Tree & Plant Care : How to Grow Lemon Grass

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When growing lemon grass, start the seeds in a glass of water until roots form and then transfer the plant into the ground, keeping the area well watered. Give lemon grass plants lots of light and learn how to cook with the leaves using tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening. Expert: Yolanda Vanveen Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash. Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

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Hi ulanda, love your hair

Initially, does the water in the cup need to be changed out daily or simply added to?

thank you thank you. i am going to do this this week. i just discovered lemon grass for cooking. again thank you.

I live in SE Florida and purchased a 4" pot of Lemon Grass from a local plant show. I MADE THE MISTAKE of putting it in the ground. OMG is this stuff INVASIVE. I now have a 15' x 15' patch of Lemon Grass that grows 9 FEET TALL when it's blooming. The wind blows the fine seeds into every vacant piece of ground or flower pots in the yard. If you grow Lemon Grass, keep it in a container and cut off the blooms when they appear OR ELSE plan on having a LIFETIME supply on hand....

Want to cook chicken with lemongrass? Go and search for this video in youtube "Lemongrass fried chicken"

Thanks again. ;0)

thank you, was very helpful.

thanks. Question answered.

I followed her instructions and rooted in water. It really does take a month for enough roots to form, after which you'll see grass. That's when I transplanted to soil. Note that the roots are thick and inflexible. If you want separate plants, put the stalks in different cups, preferably cups wide at base. I started with semi-dry stalks and I never changed the water, yet it still did very well. I guess that's why she starts off by saying it's a grass -essentially implying that it's idiot-proof.

i got lemmon grass stems 2 days ago i want to plant it bcause i love tea specially lemon grass tea :) the thing is i left it in the car trunk for one night and i was freazing cold. it dryed out a bit but i put it in water last night so i hope hope it grows! ive got about 4 or 5 stems. so, should i plant them all together or separately? also its really cold out side so i think i'll keep them in a cup untill spring, mean while how ofter should i water them? thnx :)

@gpparsons it actually starts rooting within 1-2 weeks, during summer time it's a lot quicker

@adlufc1141new it should grow more stalks :)

Over here they don't sell these in the shops, I had to buy "seeds" from Ebay, about 2000 of them actually got me 4 or 5 plants, it's ok the harder they are to get, the more attached I get! haha

where's the roots though

I would have liked to see some stalks with roots after soaking in water for 2 months.

I bought 4 lemongrass stalks from my Asian market. I used 1 for cooking and put the other 3 in a glass container in an southern window. I had to change the water about every 5 days or so. They now have roots growing. It only took 2 1/2 weeks.

can u buy in the us and i wonder if u can get it in texas

I grew lemon grass around Chicago successfully from spring to fall. The lemon grass really picks up when it gets warmer. I went from a piece twice the size of my finger to a huge potter full of a yard tall grass. Great smell, great for food. Be careful the grass is really sharp.

thank you for your great videos! Can you tell me do you change the water daily or weekly or other? Because the water will evaporate eventually. thanks.