How to Grow Lemongrass - Complete Growing Guide
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Growing lemongrass is not something most people think to grow, and many
have never even tried growing it either because it is "too difficult"
or because they don't know how to harvest it. Well, fear not. In this
episode, we cover all of that stuff and uncover just how easy it is to
grow! We talk about temperature, watering, sunlight requirements, how
to harvest, and spacing. It is a very easy plant to grow and I think
you all will love growing it once you see just how easy it is!
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Leaves do matter, at least here in India. We mostly harvest leaves so that we can add them to our Tea. It adds amazing flavor to it. Thanks for the info though.
Yep..was coming here to say exactly that.
Totally agree.
Yes,,I was to ng to put that as a comment.. Lol. ! ! You did first. .. Whyvdoesn t he know that..??
In Florida we use to dare each other to run through the lemon grass because it will cut you lol it grows wild here ! And my dad use just cut them out and everyone around here thought he was weird for always taking a chunk of the grass haha
The green leaves make great tea. Take it from 83 year old grower.
Exactly. I grow it all summer, chop it down, dehydrate it and drink a blend of lemongrass iced tea with green tea and other herbs all year round. I adore lemongrass!
We love you Ol Bear njoy !!! You inspire me
Where I live here in the Bahamas we use the leaves as tea, don't throw away the leaves they are useful.
GREEN LEAVES MATTER! MAKES GREAT HEALTHY TEA WITH GINGER, CINNAMON & LEMON. ;)
2 points: 1. The purple color that comes with the cold is a good thing for nutrition and medicinal value. 2. That lemon grass leaf you tossed is the best part. I grew up in lemon grass country, and we picked those leaves and boiled them both fresh and dried for a few days, but especially dried, when the flavor and release of nutrients is best.
This is 4 years old but what kinda if medicinal value does the purple coloring have?
We add leaves in tea, it tastes wonderful. You might want to try it 😃
Okay, I'm Asian and from a culture that uses a lot of lemongrass for cooking, leaves do matter. 😉 Infact, we cut the stalk leaving the rest of the bottom stalk and roots for further growth.
I agree. I used the stalks for wonder refreshing tea. Why would you throw them out? 🙆🏻♀️
If you buy yourself a glass distillation kit (like those used in university chemistry labs), you can extract the essential oils from lemongrass and other herbs by steam distillation. Lemongrass essential oil makes a great fragrance ingredient for homemade soap.
how difficult is it?
We make tea from the leaves. We love it.
you should give us the recipe on how to make from fresh leaves
@@cynthiahalford4053 Hot water & lemongrass
@@cynthiahalford4053 Just add a tbsp of lemon grass chopped leaves to any black tea with cream or half and half or milk to 1 .5 cups milk and boil. Milk is optional. You can also add a tsp of grated ginger to it for added flavor :)
About to make some Tea from the leaves right now.
Knockout Artist 😂. Xx
The leaves make the best and very beneficial tea! They do matter! We dry them together with some of the stock, nothing goes to waste
This is a great video! Thank you for sharing. Can't wait to grow and harvest some this year! 🌿
The leaves make lovely tea. 🍃
Going to try it this year in our patio planters with your seeds. Thanks Luke!
Leaves are just as good we put 'em into water then steam a whole chicken for 40 min then deep fry with salt n pepper pretty awesome lunch!
Great video!
I love growing lemongrass here in subtropical Coffs Harbour, Australia.
As you say it's easy to grow, great to cook with, use the leaves in teas with ginger and also the leaves are great mulch when you prune it back!
Thank you so much! I was so curious about this plant. I'm happy to hear that it is fairly good for beginners.
Thanks for this video.... this is great.. I just brought a lemon grass plant, split it into 3 pots to grow through the summer. Then in Sept. I will plant in around the yard. My dog eats so much grass, that I thought if he ate this no big deal, I might eat some too!
