Rosemary

Nope, never grew rosemary before.

I just got some rosemary yesterday hoping it would warm up enough by the weekend to plant it outside. I am keeping it in my indoor garden right now and it appears to be wilting. I watered it thoroughly, but afterwards found out it likes dry soil (It was wilting before I watered). The temp is about 75F though and humidity is about 35-40 under a 400 watt metal halide. Anybody have any ideas as to why it might be wilting?[/quote]

This may be a crazy situation but is rosemary a strain of weed or are you talking about the food spice rosemary? If it is the latter of the two, a 400 watt MH is a lot of power for some spices.... you must be a crazy good cook... maybe you could open a cooking school.. Anyways, have a good day.

Good Luck with the cooking school,
Kaptainkris19

kaptainkris19 said:

I just got some rosemary yesterday hoping it would warm up enough by the weekend to plant it outside. I am keeping it in my indoor garden right now and it appears to be wilting. I watered it thoroughly, but afterwards found out it likes dry soil (It was wilting before I watered). The temp is about 75F though and humidity is about 35-40 under a 400 watt metal halide. Anybody have any ideas as to why it might be wilting?

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This may be a crazy situation but is rosemary a strain of weed or are you talking about the food spice rosemary? If it is the latter of the two, a 400 watt MH is a lot of power for some spices.... you must be a crazy good cook... maybe you could open a cooking school.. Anyways, have a good day.

Good Luck with the cooking school,
Kaptainkris19 [/quote]

I am talking about the herb/spice rosemary. I like to eat it with pork sometimes, but I am not a good cook by any means, lol. Rosemary actually has antidepressant properties. You are right about the light though. My growbox door is slightly cracked and I put my rosemary outside so it would only get a little light and now its fine. Thanks man.

urm, to be fair, it probably wants real sunlight.

A lot of times herbs need repotted really badly at the time of sale. It's probably root bound.

When you plant it, get some sage and plant it nearby. They like each other and will help each other grow when they're neighbors.

I have grown rosemary many times and it hates to be very wet. I lost my first two attempts during the summer rains.... now I keep them in the greenhouse during the summer... good luck.

It's easy to grow but a slow plant...don't push it.

out.

yess, I have my rosemarry in the corner of my indoor garden, so it gets a bit of the 400w MH. It is doing amazing there especially since repotting it! it is producing new growth and flowers and smells amazing and taste even better

o ya it gets FF grow big as a fert haha

there is a strain named rosemary frome the pnw im growing it now i was actually on here trying to find info lol elite rare cutting from some oldschool breeder in the spokane apparently

I've got rosemary growing all around my property. Never water it, never do anything to it, grows in the most inhospitiple enviroments you can imagine. Survives in drought very well. My guess is that its either rootbound or maybe an unhealthy plant. Try just keeping it in a windowsill and see how that works.

sunlight. sunlight. sunlight. plants love nature

lozac123 said:

urm, to be fair, it probably wants real sunlight.

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my sentiments exactly. 400MH doesn't compare to 100,000lumens real light. i'm sure it'll grow, just not well.

rosemary is one of my favorite cooking herbs (not counting mj). i grow several including one huge one. awesome aroma and great taste. i can't pass by one without
pinching a few small leaves to smell. when well established, they do like to dry out a little before watering. they do well in full sun to partial shade. great to have
around a grow. when really dry they do wilt but always come back quickly after watering. GL

1 - Maybe the 400w MH might to to much for the rosemary for how close it is to it.
2 - I might need reporting.
3 - The soil might be getting dry to fast.
4 - The Soil the plants come in is garbage not to mention probably filled with synthetic fertilizer.


As for herbs needing real sunlight that is not true. I grow mint and such indoors and they get 0 real sun light and they are doing very well.

Yeah, you should be fine with artificial light. Just stay on it so you can whip up some rosemary chicken. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM....