- 1). In a large container, place large pieces of gravel or pieces of a broken flower pot on the bottom of the pot, to prevent the soil from clogging up the holes. Then fill the pot with the potting soil.
- 2). Place a rosemary plant in the soil in the container at the same depth as the pot you are taking it from. Water the plant and keep the soil damp for a few days while the plant gets over the trauma of being transplanted.
- 3). Place a tea compost in the soil around the plant. Mix into the soil when first transplanted. After that, place a little compost on the soil around the plant once a month.
- 4). Place the container in an area will it will get sun for 6 to 8 hours a day. If the weather is above 40 degrees F, you can leave the container outside. Below that and you should bring it indoors, because rosemary is a warm-weather plant and will not handle a frost.
- 5). Water the plant only when the soil drys out. Rosemary will tolerate drought conditions better than it will being over-watered.
- 6). If you bring the container indoors, keep in a sunny area, and place a fan in the area to keep the air circulating around it. It will grow a powdery mold on its leaves if there is not enough air moving around it. You will most likely need a pesticide for spider mites when indoors. If you plan on using the rosemary in your food, make sure to wash off the pesticides well.
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