3 Methods for Pruning Herbs To Stimulate New Growth
3 Methods for Pruning Herbs To Stimulate New Growth
When pruning herbs for harvest or for shape, it’s vital to follow the ‘rules’ of the plant…the way it naturally grows. This way you’ll stimulate new, delicious growth as well as shape the plant over the course of the season or seasons.
We’ll be pruning rosemary, green onions, and of course the classic basil in this video to demonstrate a few different approaches.
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How would you prune sage? My plant is needing a good prune. Also–how do I get rid of gnats on my herbs. They are driving me crazy.
My Rosemary is turning brown. What do I do?
Thank you for teaching me.
I have such a difficult time with dill and aside from basil and thyme it is one of my favorites. would love to see one on oregano as well. thanks so much. so enjoying your videos. Very easy to follow, very succinct and to the point. love it <3 O:)
Can you explain how to best grow TARRAGON? I’ve never had good luck with this plant — it just sits there in full sun.
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How you keep bugs out of your basil? Your leaves look so good and I’m losing, if not already lost all of my basil. Whatever it is, is ignoring my rosemary and thyme. It kind of messes with my mint but loves my basil.
2 38 you mean the hydra right
Can we eat the basil flowers? Check, nevermind.
Kevin, what other plants can I snip and use without harvesting? How do I know when needs full harvest? First year garden. So much to do, learn, know and buy!
HEDGIES TALKIES KEY NOT WALKING
I like the videos I would like to know more about the type of soil
How to trim Thai basil
So why wouldn’t you eat the basil?
Awesome video! Quick question, I never cut back my herb garden last fall and it doesn’t look that good. As spring is almost here, should I just cut it back like I should have or is there a specific way to prune in the spring? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. P.S. Love your channel.
What is the name of the tree behind you at 7:15 of this video? One started growing in my garden with the same exact leaves but we don’t know what it’s called? Btw…great video
Thyme, oregeno, parsley, mint. Can you show more herbs & how to prune those?
You’re thinking of Hydra not medusa.
Clarification: For green onions, you can cut 1-2" above the soil, but I find the technique I described to work better for maximizing green top harvest, then you can pull and use the entire green onion once you’ve gotten what you want from the tops.
Can you make a video on dill, cilantro and parsley??
Love your videos👍
What about mint! 🤩
Really like this style of video. Kept to the point and informative. Thank you!
i HATE gardening. it’s so hard
Which one would be better for Thyme? Mine is flowering, should I cut it like you did the basil?
Is the flowers good to use?
Thank you
Lime basil is my favorite
I have a really large and unruly rosemary bush that needs pruning, and all sources I’ve found say to prune after it has flowered. But now you say it should have been done months ago :’) can I still cut it back now after it has flowered, or should I wait another year?
I love this video! There is one thing however digging at my brain… It is the head of the Hydra that multiplies when cut; not Medusa’s head. That was used by Persius to kill the Kraken.
Very much would like to see tarragon ,thyme, oregano and mint trimmed.
so wtf am i supposed to do with the long stem of the green onion that i dont prune? jesus christ this video is so frustrating
lemon basil is awesome. 🙂
"In edible basil" I had no clue that some aren’t edible 😳
What about cilantro, parsley, oregano and thyme?
Hi there, do you have info on pruning cilantro or parsley or dill?? I’m new at this and would love to not kill them.
I have Italian cilantro growing. It’s starting to get woody and the bottoms are dying off. I tried pruning the tops off. What do I need to do to bring it back? Or do I need to reseed it and start new?🌿🌾
Would love for you to teach us about mint leaf. Please make a video on how to grow this beautiful herb plants
Thanks, Kevin, for those amazing tips! I appreciate it.Happy gardening!!
How to
Haha I feel kinda bad for that basil plant. It’s put in all that effort to grow those flowers to fulfill its life purpose, and riiight before it bears seeds some monster comes by and cuts off all of them, complaining that the leaves don’t taste the same.
For the rest of its life it will keep growing, trying to produce enough nutrition to make those flowers. And every time it’s cut off and torn down. Eventually it will die having never born a child.
It’s hydra not Medusa
I have been watching you for weeks now – I love your videos!!So…. my rosemary won’t overwinter (Zone 3) My question is, if I bury a pot in the garden and just put my pot of rosemary in it, will I be able to bring the plant into the house come September?
"erbs" "Bayzil" – stopped right there. Why do americans do this?
I have a tall laurel plant in my garden. How do i prune it? And can i produce more plants from cuttings?
Buying those Centurion scissors right now
I want to see your bonsai because this is so confusing to me.. chop and drop 😶 good info
I have more success keeping my green onions in water I always try to plant then when the roots grow and they always die
Hi. Can you show a pruning and harvesting video for cilantro, thyme, coriander and lemon grass?
Any tips on edible potted gardens in coastal environments with substantially salty air? My lemongrass and native shrubs are well-established, catnip barely hanging on, but everything else burns or shrivels. 😥
Medusa famously did in fact, not grow her head back