Yep, the white stalks near the roots are excellent for cooking (when diced) and steaming (when left in longer lengths). For a delicious pot of stock or broth, whole lengths of lemongrass should be used: bunch them together with strings, and boil away with meat bones, resulting in a final broth that gives-off a nose-pleasing lemongrass aroma.
I only harvest the leaves, makes great tea 🍵
I have lemon grass plants and I use the leafs to make tea I boiled them in water put an apple while boiling and it very good for soar throat.
I use the whole plant; leaves for tea, stems for cooking ie Thai dishes, pizza topping, lemon grass chicken etc
I have grown LG from seed in upstate NY for the past 2 years. Maybe I've been lucky but I've had no issues. Last year direct seeded it outside, this year I've started the seeds indoors under lights, so far, so good...I love your videos! Thank you
I am confused at the 'complete' in your title. I didn't see anything about how to sow the seeds or how to harvest the seeds. But really the sowing part would be nice in your complete guide. Otherwise, nice info.
Wow, I didn't know you don't use leave. I have been using the leaves to make tea and not the stalk. I have mine in a pot on my balcony so I will now use the stalk. Thanks for enlightening me. I just recalled my grandmother used the leaves all the time when we were in South America where it was widely grown. We"d just go in the backyard and cut the leaves for tea.
Use the leaves...he is wrong ;)
Great info, really useful video.
The Lemongrass Blades or "leaves" are excellent for making Tea and should not be wasted. Various cultures around the world have been using the Lemongrass Blades to make Tea for hundreds of years.
The leaves make a wonderful tea
Just one correction, you can use the leafs it’s an aromatic. So you can make chai tea with it. You can also put it in soups. Just need to remove it before eating.
your a bit late 1,000 other people repeated this already LOL
This is an awesome video very informative. Thanks for sharing this.
I enjoy your videos Luke. Learning so much and I now have a healthier garden thanks to you. I just placed an order for more of your seeds and I cant wait to plant them. Keep up the amazing work and I look forward to watching all of you videos.
Thanks for the guide. I have lemongrass growing in a container this year but had trouble growing it from seed. I made two attempts and both had 0% germination so gave up. I ended up finding a small pot of it at a local nursery and got some. I'm hoping for it to survive the winter. here in 7B.
I never start from seed. Thy take too long, and poor germination rate. I buy them from starts and they do amazingly well.
Thank you this was so much fun to watch. I have the seeds but I always felt a bit uncomfortable to try it. Now I am going to! By the way, your positive energy comes through in your videos. Be well.
I live in Croatia and i have lemon grass in my garden and it is great
Hi! Lemon grass is a common plant here in Philippines, particularly here in Cebu. We usually use it for "Tinolang Manok" 😊
I make tea with the leaves and add lavender. It is delicious.
I am backing Aniket Bhoyar: The stalk might have more flavour than the leaves but the amount of flavour in the leaves cannot be neglected. Nice growing guide though. Very easy to "Grass"p
The leaves are just as useful as the stalk. You make bundles out of them to make tea. How tall does yours get in your area?
Hopefully he'll do a followup apologizing for throwing away the leaves and saying only using the center stalk smh lolol
Great video, you teach well, I enjoy your videos
This is how I grow my Lemon Grass fast and EASY...@
"4:56" -- MIgardener, in you tossing the lemongrass blades you are absolutely wasting the lemongrass plant(s) you have & are unfortunately encouraging others to do the same. When I was a boy my maternal grandmother had, in addition to other such plants, lemongrass &, yes, she used it all, except for the roots, which can be replanted again.
Great video Luke! I've never considered growing lemon grass but I'll try it next year for sure. Never knew that you can dehydrate it and use for tea! Suppose you could use it in many recipes requiring lemon zest or flavoring. Any way thanks for all the growing tips.....I'll grow it with my basil next year.
You don't need to dehydrate it. Just clean, bunch, tie them up, toss in water, then boil
Awesome!
