@@teekotrain6845 I haven’t had the greatest success with honey as a rooting compound, but I only tried it once on rosemary I got from the grocery produce section and it wasn’t in the best condition to start with…but I prefer using natural to chemical products so I plan to continue using honey over commercial rooting compounds. 👍🏼🙂
I've been scouring youtube for a while now researching plant propagation techniques. Something that stands out in this video that I have not noticed in other guides is your use of specific information (length of the cutting, positive signs, soil temperature, etc), which I greatly appreciate! Thank you!
I will try this on some native California sages (white sage, purple sage), not for eating, but for the looks and smell and to support native flora in general. Many thanks for the tip!
I actually use my pineapple sage more than the common sage since it makes the most wonderful herb tea. Just a note tho-take some of the rooting hormone out of the container and sprinkle on the dampened, cut edge; dipping the end of the plant in the bottle of rooting hormone can contaminate the product.
I have some sage twigs from my mom's house. We are in NYC. I want to know if you will need to keep transplanting the sage plant in the garden like we do with the cucumbers and tomatoes.
Tyvm. The Sage in my garden is huge and beautiful and could do with a trim so I came here to see if there are any hints or tips that I might need to take cuttings. Once I get them established they will be going on my front wall for passers by to take home with them. Best Wishes!
Thanks, Donna! We’re trying to put in some new beds, but only having about a day per week due to an abundance of rain. Looking so forward to the coming season. Hope all is well with you and your family.
Great video! 🙏 I’ve read that Honey &/or Aloe make good, natural rooting hormone alternatives. They are much better for the Earth & as a bonus, you don’t have to wait a year to consume your lovely propagations! 💚🌿
I would like to ask if it is not too late to propagate the sage in June? I have a sage bush that has gone bald, but it still has leaves on it. That's why I have to make a new one. Is only putting soil good for rooting together with hormon?
ONE YEAR!?? WTF! No... Stop using that. A youtuber did an experiment using random 'rooting hormone' products and alternatives. Two of the cheap alternatives were natural and did phenomenally well; dipping in cinnamon, and raw unpasteurized undiluted honey. Make the switch. So it's organic and you can just consume it whenever you want.
I thought you weren't suppose to put the root directly in the rooting hormone container for contamination purposes. I alway pour a little in a small container and only use it for that day. Do you not have a problem with disease? Am I taking too much caution?
It is recommended not to dip the stem into the bottle, but I do, always have, lol. I guess I am frugal like that. If I had a diseased plant, I wouldn't propagate it anyway, right? I've had this bottle of hormone, seems like, forever. Happy Gardening! Thanks for the question.
Great information! One question: I’m used to propagating succulents, and I have to let them dry a day or two before putting them in soil. Is it necessary to let the sage cuttings “rest” before treating them with growth hormone and setting in soil?
No. The rationale behind letting the succulents dry out (just a little bit) is so that the cut end does not rot in the soil. You don't encounter that problem with sage cuttings, etc.
Great video! 🙏 I’ve read that Honey &/or Aloe make good, natural rooting hormone alternatives. They are much better for the Earth & as a bonus, you don’t have to wait a year to consume your lovely propagations! 💚🌿
When sage flowers it is beautiful. I made the mistake of letting it dry on the bush. I had many many baby sage plants. The neighbors loved it as I took them out of the ground and replanted them in containers and shared them with all of the neighbors.
I have a question maybe you could help me with how come the vegetable plants that we grow are so weak or soft if you will when you compare them with weeds how come they're not as tough what is your take on this?
Hi Donna, have you tried doing it without the rooting hormone? I have tried propagating sage many many times and only was able to get a rooted plant once.
I have successfully rooted thyme, oregano, mint, and rosemary without a hormone. However, I struggle with tarragon, lavender, and sage, so while sometimes they will grow a few roots, they don't root down without a hormone.
@@RainbowGardens Thanks! I don't know why sage is so difficult to root. I've rooted lavender before though (in a mix of potting mix and lord of perlite, no growth hormone). It may have to do with climate (I live in 8b). in some cases they rooted down after the leaves went bad (not just some, all of the leaves looked dead before it rooted) and it took like 2-3 months for me.
Neither my parents nor grandparents have any experience in gardening so obviously, I don't have any experience gardening. But thanks to your channel as well as the thousands of similar channels, I can learn this about very valuable in a fun and visually stimulating way. I thank you for your contribution and leave you with a tip: you have been doing this for years, i'm assuming. Over the years you have found what works, and what doesn't through trial and error. To someone like me, who is beginning to explore gardening, that information is the most valuable.
Please please please don’t use rooting hormone... It’s atrocious for the environment and human health. Furthermore, it’s actually not never with these plants at all. I have rooted so so so many sage, rosemary and lavender cuttings with no rooting hormone whatsoever. It’s time we be kinder to the planet. Thank you.
