Lemongrass Care

Lemongrass can be obtained from specialty nurseries or can be purchased from an Asian grocery. If you get it from a grocer, try to find a piece with a few roots in evidence. Put the lemongrass in a glass of water and let the roots grow.When the lemongrass...

By this time, the plant will have finished growing for the year, and it will be time to move your pot indoors before the temperatures drop below 40 F. Fill the rest of the pot in with soil and water thoroughly.

Only the tender part inside is considered edible, so once it's cooked, it can be sliced and added to various dishes. While it is easy to grow and care for, some people are not sure about when or how to go about picking lemongrass.

There's a chance there may be some roots still attached – and this is even better.To encourage your lemongrass stalks to grow new roots, place them bulb down in a jar with an inch of water in the bottom.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

Is a delicious citrus scented grass that is used in many Asian dishes. It also makes a lovely, easy to grow addition to the garden. Severe infection may result in the death of leaves and eventually plants.Rust spores survive on lemongrass debris on the...

When overwintering lemongrass in cool climates, it may be wise to grow the plant in containers. Then it can be frozen right away in a resealable plastic bag, or freeze it first with a small amount of water in ice cube trays and then transfer to resealable...

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These are probably mostly around the outside of the plant. Once all that remains of your plant is green, you can cut down the tops of the stalks to make it a more manageable size.Lemongrass is very forgiving and can be cut back quite drastically.

I?ll admit, lemongrass is one of those herbs that doesn?t exactly grow like wildfire. But where I am, in Texas, the best shot I?ve got for getting this tender perennial to make it through the winter is to cut it back to just a few inches tall and mulch...

It may be treated as an annual, or overwintered indoors. Slice the tender part of the stalk, and add as needed to your recipe. Tips For Using Lemongrass You'll have just about as much fun using your lemongrass as you will growing it.

If you're unable to use all the fresh leaves during the growing season, harvest a bunch to bundle, hang to dry, then store in tightly sealed containers. This plant gets its name and unique flavor from citral, the same chemical compound that gives lemon...

Collect all the pieces in a clean jar.Pour 16 ounces of boiling water over about 4 ounces of dried and chopped lemongrass to soften the tissues of the stalk and release the flavors in the lemongrass.Cover the jar tightly and set aside to steep for an...

You can also root a stalk from the produce market in water. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Any well drained soil. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Lemongrass Aphids (General) Slug Snail

Or have it plain and savor the natural flavor.Cut the blackened root end off of the end of the lemongrass stalks. Cut the stalks in half. Crush the stalks gently with the back of a cleaver or chopping knife to help release the juices.Add the lemongrass...

I use sprigs of lemon verbena to flavor fish dishes and salad dressings. Because lemongrass stalks are woody, they're almost always removed from the dish before it's served, leaving only their delightful, lemony-flavor behind.

Think crabgrass."[Grass] covers one-fourth of Earth's land." Planet Earth: The Great Plains, More than 9,000 known species of grasses grow throughout the world, including those grown for grains, pasture, and lawns.

We have been busy raking and shredding the leaves and piling them into the compost bins—an endless chore to say the least. We have been busy raking and shredding the leaves and piling them into the compost bins —an endless chore to say the least.

Carefully spoon a tablespoon of crabmeat garnish on top of each bowl of soup. Cilantro, chopped 1 T. The final product is a beautiful pale orange, and the dollop of crabmeat salad on top adds a luxurious touch to the humble root-vegetable combination.

Shiso ( Perilla frutescens var. It comes in red, purple and green varieties, and in the temperate zone, can be cultivated as an annual outdoors or as a perennial if taken in. I've been using an extract of this citrus-scented grass to try to bait a swarm...

Citronella grass prefers moist, loamy soil.It has high watering needs, so if grown in a container, water it every day. In addition to its mosquito repelling properties, the plant is also used to treat lice and other parasites, like intestinal worms.

Iowa State University recommends applying the oil directly to the skin or clothing, but notes that some people may be allergic to this plant. In a double blind clinical study using citronella oil and a placebo, children treated with citronella had a significantly...

The plants' leaves and/or stems will need to be crushed or bruised so that the oils are released into the environment every time the gardener is in the garden. Let the solution cool and strain.

When the clumps outgrow the space you have for them, dig them up and divide them. An example of a clumping, tropical bamboo, Mexican weeping bamboo (Otatea acuminata aztecorum) grows 15 to 20 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide in USDA zones 9 through 11.

I fully expect some epic fails. Never, you say? I'll be looking for quirky heirloom varieties of Joe Average vegetables and fruits, and trying things I've never even heard of. Well, a quince may look like a very ugly, lumpy, hard apple, but it grows on...

I usually store the bulbs in a box of peat moss in the basement and plan to do so again this year. Because I don't want it to spread, I plan to wrap the pot in a plastic garbage bag to keep the roots from growing out the drainage hole in the bottom of...

Pluck a leaf, chew it up and place the natural salve directly on the sting as quickly as possible—it reduces inflammation and pain on the spot. Trying to pull out the stinger often leads to it being pushed deeper into the skin.

I went ahead and spritzed them with water to lightly dampen the peat moss before repacking the bulbs. It has never happened before, but the weather has been quite warm here lately (in the 40s and 50s), and I suspect that has something to do with it.