I was hoping to see how you plant the seeds. Can you make a video of how you start the seeds please ? 🙏 thank you for all your wonderful videos
I am growing it from seed...hopefully use for natural insect repellent for my backyard chicken coop. I hear you plant them 1/4" down, and mist with water. Very loose soil. Usually germinate 5-21 days.
Good video
Never considered the fact it would be hard for anyone to grow. I planted it sparsely along my parent's back fence. In a very short time I would divide and replant in the open sections. Trust me ... here it grows quickly. It can actually be a pain in the rear if you don't stay on top of it. Like you said, it's a grass.
You can use the leaves for tea
I live in california and there is a lot of sun. It is pretty much sunny all year round. I just recently started growing lemongrass and was wondering if new shoots look red? Or are those dry ones i need to cut or pick out?
Thank you 💕
thank you for this one. I'm growing this in a terra cotta herb pot with sage and rosemary. I'm in zone 4 so those all need to go inside in the winter. good to know about the nutrients, the sage has been yellowing some so I bet the lemon grass is taking all the nitrogen. you are h just missing the information about what to do with it inside over winter.
Rosemary and lemon grass need large room to grow they turn into bushes in full sun with plenty of water. Start them from stalk in the winter and plant after frost and by Oct you will have a bush to divide into more plants
Leaves are heavenly in tea.
The leaves can be dried for tea ! :)
I bet it will taste so delicious as a chicken marinade 😍👏🏼
dogs love it .
Dee Mccullough my dog helped herself to all of my lemongrass last year. This year I will planted in the fenced in garden.
*plant it
Great video💖💖💖
hello my friend, i have a big lemon grass but i will like to propagated ,i will like to have more plants and i have to tell you the leaves are good for tea..in winter very good for your cold...good medication ...thank you for your video can you make one how to propagated.
Simply take it out and cut it into section with a knife. Divide the root ball as many times as you want.
Haha! I bought Trifecta and put a bit in each of my plant pots(on the top) then scratched the top of them with my fingers to work it in. Then was going to water the Trifecta into the plants because they'd already been planted. But my 2 dogs wanted to lick the trifecta out of the pots. Goofy Dogs!
Great guide Luke, too bad I'm in zone 5b. This lemongrass won't grow here year round. I hate growing things that won't come back except veggie type stuff. It probably wouldn't do very good up here in SD.
Try overwintering it by bringing it indoors! :D
That's what I'm going to try, we're zone 2. I planted in a deep container, the plants are 2 inch tall now. Will bring inside when it is getting too chilly.
Thanks guys, I'll have to do that... Because sadly. Winters here in the Midwest are just bone biting brutal. 70+ winds truly can bite through the body instantly. So I cannot imagine plants liking it much better. Hehe Always appreciate any input!
Ik I'm late to this. But the leaves are sooo goood to make an infusion, add sugar and milk and it's amazing
I grow lemon grass and its a healthy strong bush. I used them for cooking, however, I noticed that it has fine white powder on them, the deeper layers that I tried to clean and wash, the more that I found. I wondered what the powder is? and is it normal in lemon grass. I would appreciate if you advice me what to do. Thanks
Osem tips luke thanks for everything
Thank you for share some people does know how growed it I used everytime on my soup ,My home Thailand we used
a lot and nice video.
i love lemongrass. a delicious spice!
Sounds like a great plant to grow :-)
Great lesson. I grew them once. I cut off the stalks. They never grow again. What happened?
have you tried growing these from seed?
What's the best soil to use for growing carrots in?
Great video! How to grow LG was very well explained and I can't wait to try growing my own. I live in NY and I want to know if they need to come inside during winter months?
Yes, they do. But I bet you have found that out by now. I would harvest them before the cold weather sets in, just take some nice little stems and leave the root area on as much as possible, cut off the top leaves, so the plant is so tall (cut off for 6-10 inch length) and have some jars and place a few stems in as many you can, and over the winter they should make roots and come spring you can plant into pots and the cycle begins again. (Also look at a later post I answered it gives more details how to start plants) For us in the colder areas, I think we need to keep starting new plant every year or just keep some when harvesting and re-pot then and keep indoors over winter, after all danger of frost has passed put them out - remember to harden them off first before putting them outside!
