How to Grow Rosemary in a Container

Container growing is a great way to enjoy the rosemary plant year-round, if you live in a cold winter climate. Rosemary is originally a Mediterranean plant that likes it warm. It's an easy plant to grow, not needing too much attention and growing it in a container gives you the option of having it indoors or out. You will need a large pot for the rosemary as they can get quite large, which is good because it has many uses.

Rosemary plant
Large container
Large gravel or broken pieces of an old flower pot
Tea compost

Instructions

- 1
  In a large container, place large pieces of gravel or pieces of a broken flower pot on the bottom of the pot, to prevent the soil from clogging up the holes. Then fill the pot with the potting soil.
- 2
  Place a rosemary plant in the soil in the container at the same depth as the pot you are taking it from. Water the plant and keep the soil damp for a few days while the plant gets over the trauma of being transplanted.
- 3
  Place a tea compost in the soil around the plant. Mix into the soil when first transplanted. After that, place a little compost on the soil around the plant once a month.
- 4
  Place the container in an area will it will get sun for 6 to 8 hours a day. If the weather is above 40 degrees F, you can leave the container outside. Below that and you should bring it indoors, because rosemary is a warm-weather plant and will not handle a frost.
- 5
  Water the plant only when the soil drys out. Rosemary will tolerate drought conditions better than it will being over-watered.
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  If you bring the container indoors, keep in a sunny area, and place a fan in the area to keep the air circulating around it. It will grow a powdery mold on its leaves if there is not enough air moving around it. You will most likely need a pesticide for spider mites when indoors. If you plan on using the rosemary in your food, make sure to wash off the pesticides well.

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