Thank you. I would like to do small plants of sage and rosemary for the tables of my daughter’s wedding. How long will it take for a cutting to be big enough to fill a pint and be filled out?
Weird how your sage has some of the branches dead. I live in Southern California and we sometimes get snow! The sage is exactly like yours and is hasn't had anything like yours! I take you live in a state where the winter is more colder
I called a couple of companies because the instructions said for use on ornamenetals and they confirmed to wait a year for edibles. Perhaps their formula has changed since I made this video.
@@RainbowGardens really???So by now all real gardeners and farmer will be dead right? Incredible another nut crack wanna be gardener...afraid of bugs and virus and bacteria...which by the way populates ur body inside out...they are all over and around us...so i suggest go and make a bubble where u can kill every thing and sterilize everything LOLOLOLOLOLOL The stupidity and ignorance coming from u is incredible...hey take some biology 101 in community college...take some zoology just for kicks...so u learn something!!!
@@RainbowGardens and do not forget bugs...they also transmit things that will kill you or make u sick...so use the bubble approach...do not get out...cover all ur body with spray...and please educate urself need that asap...
@@RainbowGardens AND ur intestines are FULLLLLLLLLLL of worms and other creatures so yeah...toxoplasmosis - parasitic problems LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL u make my day Thank you...LOLOLOLOLOL
Finally some sage advice
Honey= rooting Hormone
@@teekotrain6845 I haven’t had the greatest success with honey as a rooting compound, but I only tried it once on rosemary I got from the grocery produce section and it wasn’t in the best condition to start with…but I prefer using natural to chemical products so I plan to continue using honey over commercial rooting compounds. 👍🏼🙂
Haha good one
Aloe Vera is much better for rooting imo
Lol
I've been scouring youtube for a while now researching plant propagation techniques. Something that stands out in this video that I have not noticed in other guides is your use of specific information (length of the cutting, positive signs, soil temperature, etc), which I greatly appreciate!
Thank you!
I will try this on some native California sages (white sage, purple sage), not for eating, but for the looks and smell and to support native flora in general. Many thanks for the tip!
I actually use my pineapple sage more than the common sage since it makes the most wonderful herb tea. Just a note tho-take some of the rooting hormone out of the container and sprinkle on the dampened, cut edge; dipping the end of the plant in the bottle of rooting hormone can contaminate the product.
Your voice is sooo pleasant to hear I could fall asleep
Thank you!
I have some sage twigs from my mom's house. We are in NYC. I want to know if you will need to keep transplanting the sage plant in the garden like we do with the cucumbers and tomatoes.
We in jerusalem Palestine we drink it with tea
Tyvm. The Sage in my garden is huge and beautiful and could do with a trim so I came here to see if there are any hints or tips that I might need to take cuttings. Once I get them established they will be going on my front wall for passers by to take home with them. Best Wishes!
Wonderful! That's a great way to share the harvest!
Thanks, Donna! We’re trying to put in some new beds, but only having about a day per week due to an abundance of rain. Looking so forward to the coming season. Hope all is well with you and your family.
I am looking forward to the coming season too! It has been a long and rainy winter. We are snowed in this morning. I want some sun! LOL
Great sage propagation tutorial 👍 Worked for me. Thank you, Rainbow Gardens!
Great sage propagation tutorial 👍 Worked for me. Thank you, Rainbow Garden
Great video! 🙏 I’ve read that Honey &/or Aloe make good, natural rooting hormone alternatives. They are much better for the Earth & as a bonus, you don’t have to wait a year to consume your lovely propagations! 💚🌿
I would like to ask if it is not too late to propagate the sage in June? I have a sage bush that has gone bald, but it still has leaves on it. That's why I have to make a new one. Is only putting soil good for rooting together with hormon?
ONE YEAR!?? WTF! No... Stop using that.
A youtuber did an experiment using random 'rooting hormone' products and alternatives. Two of the cheap alternatives were natural and did phenomenally well; dipping in cinnamon, and raw unpasteurized undiluted honey. Make the switch. So it's organic and you can just consume it whenever you want.
Solid, specific advice. I just subscribed.
Thank you!
Does this work with white sage?
Soft or hardwood?
Hi..ive tried propagating sage and lavender in late summer..with NO success..is it best to take cuttings in spring?Thank you
Take your cutting from new growth for best results.
@@RainbowGardens ok..thanks so much
Concise and well explained, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
If I use sage for burning like for incense, and I use a rooting hormone, can I still use it? Or do I need to wait a year still?
Appreciated the information.
I thought you weren't suppose to put the root directly in the rooting hormone container for contamination purposes. I alway pour a little in a small container and only use it for that day. Do you not have a problem with disease? Am I taking too much caution?
It is recommended not to dip the stem into the bottle, but I do, always have, lol. I guess I am frugal like that. If I had a diseased plant, I wouldn't propagate it anyway, right? I've had this bottle of hormone, seems like, forever. Happy Gardening! Thanks for the question.
