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    sage

    i bought some sprigs of sage from tescos reduced section a week ago i stripped 2 of them of most of the leaves just leaving the top 2 and placed in a glass of water they seem healthy enough my question is will they grow roots and will i be able to plant them on or am i wasting my time
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    Well, as you've got the sage, may as well try, - but usually sage cuttings are taken and grown on in late spring / early summer from soft wood cuttings.

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    • #3
      Definitely worth a try.

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      • #4
        Try putting a few into compost as well as some in water. You may have more luck in compost - that's how I do mine.

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        • #5
          i did stick one in some compost as well but that one wilted and died , that may have been becaause it was in the reduced section near its sell by date . anyone have any idea as to how long it takes to start rooting

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          • #6
            heres a piccy of the two hopefully plantlets
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            • #7
              the sage as rooted and is now planted into pots heres a pic before planting
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              • #8
                Its so satisfying when you can grow new plants from supermarket leftovers. Well done!!

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                • #9
                  Now that is clever! Well done Hollychap - you are a lot smarter than you(r avatar) look(s)!
                  Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                  • #10
                    Thanks - this has answered my question about sage and how to root it from cuttings.
                    Vikicats

                    What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
                    Ralph Waldo Emerson

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                    • #11
                      Viki, you need to do two.
                      Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                      By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                      While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                      At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                      • #12
                        I'm gonna try this too. I have a sage bush in the garden but it's one of those shrubs that need to be trimmed regularly to keep it in good shape and with lots of new shoots.

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                        • #13
                          well done
                          I've been trying to grow some from seed, without much luck, so this is the next one to try

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by mrbadexample View Post
                            Viki, you need to do two.
                            Good job I already am then!
                            Vikicats

                            What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
                            Ralph Waldo Emerson

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                            • #15
                              Sage!, my bush just gets leggy and bare lower down (no smirking!), probably caused by shade from buddleia globosa, I should move it to a sunnier spot but I have been thinking that for a few years
                              Eat well, live well, drink moderately and be happy (hic!)

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