[Sca-cooks] killing Rosemary

[Elaine Koogler]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Kiri moaned:
> >>>
> Radei Drchevich wrote:
> > I can kill the most vigerous Rosemary in less than 1 week.  Can
> > grow exocitics, and just about anything else, but Rosemary is my
> > Achillese heel.
> >
> > joy
> > radei
>
> Mine, too.  I've tried everything...planted it in rich garden spots,
> kept it watered, starved it, planted it in inhospitable spots, in pots,
> fed it.....nothing seems to work.  I've bought large plants that should
> have survived anything, small twigs...whatever.  I know we live in a
> zone where it flourishes...my best friend has a large bush.  So I
> dunno....
> <<<
>
> But Rosemary is a culinary herb. You two are probably just  
> overharvesting it. You know, it really doesn't do well when you strip  
> off all of the poor plant's leaves for your latest culinary  
> endeavors. :-)
>
> I don't hear you complaining about killing the poison sumac. It's not  
> a culinary herb. :-)
>
> Stefan

Sorry to disillusion you, dear Stefan...but mine dies before it gets big 
enough to harvest anything from!  The last batch I planted grew 
beautifully during the first summer, but, though the winter wasn't 
really all that cold...and I did mulch it, it failed to come back the 
next spring.  I left it completely alone during the summer it lived to 
give it a chance to "take hold" and grow.  So...nope, that's not the 
reason I can't seem to keep it alive.  I've got other herbs that come 
back year after year, but not rosemary!

Kiri