Propagating Tomatoes, Lavender, Rosemary and Basil before Winter

starfishevolution
Oct 4, 2016
1 min read

I am always amazed by how this Creation multiplies plants from cuttings if you know how to do it. Propagation of tomatoes and herbs is straightforward and easy to carry out. This year I purchased from Walmart a number of Bonnie Plants' husky cherry tomato plants that were incredibly hearty and prolific in fruit production. They are non-GMO. I chose one of them for cuttings and you can see in early October in New England, the plant continues to fruit. It is an indeterminate variety. So I wanted to continue to grow this plant I named "Henry" inside in a 5 gallon bucket throughout the winter. To do that, the cuttings are placed in mason jars with water. It takes about 3-4 weeks for them to grow roots in the water. Then each will be transplanted to composted soil with Jobes Órganics archaea based soil amendment. They make great holiday presents. One or two will be grown indoors trellised across the ceiling in my living room. Stay tuned for updates. This is a picture of the plant from which the cuttings were taken.

And here is a picture of rosemary that is propagated in the same way. I have both green and purple basil in water to propagate each

And here is a picture of basil cuttings propagated in the same way. There will be 10 or so new basil and rosemary plants growing through the cold New England winters.