you ever wish to sell baby plants, that you don't propagate copyrighted plants. :)
G'day Kim thanks for sharing that, I find milk weed is another really easy and quick to root plant and all the mints of course.
Thanks for sharing, even basil can be grown the same way.
thanks.. i have been doing ok with Basil and Rosemary.. didn't know it works for Oregano too..
Glad it's worked for you with basil and rosemary. Give oregano a try and keep me posted! Thanks for watching!
love your vids, coming from st.maarten in the caribbean
U have insta? From the caribbean aswell
Yay a new video! These always make my day!
Thanks, Charlene! Appreciate your support. :)
East to root impatiens with the water in jar method.
I've rooted rosemary lots of times keeping them in a jar of water and they almost always root. Never had any bother. Of course you need to use young green stems not old woody ones.
Good information,, u r really hard working 😊🌹
Hello Pritu - glad you liked the video - I love working hard in the garden. it's always a good kind of tired after coming inside! Do you grow herbs? Thanks for watching!
CaliKim29 Garden &thank you for your help ful yip@
Thank you! Love it
Hello! Thank you for this video. The nutrient additive is called worm tea?
Nice way to go and if possible let us know all herbs that can be propagated
I put my Rosemary cuttings in a pot with soil and after 3weeks there are roots coming out the bottom
Same they are so easy to propagate
@plant Geeksusa did you put some growth hormone? What stem did you cut the woody one or young green stem?
Thanks for that info.
im gonna try this with my rosemary. but I've dun it with turmeric, ginger, garlic, scallions, basil, potatoes, leaks, bok choy, and celery.
"The rosemary roots have a much easier thyme growing." I heard what you did there.
:D
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Thanks for posting this info. However, I have the opposite problem with our oregano as it has become an evasive plant around a few of my fruit tree's. I can remove it in clumps and easily have another patch by planting that clump elsewhere. I'm live in the so calif high desert so im able to keep it at bay by restricting water, but thats not possible around the trees. Really cool ground cover that comes back year after year, and when it flowers it just looks incredible. So it really isnt that much of a problem if you plant it in the right spot.
What kind of warm tea?
Do a curry leave grow
Have you ever tried to make your own tea from earthworm castings?
Kim: I always look forward to your show now thanks to you for doing it full time! I just love how your yard looks and want something similar for mine even though we have big dogs (thus the name Little Shepherd Farm). Just wanted to tell you that I now have not only globe radishes coming in but also Oak Leaf Lettuce and Spinach as well. Thanks for all the great tips. Love your show. Again thanks so much for sharing this great info.
Thanks for watching, Little Shepherd Farm! Sounds like you have some really fun things coming! What are you planning to plant next? Have you tried propagating plants? Its simply amazing to me how easy it is to expand your garden this way! =)
Hi Kim. Nope. Haven't gotten that far yet. My household keeps running into tons of road blocks. Last night 2 of our dogs got into a bad fight and one had to go to the vets. So there goes my gardening money for a few weeks. LOL. It's always something. But...Life goes on and I have a ton of lettuce and radishes and a little bit of spinach coming up. I planted them from seeds in soda bottles and milk jugs and put them on the kitchen table where they can get direct sun light and they're doing great. But the 2 big fish tanks full of lettuce and onions are dead. There's only 1 tiny plant coming up there. LOL. Those were seeds I bought from some off name brand online. But the ones in the kitchen are from Mary's Heirloom Seeds out of California and they're doing awesome. It's swamp season here so i'll have to wait to build my raised beds till it chills out a little. It's gonna be in the lower 30s here tonight so I won't be putting anything outside until it warms up a bit more. I am very interested in trying that propagation method. I have watched a ton of videos here on YT about it. My wide is so encouraging too! She was raised on a very small farm so she knows some of this stuff. But me...I'm as green as grass. LOL. I am so looking forward to your next show! Could you please include a schedule of days and times in the description box so I don't keep missing you? I have to go back and watch reruns cuz my time is so screwy, but if I had a schedule then i could shoot for a specific day and time and set that time aside for your show. Thanks so much for taking the time to show some interest in your fans. we love you. I know I do. You're so natural at this and so genuine. That's impressive.
For the life of me I can not get my rosemary to grow through out the hot days of summer here in South Louisiana. So I just got a new plant and keeping it inside. So far it's still alive...
