Harvesting Lemongrass We grew From Seed!

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Fresh grown lemongrass is about the most incredible thing you can grow. If you want a plant that grows easily, smells amazing, and is extremely expensive in the stores, this is your plant. Give it a shot! We have seeds available for it over on our website www.migardener.com under the 'Herbs' section for just .99!
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@hijabglory5478 3 года назад

The leaves are used in South America as a tea because of its anti-inflammatory properties

@bellazaralilyruger6517 3 года назад

OMG! I can't believe you got rid of all those beautiful leaves! It makes the best tea and scented wreath rings ever!

@why_said_i5818 6 лет назад

The leaves make a delicious tea. This video is the second one you have posted where you said the leaves are of no use. I don't understand your thinking on the leaves. Put the leaves, 3 - 4 cut to fit the pot. Add a quart of water. Bring to boil, cover and remove from heat. Let steep at 10 minutes. I pour it through a strainer into a quart jar. Add water if you find it strong to your taste. Or not. I love it with a mild honey. A delicious, healthy and relaxing tea. Also good cold. I like the leaves more than the stalks.

@ericrivero5992 4 года назад

Also is fantastic for lower your high blood pressure naturally.

@dave_thomas 4 года назад

I was hoping it was not the same guy but it is. At this point he's either just trolling or a crazy weirdo.

@lorenzowilborn8544 3 года назад

The first time I pruned back (actually just cutting out the dried stuff) it occurred to me that regular teas are made from dried leaves....... so I held onto the stuff I had not already trashed and made a tea!!! I was extremely surprised that it did not even need sugar!!!!!!! Mild, but flavorful!

@lorenzowilborn8544 3 года назад

I plan to cut back very soon and will be drying and storing all the leAves for future use!!!

@dave_thomas 3 года назад

@@lorenzowilborn8544 This could end up being a very profitable business for you. I was thinking about doing the same thing. Good luck to you.

@dave_thomas 4 года назад

People around the world in different cultures have been using the Lemongrass "Leaves" for hundreds of years. The Lemongrass "leaves" are perfectly fine to use in tea, soup etc.

@dezarae1984 6 лет назад

Hi Luke. I have a huge lemon grass plant that I’ve been growing for a couple of years. I live in Houston, Texas. We had a hard freeze for two days. The lemon grass died back but came back with the fury as soon as it warmed back up. I like to use the leaves for tea. I steep with with some fresh mint and ginger. You should try lemon grass tea the next time you grow it. 😃

@skatingcanuck9837 3 года назад

I would never have expected to grow lemon grass here. The price has gone up during the pandemic. I saw it on sale for $4 cad for a bunch! Thanks for this video Luke. I am looking forward to growing it next year. I bought your holy basil seeds and will definitely place another order. I never dreamed of cooking Thai with fresh ingredients!

@Soph-ix7hx 4 года назад

FYI The leaves can be used to make tea! Very delicious and has many healthy benefits 🤗

@alphazeta2399 3 года назад

The leaves do have lemon flavor and have used them to make a cold lemon drink that is very refreshing, also i freeze my lemon grass , stems and leaves washed, for the best soup called TOM YUM GOONG its a Thai soup with health benefits, will try to bring in some of my plant to save the roots for next year! Nice video thanks!

@mystikangelnz 3 года назад

Freeze it instead or dehydrating it, it retains all the flavour and also makes for easy grating while still frozen to add I to dishes.

@lofinnell 5 лет назад

In the Philippines the leaves itself is what we use to make soup.

@PrettyAliceNight 6 лет назад

I grow 2 lemongrass plants each year and love them. My sister uses the grassy parts for making tea.

@cynicalcriticofhousekeepin1881 6 лет назад

I already bought some lemongrass seeds among a bunch of other seeds. They should be here on Monday. I have been excited to try out growing lemon grass and chamomile for the first time. I love lemon grass in dandelion tea and I harvest the dandelions in my yard for tea in the spring. I would be beyond thrilled to get more into mixing my own herbal tea blends with home grown goodies.

@sh585175 6 лет назад

Noooooooo don’t put the leaves in the compost.... send it to meeeeeeeee!!! I need my teaaaaaa 😩

@jadvla 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for the video! I have a patch of lemongrass and I almost forgot to harvest before the frost-Thanks again! I also didn't know how to harvest it and thought I had to dig it up like horseradish! I appreciate all your videos and your seed store and I hope you get 300 likes so we can get the recipe!

@jenifer6001 6 лет назад

Yes! Need to see what you do with it!

@islandhomesteader 6 лет назад

Can't wait to see the recipe video! Gonna have to grow some next year, and I know where I will get my seeds from!

