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    Anyone tried this???

    I've been cutting back several sage plants which I've manged to keep down in size to 12" high and 18" wide.

    'problem' is ...that I've got hundreds of clippings- all about 6-8"long.
    I can't possible use them all- and my friends still have a pile dried from last year...so I wondered if I can get them to root???

    I've peeled off the bottom 2 leaves and the new growth growing from that point too- and put them in a glass of water covering that part of the stem- hoping it will root from there ( no idea what I'm doing to be honest!!!!)

    Will this work- or should I have put them in potting compost- or can't you get sage cuttings to root???
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

    Location....Normandy France

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    I read just yesterday that sage, thyme, basil, and rosemary can all be rooted from cuttings in the Summer. I have done this with basil in water and thyme in compost. and I think I saw some blogger root sage in compost. You can always try the half and half method!

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    • #3
      Last year a bit broke off my (v small) sage plant and I just stuck it in the compost next to the original plant and it seems to be doing fine. If you have loads, Marigold's suggestion of half and half would seem like a good idea.
      A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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      • #4
        I did some in compost a few weeks ago, they all took and are romping away!
        Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

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        • #5
          Oh good!!!...looks like I can give plants away easier than cut herbs..fingers crossed they work!
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            sacre bleu!! sage cuttings, just take semi ripe pieces and stick em in gritty soil based compost, you will have more than you can give away!, to increase/rejuveate an old plant put a bottomless bucket over it and fill with soil/compost up to the new growth, leave for a year, remove bucket if you can!, scrape away soil and seperate your new plants......
            Eat well, live well, drink moderately and be happy (hic!)

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            • #7
              As easy as that???...I'm still watching for roots in the glass
              ( the tomato' nippings out' are rooting really well!!!- so the location is OK)
              Will try in compost then! Ta!
              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

              Location....Normandy France

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              • #8
                Nico! Nico Nico, please don't root in water! water roots are very fragile, or use rooting compound, plants have enough hormones to do it themselves, just gotta know where!, mainly at nodes, where the leaves come out, some plants prefer internodal cuttings, basicly just take semi ripe cuttings get rid of lower leaves and the tips, (non flowering shoots)! & stick em in gritty compost, what lives is good, what dont aint worth it!,
                Eat well, live well, drink moderately and be happy (hic!)

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                • #9
                  Thanks!!!...I have to admit that there's not even a sign of rooting in the water!!!
                  ...and so they'll get potted up- and as you say....survival of the fittest!

                  Think I'll start some more off in pots at the same time straight from the plant!
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    ha ha! I have always worked on the two choices principle, "Grow or No", semi ripe, stick it in and wait, if it grows good, if'n it don't then I did it wrong, time/way!, try again an see what do appen! as we say hereabouts
                    Eat well, live well, drink moderately and be happy (hic!)

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