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- Just pour rosemary a little bit
- Pour rosemary in the garden
- Water young plants more often
- Pour pot rosemary properly
- Tips & Tricks
Just pour rosemary a little bit
The wide, dry macchia of the Iberian peninsula are home to rosemary. Here it rains only slightly in the summer, so that the subshrub has adapted in the course of time to the prevailing conditions optimally. That's why rosemary needs very little water.
Pour rosemary in the garden
Thanks to its deep and branched waking roots, the plant is able to extract enough water and nutrients from the soil even from several meters depth. For this reason, planted rosemary does not really need to be poured unless the summer is just very hot and dry. On hot summer days you should pour your rosemary calmly - as soon as it throws off its needles, it will be time for an irrigation from the watering can.
Water young plants more often
However, the rule described above does not apply to cuttings or freshly planted rosemary shrubs to this extent. These should be poured regularly but moderately. This makes the young plant easier to grow in the soil.
Pour pot rosemary properly
It looks a bit different with rosemary planted in the pot - this must be watered regularly, otherwise it will die of thirst. The right time has come when the upper substrate layer is well dried - you can easily check the dryness level with your fingers. Pour vigorously, but avoid waterlogging. Excess moisture should be able to drain easily into a coaster, which is why the ideal pot for rosemary has drainage holes on the bottom. Alternatively, you can lift the whole plant out of the pot and dip its root ball into a bucket of water. Then let it drain well. This method works well to rescue dehydrated rosemary or provide it with enough water on hot summer days.
Tips & Tricks
Unlike many other plants that should be better watered with rainwater, rosemary needs lime. Therefore, gently water the shrub with calcareous (ie fresh) tap water to meet this need.
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