When lowering, the young plants are not separated from the mother plant until they have formed roots and are growing independently. This propagation method is quite easy to carry out, and it also offers a number of advantages over propagation by cuttings.

Advantages of propagation over cuttings

Although lowering is not necessarily a quick way of propagation, the plants grown are much stronger than cuttings. In addition, they are already used to the soil in which they are to mature. Furthermore, this method is far less labor-intensive, since the new seedlings, in contrast to cuttings, do not in principle require any care. Cuttings need quite intensive care to ensure strong rooting and growth and to keep diseases at bay. Furthermore, no special equipment is required. You can lower plants at any time without sacrificing window sill or greenhouse space.

Multiply rosemary using sinkers - this is how it works

Essentially, a distinction is made between three types of lowering: With air lowering, the growth medium (e.g. a flower pot) is lifted up to the shoot. Another set of techniques is based on piling up the soil under a shoot and another where the entire shoot is placed in the ground. The air method is particularly recommended for propagating rosemary, in order to settle the small rosemary offshoot right away in the pot. After all, young rosemary should not spend at least the first winter outdoors.

  • Fill a clay pot (important: drainage hole in the bottom!) with a sand-soil mixture.
  • Dig this pot slightly below the chosen sinker.
  • Now select a flexible and healthy shoot.
  • Dig a shallow hole in the flower pot.
  • Cut the shoot diagonally at the point to be lowered.
  • Treat the cut with a rooting powder.
  • This not only facilitates rooting, but also prevents fungal diseases.
  • Place the shoot in the potting soil and anchor it, e.g. B. with a metal clip.
  • Fill the hole with soil and water it well.
  • Keep the substrate evenly moist.
  • The sinker can be separated from the mother plant after four to six months at the earliest.

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Rosemary can also be excellently propagated by division. This also has the advantage that older and woody bushes can be rejuvenated more easily in this way.

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