• Thursday 6 April 2017

    Tips and Technique: Grow Your Own Lemongrass in Garden and Backyard


    Growing (and Using) Lemongrass

    Lemongrass grows easily in my warm climate, but it also grows well in pots. This means that even if you live in a cooler region, you can move it indoors when the weather turns. In a warm outdoor environment, the plant can reach six feet high; it will remain smaller when grown in pots.



    Spotlight on Spice: How to Grow Lemongrass

    Lemongrass is a herb – a delicious, aromatic, healing herb – but don’t let that flowery characterization imply that the plant itself is anything more than a grass.  A weed.  A clump of long blades that will spread, and keep growing back each year.

    Lemongrass is a spice you can grow, so let’s get started.



    Technique: Grow your own lemongrass

    Growing lemongrass is child’s play. All you need to do is plonk the stalks that you buy at the supermarket into a jar filled with about an inch or so of water and just watch it grow! Within just two days you will see the roots sprout and you know you’re on your way to a bountiful lemongrass garden.



    Lemongrass: How to grow it and what to do with it

    how do you grow lemongrass in your own yard? Obviously, the easiest way to get started is to find a lemongrass plant at your local nursery.  There are a few different varieties available, some of which are better for producing essential oil, some of which make larger bulbs, etc.  Talk to your nursery employee about which varieties they carry or check out the National Horticulture Board for descriptions of all the varieties currently available.



    Propagating and Growing Lemongrass from Store-Bought Stalks

    Lemongrass (Cymbopogon) is a tropical plant in the grass family. Commonly grow for used in cooking because of its scent and subtle citrus flavor. It is also used as medicinal herbs.
    Lemongrass is widely used in Asian cooking. It is often used in soups, curries and making teas.



    How to Grow Lemon Grass, Trim and Plant

    Fill small pots with soil-based potting mix. Trim off the top of each stem and pot the young plants up. Water well, and keep on a warm, sunny windowsill, or in a greenhouse.



    Lemongrass – How to Grow It and Use It

    I first came across lemongrass while visiting a farmer’s market in Florida while we were traveling. The little old man handed me a bunch of lemongrass stalks and said, “You put those in water and they grow again.” He picked up another stalk and showed me how to chop it and use the inner part of the lemongrass. It smelled amazing when he chopped it up, and I bought a couple of bunches of lemongrass.



    How to Cook with Lemongrass

    Lemongrass can usually be found in the produce section of fancier grocery stores or your local garden-variety Asian supermarket.

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    Benefits and Uses for Lemongrass

    Lemongrass, also called fever grass, is a perennial plant with thin, long leaves that is indigenous to many Asian countries. As the name implies, lemongrass smells like lemon, but it tastes milder and sweeter.

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    Addictive Fresh Lemongrass Tea

    Lemongrass is one of my favorite Thai flavors. I keep a zipper bag of leftover lemongrass in my freezer, so I decided to pull it out and make use of the stems that are too rough for mincing.

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    Steps For Harvesting Lemongrass

    Harvesting lemongrass is simple. While you can harvest lemongrass pretty much at any time throughout its growing season, in cooler regions, it is normally harvested towards the end of the season, just before the first frost. Indoor plants can be harvested throughout the year.

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    1 comment:

    1. I've never been able to find lemon grass at grocery stores or garden centers

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