I use the leaves chopped up and steeped in hot water for roughly 10 mins for a tea. Then I give them back to nature.
can you do a video of planting them from seed please
I just planted a perineal lemon grass in zone 4b.
:) :) check your spelling :) having worked as labor and delivery nurse this made me smile!!!!!
+kleineroteHex Thsnk you for correcting. iPhone autocorrect "Perennials to............happens sometimes.
wow i phone is pretty advanced with that in the vocabulary!
Don't change it, it is funny!!!!!!!
Thanks for the sunlight and nitrogen tips. I've been growing one for a few months and was wondering why it hasn't grown enough leaves. I also planted this in a pot so I can move it around easily when it gets bushy but what you said about the root system I may have to move it to the ground. Any tips on getting it to grow bigger stalks?
Lemon Grass gets to be 4ft wide b y 5 ft tall so it will take over that pot of his. plus it needs lots of water in the summer when its growing fast in the sun.
Ideally the harvested stalks should be around the size of your thumb for optimum flavor, at least from what I've experienced.
This would be ideal, but with such a short growing season that wasn't quite possible.
I ordered lemongrass seeds
from you and It’s on my way :)
when should I plant them?
I’m in zone4a.
Thanks!
I’d like to use it on a fence line if I cut it back will it die in the slight occasional 30’ central Tx winters?
What I do is clipped few leaves and rubs on my skin, helps keep those mean blood suckers mosquitoes away.
Can I trim them back in the winter? My plant is almost 8 feet tall in my backyard in southern Texas
Dang.
Yes trim it by harvesting the leaves drying by bundling them and freeze some bundled or make tea and put into ice cube trays for drinks soups etc and divide the plant and you can make a living wall with more of those 8Ft bushy plants of yours
Off Topic at bit, where do you get your containers?
The blades for tea or smudging !!!
The leaves CAN matter, IF you want to repel mosquitoes anywhere on your property! Lemongrass containers citronella, so I cut them up & place them underneath, for example, at the base of two large viberna shurbs on either side of my front door, where mosquitoes seem to like to congregate! Remember, nothing in nature is wasted. All has a purpose.
I use the leaves in the soup.
Can i start these is tiny cells?
first time seeing this vid of yours. great info. thanks. buuut, i thought that you could eat the leaves too, ive heard that from a few other videos. also, do they repel mosquitoes? thats the main reason why i recently bought some seeds. ive always grown from seed for almost anything and didnt feel like paying $8 for 1 plant lol....vs $1 for like 1000 seeds. also, where did u get those round tin raised beds in the background and how much?
You can buy for $1.00 at the store and stick in water to root and make your own
As a nitrogen hogging plant, wouldn't lemon grass do well growing with peas and other nitrogen fixing plants as companions?
only if you turn the nitrogen fixing plants back into the soil. once the legumes flower, they use up the nitrogen before the lemongrass can get to it.
How many seeds should you plant if starting indoors in lets say a 4inch wide container...
You didn't tell us how to plant the seeds!
@shashakeeleh You grow new plants by putting some of the stalks from the parent plant, (that has not had the root area cut of, it should have a really hard section at the bottom of the root, if it's cut above that it may not grow) or buy some Lemon Grass at your local Asian Market (look for those that are not cut up into the bulb part of the bottom) place a few 4-6 stems into a glass of water (filtered, not city tap if it has all that gunk in it, or take a clean used milk jug and put in tap water and leave it for 24 hours to evaporate most of that gunk in it) and use that for your cuttings, and change the water on a regular basis, you will see the water get yucky, don't let it sit in stinky water! You generally don't plant from seed!
You do save the leaves also, for making tea, i would either use them fresh through out the g rowing season, then at harvest you can, in bunches hang upside down and dry in a cool dark area, or you can dry by dehydrator and store in jars after cutting up into smaller pieces. Hope this helps?