Hi Rick, Hopefully you are able to keep your plant alive this summer. How about planting it in an area with gets afternoon shade? I had a rosemary plant (that I propagated from a friend) in the same spot for years that didn't grow one iota. I moved it to a place where it got more sun, it STILL sat for a year or so and didn't grow much at all. Then, about a year ago, it just took off and is now what you saw in this video. Go figure. Thanks for watching!
can you plant more than one in the same container? like 4 basils and such?
Thank you so much for this! God bless ur channel
Hello CaliKim, I'd like to know, do you make your own earthworm castings or do you purchase it, and if so who do you order from. Thank You very much. I do also enjoy your educational videos :)
Hello ragweed, I used to make my own, but found it hard to make enough to meet the needs of my large garden. I recently did a video on using worm castings in the garden, ruclips.net/video/BH9XUMWusaU/видео.html, and learned so much about how beneficial aged castings are. I now purchase them from vermisterra.com, (use promo code "calikim" for a 10% discount), have used them on my garden for 6 months, and love the results I am seeing. Check out the video linked above for more specific info. Thanks for watching!
Hola Kim! Catching up on my YT :) Your Rosemary looks amazing! Mine just grew into a bush and the stems seem to want to grow downward for some reason! Hahaha!!! It still looks nice though. Great video!
You are so awesome Kim! We love you and thanks so much for teaching me how to get plants (from my sister ;) ) :) Love your youtube channel!
Thanks so much for watching! So glad you are learning new things from the channel. What are you growing in your garden right now? So glad you stopped by to say hello!
We are growing all kinds of heirloom tomatoes( Abe Lincoln, Roma, Amish Paste, Rutgers, Black Krim, Solar Ice, etc); all kinds of hot peppers (habenero, De Arbol, cayenne, poblano, jalepeno, purple tiger, firecracker), onions, garlic, cucumbers and watermelon. :) Next year I want to try potatoes and cantaloupe.
Rosemary has really nice and long roots :)
Just what i need, thanks for the video kim... do they doing good in tropical climate? Im from indonesia
Do you add worm tea each time you change out the water?
Lovely video Kim!
I was wondering if you would make a video or have a video on planting herbs/vegetables that would make nice insect-pest deterrents.
With warmer temperatures coming, and living in southern California as well, I would like to know of plants that would be great to keep in the back yard to keep away any pesky mosquitos or other unwanted insects!
Happy Harvests!
The roots look great. The worm tea works amazing. Thank you for sharing great information. :)
Hello Pam, I was super pleased to see those roots. Do you grow oregano and rosemary?
Thanks for the amazing tip kim
You are welcome - have you ever tried rooting herb cuttings? Thanks for watching!
Can’t wait to do this yay 💕 thanks for sharing
do you add worm tea every time you switch out the water?
Would fish emulsion work too in place of worm tea?
hi loved you videos, I happen to have Enzyme Formula, ( its a recognized company, but not sure if I should mentioned here ) would that work? In the directions is mentions " Propagation preparation mix 1.5mL per gallon". its not nutrition but wondering if this would help more after roots start or even to promote it?
it mentions its
can you do the cuttings with pepper plants or are seeds the better option?
Great tip
Hi. Can you teach us how to do the same thing with parsley please
No matter how many times I try I can never get oregano to root before it rots. I've tried changing the water anywhere from every other day to twice per day. But eventually the leaves start going black, one by one, and the cutting dies in a couple weeks before it puts out any roots. What could I do different here?
thank you!
Better than worm tea, would use an Aspiring tablet per gallon b of water. Aspirin is made from the white willow tree and contains salicylic acid. It also will boost your plants immune system, especially when under stress from an attack.
Thank you for the aspirin water idea! I will give it a try.
Kim--those plants you got your cuttings from are in ground? I would love to have ours in ground but not sure they would winter over here in Missouri--what do you think? thanks-Kristy
What are the round recycled jars from? Jelly?
Warm tea? Like Liptons?
enjoyed your video thanks for the tip
Very good
Glad you enjoyed it, Laila - let me know how it goes! Thanks for watching!
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love your videos! thanks for sharing your knowledge! :)
Hello Cara - glad you are enjoying the videos - do you like to grow herbs in your garden? Thanks for watching!
