Things You'll Need:
- Water
- Plant pots
- Shears
- Small trowel
- Alkaline potting soil
- Optional:
- Small rocks
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Step 1
Set your lemon thyme plant in a very sunny area where it won't get rained on too much.
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Step 2
Water your plant moderately, so that the soil stays moist but not soaked. Make sure your pot has good drainage.
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Step 3
Pinch the tips off of any branches that are not flowering. This will help it to be bushy.
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Step 1
Tip the pot your plant is in and gently wiggle the plant free. Shake off any excess soil. Prepare a larger pot, or the ground, by digging a hole deep enough for the roots.
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Step 2
Set the plant into the new hole and gently fill it in, but do not pack it tight. Water the plant generously, but without soaking it.
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Step 3
Remove a plant from the ground by using the trowel to dig very carefully around its base, making sure not to damage the roots. Shake off the excess soil.
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Step 4
Move the entire plant to a larger pot, or to a sunny spot in the ground with a hole deep enough to let it fit comfortable. Water it well, but do not soak it.
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Step 5
If your plant has grown too bushy, you can thin it out a little by taking cuttings from the stem above any new shoots. Only do this after the plant has rooted and is thriving, and after all threat of frost is past.