Very hard to grow from seed
Will the plant grow back from the roots? I am in zone 9A
Yes
I am in zone 9A also. I cut back the plant and dry the leaves in bundles to make a large soup pot of tea and put some in ice cube trays to flavor drinks soups etc after frozen put into ziplock bags.. Then dig the plant up and divide it with a serrated knife and got 16 new plants . Plant in fun sun and they are 5 foot tall 4 foot wide nand the middle stalks are seeding and they are the thickest stalks. you can freeze the stalks after you trim them.
I just purchased some for the first time. Some were a pretty green and others were yellowish. What color should it be?
I would say Cynthia that your yellow ones are on their way out, they should be green, but keep with it for a bit as sometimes they take awhile to do anything. Mine last year, I had some roots within weeks, and some (4-5 plants) had nothing, but I left them there and they did get roots, it was probably about 3 months, just keep changing the water every week or twice a week, as they can get smelly. Keep a used milk jug, cleaned, fill with town water, if you don't have filtered water, you can use bottled water, why pay for it when all you do if fill your milk jug, and let it sit for 24 hours or more, use that water, to refresh plants when needed.
Here in the South, my lemongrass gets huge, and my cats like to chew the leaves.
Did you grow it from seed or a plant start?
I grew it from a start that we got.
I just planted some in an 8 inch tub. Bad move?
if you just want to start it...It needs room they get huge if you want them to get huge
Does lemongrass drop seed ? If not, where do the seeds come from ?
I am in zone 9A they went to seed in Oct. Looks like a weed grass type of seed and those stalks are the thickest stalks
I don't know why he thinks the leaves are not for cooking, that's just not so. The leaves can very much be used for cooking and/or for making tea.
plz make videos growing from seeds
you just throw the seeds in the ground when it is warm, water, and there's nothing else to it.
+Oxana Kabardina I know that right I mean like growing strawberry blueberries etc from seeds
Yeah, that would be helpful, but lemongrass from seed is boring :)
Help!! I have lemongrass so massive and thick I can't get it out of the ground. How can I get it out of the ground.
Dig deep around the whole plant. Then lay on the side and take a shovel or a knife and cut into the root ball to divide it. I took one large plant and made 16 new plants .
Hi. Sorry to ssy, but i do not agree with you saying the leaves are useless etc... Pls get some research done. I'm from a tropical country and lemongrass is not new to us here. Overall i love your videos. Ty. Tc. 🌸 🌿
You would think that you would be wearing one of your Grow big or Go Home t-shirt 👕 in all of your videos from here on out. Just a thought Luke.
This was filmed before our t-shirts were made. With how busy I am there is almost no way to film everything the day it is uploaded.
+MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living Hi my pumpkins are turning yellow and it is July and I am very worried about them and I am not sure what to do and was thinking you could point me in the right direction
Let's Garden Together once they are turning there is not much you can do. You can try covering them with a blanket and that can slow the ripening process down a bit.
+MIgardener | Simple Organic Gardening & Sustainable Living whoops i made a mistake in the other comment
I meant the pumpkin plant. Sorry for making you right all that. O and the type of pumpkin I am growing is Big Max
i planted a few, only one came up :( will it grow into a bunch or do i toss?
One stalk will multiply. Just plant it & leave it alone for awhile. I have more than I know what to do, but I love having it! I buy & use the essential oil, put it on my skin & mosquitos stay away!
it likes sun and lots of water during the growing season
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I was married to a Thai lady for 22 years. She never grew lemongrass from seed and neither do I. It survives refrigeration. Buy the fresh lemongrass stalks in the grocery and put them in a pot of potting soil. This year I'm overwintering my plants in pots in the house and they are doing fine. Not growing, but alive and healthy. When the weather warms I'll split the clumps and plant them in the garden. I'm not sure when they go to seed, probably will have to start over then.