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title: "My rosemary plant is getting worse. I don’t know if I need to prune…"
description: "My rosemary plant is getting worse. I don’t know if I need to prune it or give it a proper burial. I’m following directions and fertilised her yesterday. She…"
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author: "The Middleton’s"
published: "2023-12-10T17:03:50.535Z"
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# My rosemary plant is getting worse. I don’t know if I need to prune…

_Posted by The Middleton’s on 2023-12-10_

My rosemary plant is getting worse. I don’t know if I need to prune it or give it a proper burial. I’m following directions and fertilised her yesterday. She is a rescue. Maybe I need to prune her AND repot since she was in a pot with dead thyme and mostly dead mint. I’m floundering here.

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## 6 comments

### MeasomerPi commented on 2023-12-10

It looks mine right before I gifted it to the compost bin. You can try cutting back to see if you can find green wood. If you find it, I would move into full sun. It might come back.

Unfortunately my experience is rosemary is extraordinarily difficult to keep inside.

### Jennifer W commented on 2023-12-10

I’ve found rosemary inside is a pain. Down here in the south it behaves like a weed outside. Even in the winter. Where r u? If there is any green on it and you want to keep it inside consider clipping off all the dried up stuff and then maybe a growing lamp?

#### The Middleton’s replied on 2023-12-10

West Texas. Lubbock County. It would probably do great outside but not sure about the winter. I think spring and summer maybe but I’m unfamiliar with its habits.

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2023-12-11

Might be a little tricky. The cold winter nights will be hard on it. Locate it in a protected spot, maybe against a south facing wall (will create a microclimate). You can also try mulching in the winter.

### Sunny commented on 2023-12-10

Rosemary has difficulty surviving below 30°F in winter. Lubbock County is further north than Dallas. So, it gets colder than thirty too many times for a rosemary plant to survive winter outside.

### Lauren commented on 2023-12-17

Rosemary is a bit temperamental especially inside. It doesn’t like to be cold nor does it like to lose light just cause of the season change. If you can find anything still green - prune and get yourself a grow light to keep light on it especially during winter months. Keep it warm but still in a window.

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