Where can I get the worm tea from
Let me know please thanks from Jane woolford
I'm having a hard timw growing Oregano and Mint.. no matter what i use, plants from Home Depot or seeds and or from cuttings. (In doors)
How do I encourage new growth on my Rosemary?
hi, do you have any idea how to propagate allamanda flowers?
Hello zolios - I have never grown those flowers. Experiment with this method and see if it works! Keep me posted - thanks for watching!
I have purchased rosemary plant's from the grocery but they die within a couple of weeks, I will purchase another and try this system.
I’ve had similar experiences, you might want to pick up a plant from a nursery or big box store ( Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc) keep me posted on your progress!
Full sun and lots of water! That is what helped my rosemary :)
Is Rosemary invasive? I really couldn't find anything online that said it was, but I lived at a place before that seemed to have an over abundance of it, like it went crazy.
Flaquis I would not call it invasive, no, but it will spread some. It will take several years to get a large area of it. You might want to plant it in an area where you are ok with it spreading a little. Also it can be planted in a pot, just make sure the pot is large enough to sustain the plant and fertilize regularly. Happy gardening!
Rosemary is no invasive, the only invasive herb in mint.
My rosemary cuttings rotted what is the reason for that?
You probably overwatered the plant.
by cuttings, you are saying you tried rooting in water? or into soil?
Hi good morning how are you .. thank you for the video.. there are you live
i went to the grocery store and bought an oregano plant and it didn't look to good so i took the god stems and put them in plain water and they rooted in 5 days
Hi Joseph - way to go - now you have a FREE oregano plant. Thanks for watching!
Wow! That is great! Way to make something good out of something not so good!
I am concerned about my rosemary - I've planted seeds a couple of weeks ago and nothing is showing yet, do they take a longer time than most herbs to come up?
I think they can take up to a month to germinate. Don't give up on them and good luck!
thank you :)
Rosemary does take super long to germinate - hang in there, your patience will pay off - or find a friend with a rosemary bush and root a cutting! Keep me posted. Thanks for watching!
thank you I'll keep caring for it and will definitely keep you posted - thanks again for every thing :)
i live in TN, di t know much about griwing rules here, but do I bring this in fir the winter?
Hello FIBBI, great question. Oregano and Rosemary are perennial in zones 7 and higher, which means that they will continue to grow through the winter outdoors if you live in zone 7 or higher. If you are in a colder zone, you might want to consider bringing it indoors. You can find out your growing zone if you don't know it at this link, Plant Hardiness Zones: www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html. Thanks for watching!
Gracias!!!
Was is oregano vulgare or marjoran?
Awesome video! where could someone get their hands on some worm tea?
Thank you! This will save me money on my rosemary shrubs! 👍
Hello Carlos - rooting cuttings saves so much time and money - an endless supply of herbs! Thanks for watching!
how about sage. ..can u explain how to get root cuttings pls
Hi, Paul! Isn't it fun to do your own root cuttings?! Amazing how you can get plants for free with such a simple method! The process for root cutting sage would be very similar to rosemary- look for the softer, greener stems as those will have the quickest root growing results. Keep me updated on how it works and happy gardening!
CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Kim...I can grow rosemary but sage is harder for me...here it's autumn now ..I have a hothouse do u think it's worth trying cuttings and putting them in water? thnx for your channel..
Cuttings in water inside my home water gets moldy, yucky and have to throw them away! My home is only a year old. I think my home might be to warm? I can't figure it out...is there something I can add to the water so it doesn't do this?
Heart Breaker Do you change the water frequently, say every couple of days?
I rooted a pineapple in water. Changed the water every single morning and within a week the first roots showed. I've found changing the water every day works. If it is older than 2 days it starts to make a slime layer on the plant and then it rots.
How can I make Oregano oil from OREGANO OR OREGANO SEASONING?
Joy Francisco this is a rather complicated process of distilling the herb... the first thing you need is lbs and lbs of herb, and you need a still. Some herbs are easier than others because they have lots of natural oils. But it is really quite a process with a whole lot of set up, for a very small return.
how about thyme
I see your rosemary and oregano are thriving but it would be easier if you took cuttings from a younger plant
You can clone off the wood part of the rosemary just scar it with the ✂️