@PeUrmeleMantuitorului 6 лет назад

Wonderful! 💗😉😊 Best regards from London!

@jhyche77 6 лет назад

I love your videos! Thanks for showing how to harvest the lemongrass. I grew some this year and needed to know how and when to cut it. Please do post a cooking video!

@PREPFORIT 6 лет назад

Oh Awesome. I love this green !

@npgjnrcc4707 6 лет назад

I enjoyed planting fall garlic video !! garlic is super beneficial!

@jamielee3139 2 года назад

Lemongrass makes delicious tea,you can use the leaves you just threw,

@ElizabethHosea 4 года назад

I just died everytime he said you can use the leaves for anything 😞😔

@theheritagehousesc 2 года назад

I have a huge lemongrass plant I need to harvest and dry some for teas and freeze some for dishes. Never cooked with them before but I want to try some recipes out I saved. Thanks for the video!

@9hank 6 лет назад

Yes, would love to see the soup video.

@jackiehorsley9263 6 лет назад

Thats osem Luke I well be definitely growing lemongrass next season

@aienbranz9824 6 лет назад

We harvest lemon grass all the way to the roots. The tasty part is near the stalk near the roots.

@Reznic007 6 лет назад

I’d love to see a recipe video! I love lemongrass, so flavourful 😊

@npgjnrcc4707 6 лет назад

I really loved watching you prank the hallowen kids with vegetables! also enjoyed your cleaning up the garden video

@ThatGardener 3 года назад

Nice video we are tons of lemongrass for fencing and perfect for tea and cooking!

@lelijaroy8634 6 лет назад

looking forward to the Lemon Grass soup... BTW I froze mine last year--works great in sound etc.

@sharongodbout9014 6 лет назад

Yes! A recipe is always a good idea! :-)

@dorothyczygmunt5232 8 месяцев назад

I agree the leaves can be used as a great tea and also to tie in a small bundle and use un soups for flavor 😊 remove once finished cooking.

@pakbowl420 6 лет назад

looks like you cut your stalks too high. You got to get a little below the soil line. Harvest from where the bulb meets the root. The leaves are not useless. They can be used for teas as well.

@josephiness501 6 лет назад

Scott Velasquez yes the bottom are the best

@glambycheryl212 6 лет назад

We use those discardrd leaves to make tea

@kwameopoku9146 6 лет назад

That's right

@luismartin7625 6 лет назад

Yes we make tea from the leaves it is very good Digestive.

@richardthehandyman6348 6 лет назад

After seeing all the comments, I tried it. Amazing! I'm hooked now!

@mollys5146 6 лет назад

Would love some recipe videos. I use my garden in my catering and always looking for new ideas to use my herbs, veggies, and want to learn more on edible flowers.

@maryrancourt2467 6 лет назад

Love lemongrass. I do cook Thai food at home and grew holy basil (the white one) for the first time this year. Yum! Would love to try a Thai recipe from you. I'll add that seed to my list along with the rainbow chard.

@rhondamontiel3827 3 года назад

I used those leaves for potpourri and they are wonderful

@lifewithlois7262 6 лет назад

Thanks for sharing i did order the seeds from you today.. Yes soup recipe please 💕God Bless💕

@PinkChucky15 6 лет назад

That was all just one plant? That’s so cool!

@homesteadblessings8886 6 лет назад

Got ours pulled just in time, been down below freezing last few nights.

@0626love 3 года назад

I dry the leaves. (anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, blood pressure optimizing, antioxidant-rich, good for stomach, etc.) I freeze the stalks.

@eryn5826 3 года назад

The leaves have a very strong taste you can put them in tea. They're AMAZING

@pinoytalentschannel736 6 лет назад

I use lemongrass grilling whole fish, chicken or pig. Lemongrass leaves are put inside the belly of fish/chicken or pig. 😀

@olgacrego9729 6 лет назад

The leaves are good for tea n for stomach ache we also add cinnamon bark

@chippythesquirrel8945 6 лет назад

I have actually never seen fresh lemongrass in the store, didn't know there were recipes for it either. Please share some of them if you could??

@skatingcanuck9837 2 года назад

Can you separate the seedling into sections and plant separately to maximize harvest?

@gertietrevino6976 2 года назад

Oh my goodness I feel so bad when you did away with those sleeves they’re so healthy you make tea without sleeves and it is super healthy to drink the tea I hope you read this

@Sandra-nx3pl 6 лет назад

I use the leaves to make tea .

@shashakeeleh5468 6 лет назад

MIG, you read my mind! When did you plant your seeds? Did you freeze them first, then plant? I've got a bunch of seeds, and want to outline my garden with them, as I live in subtropic TX climate. I can't find any good info really on planting them from seeds. Anyone with info. on planting lemongrass from seed, please advise. Much thanks!