Great information! One question: I’m used to propagating succulents, and I have to let them dry a day or two before putting them in soil. Is it necessary to let the sage cuttings “rest” before treating them with growth hormone and setting in soil?
I didn't. Hope that helps. Happy gardening!
No. The rationale behind letting the succulents dry out (just a little bit) is so that the cut end does not rot in the soil. You don't encounter that problem with sage cuttings, etc.
Great video! 🙏 I’ve read that Honey &/or Aloe make good, natural rooting hormone alternatives. They are much better for the Earth & as a bonus, you don’t have to wait a year to consume your lovely propagations! 💚🌿
When sage flowers it is beautiful. I made the mistake of letting it dry on the bush. I had many many baby sage plants. The neighbors loved it as I took them out of the ground and replanted them in containers and shared them with all of the neighbors.
Awesome ❤ thank you so much.
I have a question maybe you could help me with how come the vegetable plants that we grow are so weak or soft if you will when you compare them with weeds how come they're not as tough what is your take on this?
Hi Donna, have you tried doing it without the rooting hormone? I have tried propagating sage many many times and only was able to get a rooted plant once.
I have successfully rooted thyme, oregano, mint, and rosemary without a hormone. However, I struggle with tarragon, lavender, and sage, so while sometimes they will grow a few roots, they don't root down without a hormone.
@@RainbowGardens Thanks! I don't know why sage is so difficult to root. I've rooted lavender before though (in a mix of potting mix and lord of perlite, no growth hormone). It may have to do with climate (I live in 8b). in some cases they rooted down after the leaves went bad (not just some, all of the leaves looked dead before it rooted) and it took like 2-3 months for me.
Very good tutorial dear..just found you channel..hello nearly neighbor (east Tennessee) blessings and thank you
Thanks so much for your video!!
Neither my parents nor grandparents have any experience in gardening so obviously, I don't have any experience gardening. But thanks to your channel as well as the thousands of similar channels, I can learn this about very valuable in a fun and visually stimulating way. I thank you for your contribution and leave you with a tip: you have been doing this for years, i'm assuming. Over the years you have found what works, and what doesn't through trial and error. To someone like me, who is beginning to explore gardening, that information is the most valuable.
Please please please don’t use rooting hormone... It’s atrocious for the environment and human health. Furthermore, it’s actually not never with these plants at all. I have rooted so so so many sage, rosemary and lavender cuttings with no rooting hormone whatsoever. It’s time we be kinder to the planet. Thank you.
I use cinnamon
@BarFit4Life how do you use cinnamon? Going to look it up on google aswell but would be nice to hear some first hand experience
What does it do to human health
@@chompers11 well if u consume any chemicals in ur body u have to deal with side effects u probably won’t know about until last minute.
Wow I learned so much again! Thank you my friend 🤝💓🙏🇵🇭🌏
Nice thanks you have the same beautiful day
Thank you. I would like to do small plants of sage and rosemary for the tables of my daughter’s wedding. How long will it take for a cutting to be big enough to fill a pint and be filled out?
@Rainbow Gardens Would this rooting technique work on a cutting from a pear tree?
Weird how your sage has some of the branches dead. I live in Southern California and we sometimes get snow! The sage is exactly like yours and is hasn't had anything like yours! I take you live in a state where the winter is more colder
Yes, we get a lot of snow, very long and cold winter.
why do people wait one year, the info I came across is that the hormone is harmless
I called a couple of companies because the instructions said for use on ornamenetals and they confirmed to wait a year for edibles. Perhaps their formula has changed since I made this video.
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Today........is also April 23rd. I think I'm gonna get off of my ass and transplant my sage. I'm gonna use honey tho
Thank you! Let us know how it goes? I am experimenting with honey and cinnamon now.
MORNING cheers beautiful ❤❤☕☕🌱🌱
Thank you!
1 year??????? LOL just simply, NO
a real gardener or farmer will never ever ever use gloves to handle plants, plant or play with dirt...
Most knowledgeable "real" gardens don't want Toxoplasmosis or any other kind of parasitic problem! Haha but you go ahead, don't wear them. LOL
@@RainbowGardens really???So by now all real gardeners and farmer will be dead right? Incredible another nut crack wanna be gardener...afraid of bugs and virus and bacteria...which by the way populates ur body inside out...they are all over and around us...so i suggest go and make a bubble where u can kill every thing and sterilize everything LOLOLOLOLOLOL The stupidity and ignorance coming from u is incredible...hey take some biology 101 in community college...take some zoology just for kicks...so u learn something!!!
@@RainbowGardens and do not forget bugs...they also transmit things that will kill you or make u sick...so use the bubble approach...do not get out...cover all ur body with spray...and please educate urself need that asap...
@@RainbowGardens AND ur intestines are FULLLLLLLLLLL of worms and other creatures so yeah...toxoplasmosis - parasitic problems LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL u make my day Thank you...LOLOLOLOLOL
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