![]() ![]() Tie the tip of the stem (with the top leaves still intact) to a small cane, to allow it to grow upwards.Using a piece of wire, peg the wounded section of stem into the trench and cover with the soil.Using a sharp knife, make a small cut on the stem on the node, and apply hormone rooting powder. Bend the stem to see where it touches the ground – this needs to have a node or leaf branching point.Strip off the leaves, leaving just a few at the end. Choose a healthy, young stem from the outer part of the plant.You can layer thyme from spring until fall.It involves bending existing stems down into the ground, which enables them to become their own new plants. Layering thyme uses the same principles as mound layering, except the parent plant is not sacrificed. At this stage, you can remove them from the parent plant and pot them on or plant out. Come mid to late summer, the individual stems – or layers – should have grown roots.Add more compost mix if the rain washes it away. You want to see the tips of the shoots still coming through the top of the compost mix. Simply, take a 1:1 mix of compost and sand, and use it to cover, or 'mound', the existing thyme plant.Mound layering is best carried out in the spring.However, before disposing of thyme, you can use the old plant to propagate several new ones through the mound layering technique. ![]() Thyme is prone to becoming woody after a few years, and then is usually replaced with a younger plant.
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