It is generally recommended to keep rosemary in a bucket. After all, most varieties of this herb from the Mediterranean coast are not hardy and should therefore be indoors in winter. However, rosemary should not stay indoors all year round, as it is too dark (even on a south-facing window!) and too warm.
Rosemary belongs outside
Actually, such a window sill full of herb pots would be very practical, especially in the kitchen, after all, the way to the cooking pot is not so far. But with a few exceptions, most kitchen herbs are not suitable for cultivation in the home - not even rosemary. In summer, the Mediterranean plant likes to be in a sunny, sheltered spot in the garden or on the balcony. In the apartment it is simply too dark for the sun-loving plant, as the window panes filter the incoming sunlight extremely strongly. What appears bright to us means already dark night for the plants.
Exception: Overwinter rosemary
You can only bring your rosemary into the house during the cold season, although it should not be left in the heated living room. Rosemary is adapted to a change of seasons and therefore needs its hibernation. In the warm living room, however, it will remain in the vegetation phase and very quickly let its needles hang due to exhausted energy reserves. It is best to overwinter the plant in a light and cool but frost-free place with temperatures around 10 °C.
Room keeping favors pest infestation
A rosemary kept indoors will most likely whimper and be quickly attacked by pests due to its weakness. Experienced rosemary owners are already familiar with this phenomenon from the winter period, as most pests appear towards the end of winter. Rosemary is particularly endangered by spider mites and thrips, plant lice such as mealybugs, scale insects and mealybugs, as well as by various fungi that can attack both the leaves and the roots.
tips and tricks
: If you want to grow herbs like rosemary, don't buy pots from the supermarket. These herbs, which grow very quickly, are intended for quick consumption and usually die quickly. Instead, you can get plants from the gardener or grow rosemary yourself.
IJA