Propagating Herbs

 

It is almost the end of the year in my herbal yearbook. I am doing one more project out of it, and that is propagating herbs.

You can propagate most herbs by simply cutting them before they freeze and putting them in a vase of water. 

This was a November project, although I did this back in September because I was unsure when the first freeze would be.

I just cut all of the herbs I wanted to propagate and put them in mason jars with water in them and set them in a south-facing window in my house.

Here is the list of what herbs I used: basil, cat mint, peppermint, rosemary, sage, thyme, and stevia. They all made it but the stevia. I will have to investigate further to see what that needs to propagate. 

This is the mint. It had been in the water around two weeks, and it did really well. 

The next step, after you have roots, is to plant them.  This was planted on October 11th, and they are all still alive. Herbs are pretty hearty, so hopefully they will make it till next year, and these are some herbs I won't have to buy. 

Have you ever propagated herbs?

In Victory,

Sherry