Home and Garden Friday - 'Rooting' My Practices
While I have not yet ventured out into the yard to work on my CHAOS which abounds outside (nasty, nasty summer cold), I have been doing some inside gardening. My hydroponic unit has supplied me with a fairly constant supply of fresh lettuce. To date, I have harvested about 1/2 a pound of lettuce. While that might not sound like much, when speaking about lettuce it is a lot! A few weeks ago when I harvested some herbs to dry, I clipped the younger tips of the rosemary branches and stuck them in water to root. To be honest, I have tried rooting rosemary in the past without much luck. In fact, I think zero luck would be the most honest answer. The cuttings are about 4 inches long and I stripped the leaves off the lower portion of the stem and stuck them in a little half pint mason jar. It has been sitting on the hydroponic unit, so they get plenty of light. To date, I have eight cuttings which are sprouting. I am going to give them another week or so and then put th...
