🌿 Rosemary

Rosemary just got checked.

Most likely diagnosis

Chronic watering stress from poor moisture balance in the pot, likely too wet or unevenly wet/dry

The rosemary looks stressed overall, with a lot of browning and thinning inside the plant and only the outer tips staying green. In a terracotta pot outdoors, the most likely cause is inconsistent moisture around the roots: either the pot is staying too wet for too long, or it is drying out too hard between waterings and the roots are cycling through stress. Rosemary wants fast drainage and infrequent deep watering, not constantly damp soil.

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Keep it on the dry side and avoid frequent small waterings. Rosemary usually recovers better from slightly dry soil than from wet roots.

Let the pot dry more between waterings; water only when the upper soil is clearly dry

Make sure the pot drains freely and never sits in a saucer of water

Remove only clearly dead, fully brown twigs; do not hard-prune into bare old wood right now

Differential diagnosis

Also possible, but less likely

Normal inner dieback from age and shading, with only moderate stress

Root decline from poor drainage or early root rot if the soil stays wet

Too little sun, especially if this pot gets less than full direct light

Targeted checks 🔎

What would prove it

Press a finger 5–7 cm into the pot: is the soil still damp long after watering?

Check whether water drains freely from the bottom after a deep watering.

Look for stems that are brittle and dead all the way back versus still green under the bark on scratched stems. Thin brown roots or a sour smell would point to root decline.

Next expert check-in ⏰

Over the next 7–10 days

Watch for response after moisture correction

If the issue is watering stress, the green tips should hold steady and new growth may slow but remain healthy. If the plant keeps browning from the inside out while soil stays moist, suspect root rot or drainage failure.

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