How and when to collect rosemary

If you have a rosemary plant in your garden or in a pot, you can take advantage of its stems to prepare delicious recipes, ensuring that they have an exquisite flavor after adding a fresh stem that has been carefully cared for.

But what is the best time to cut it? Let us know how and when to collect rosemary in order to take better advantage of its benefits.

All about picking rosemary

El romero It is an evergreen shrub that is widely planted in low-maintenance gardens, but it also looks great in pots to decorate balconies or terraces. It is very easy to take care of; not in vain, the only thing you need is sun, a mild climate and moderate watering to be well.

But if you want to know how to collect it, then we will tell you:

When to collect rosemary?

To collect rosemary we just have to wait for a nice day, that is, that the sky is clear and the temperature stays between 15 and 25 degrees Celsiussomething that happens frequently during spring and fall. In summer I do not recommend collecting it, since the plant is in full growth and, when cutting, it would lose more sap than it can allow, which would weaken it and we could lose it.

What is needed?

Not much: with some scissors to cut flowersor even with some crafts that children or young people use to make their crafts is more than enough. Of course, the use of gardening gloves so that work is cleaner, but they are not essential, far from it.

How to collect rosemary?

With gardening scissors -the ones we use to cut flowers- previously disinfected with pharmacy alcohol, we will select those stems that we like the most. These they have to look healthy, without brown or yellow spots, and without a trace of pests. It is advisable not to cut those that have flowers, as producing them involves a very large energy expenditure and if they are cut that effort will have been in vain.

Once we have cut the stems that interest us the most we will make bundles with up to 10 branchestying them with a rope. When they’re all tied up We will hang them upside down in a dark, dry and well ventilated place for two weeks in order for them to dry.

After that time, we place the stems on a smooth and clean surface, and We remove the leaves to put them later in hermetic containers. And now, finally, we can use rosemary in the kitchen whenever we want 🙂.

How is the pruning of rosemary?

At the same time that stems are taken and then given some use at home, it can also be used to prune the plant. So, if you have one that needs a hairdressing session, you must prune it as follows:

1. First, you have to cut those branches that look dry, diseased, weak or that are broken.
2. Then, take a few steps away from the rosemary and identify those that are growing too much, or in a direction (or area) that you do not like, considering the style you want to give it (for example, if you want to give it the shape of a tree, the leftover stems will sprout from the trunk).
3. Now, cut or reduce the length of the stems you consider.
4. Finally, check if you have left any stem uncut and that should be cut, and when you finish clean the tool you have used with a disinfectant product.

Rosemary uses

We have talked about the fact that the stems that we cut from rosemary can be used in the kitchen, but for what exactly? Well, this plant it is used a lot as a condimentsince it enhances the flavor of the prepared dishes since the flavor of this plant itself is strong, hence it is advisable to use it in moderation.

On the other hand, it must be said that it has medicinal properties. Among them, we highlight the following: it is antiseptic, purifying, diuretic and hypotensive. There are several ways to consume it:

• Infusion: 10 grams of leaves are boiled in a liter of water, strained and finally left to rest and then be drunk.
• Oil: 10 grams of leaves are crushed and mixed with 100 cc of vegetable oil. Then everything is left in a water bath for two hours. And then it is filtered and packaged.

We hope it has been useful to you 🙂.