@janbrewington7771 3 года назад

The leaves can be used in making tea.

@gertietrevino6976 2 года назад

We make a delicious tea from the leaves

@terihampton737 2 года назад

Agree with other comments about the leaves as tea. Also as a mulch it is high in nitrogen. I'm just confused about why you left so much bulb in the ground instead of chopping the tops at 4-6 inches above the soil, and digging it up... You only got the top half of the bulbs, and the really good bottom half will die over the winter in the ground.

@harleyallen3871 4 года назад

Couldn't you dry the leaves out and use them for cooking and teas?

@michellefurst4985 5 лет назад

My husband is half Thai and we LOVE lemongrass soup, especially with shrimp and scallops! Will check out your lemongrass soup video next 😁. Started some from stalks last year but this will be the first year starting from seed. How long for germination?

@terihampton737 Год назад

It's a long germination... Don't give up. I didn't think mine took, and was about to plant something else, when it finally sprouted. It was in the area of 18-22 days Also the germination rate was lower than other crops, so overseed if you want. I didn't have as many at first, but they were bigger and stronger than the commercial plants, so I separated later and had more than I dreamed of.

@richardthehandyman6348 6 лет назад

Lemongrass is a perennial for us. Once we plant it, you can't kill it.

@richardthehandyman6348 6 лет назад

Oh, I just chop it down. And it grows back the next summer.

@pinoytalentschannel736 6 лет назад

I plant lemongrass in pots and move them in the garage during winter! I have lemongrass supply year round.

@peacefulagain 6 лет назад

I ordered my lemon grass seeds a few days ago from Migardener. It is one of my favorite flavors in food but I have never grown it before. I am thinking about growing it in my indoor aquaponics system...anybody know if that is a bad idea or if it will work?

@rosegg13 2 года назад

I drink it as a tea with honey, agave honey, or molasses. 😍 No need to toss leaves away by the way... 😨

@thhdhn2 3 года назад

Can the root be regrowth when the next warm weather comes?

@ChaplainDeanna 2 года назад

Aaaack! Tossing away all the leaves? Cut them into small pieces, dry them, and make incredible tea. My favorite recipe: black bulk tea, dried lemongrass, dried orange peel, and barley: make into a tea and add some pineapple juice.

@gomezaddams6470 6 лет назад

hey I live in Seattle and I have lemongrass that I grew this year and it got so big is it going to make it in the house with not very much light so I can put it out next year? I've always had a massive Garden and I'm stuck in a little condo. I guess I have to be grateful for having some place to live but where do you put your plants you know?

@elliottcoxon 6 лет назад

Doing a recipe would be very useful thanks

@farzanamariyam4665 6 лет назад

How long does it take for the lemongrass plant to bear seed?

@DaMai782 2 года назад

Luke why don't you regrow them from the stalks too??

@LisaHall-uc8sq 6 лет назад

Did you do a video on grains? I know you have one on sorghum. But in that video you hinted at more too come and I have searched but cannot find them.

@MIgardener 6 лет назад

Lisa, we were going to but lost track of time. We will be making a video on growing a loaf of bread from seed next year. I wish i would have done it this year :(

@elrichoward4193 6 лет назад

Where did you get your pruner from?

@valeriehowden471 6 лет назад

Would love to see the recipe. Good to know you can dehydrate the excess. Does it do well if frozen for storage?

@Jer24Ma 6 лет назад

Valerie Howden I've frozen ours and then used it in stir fry and tea. It worked great. We had a ton and I'm still trying to use it up a year later.

@valeriehowden471 6 лет назад

Jeri Schulz thanks for the info Jeri

@Jer24Ma 6 лет назад

Valerie Howden No problem. This video reminded me to go make some tea.

@MiladyVerity 6 лет назад

I always freeze all off mine. Haven't had any problems.

@kwengilangos1120 6 лет назад

try looking for Tinola recipe, its a Filipino chicken cuisine.. lemon grass is one of the main herb ingredient for Tinola..

@suzanneblaquiere1571 Год назад

Pls do lemongrass soup.

@beckywatt5048 6 лет назад

Treat it like a rose bush,get a tub ,abunch of manure it will not freeze all winter especially in that protected location.

@OverdoneAndUnderpaid 6 лет назад

Don't waste the leaves! They make an excellent tea

@qutaibahal-hasan4604 19 дней назад

Why not rip off the shoots, cut off the roots with an inch or two off the stalk, and replant the roots? Just like green onions. Also, leaves make nice tea and i used them in marinating chicken too.

@BettinaClair 9 месяцев назад

I know the video is older but as an herbalist I'm offended (in jest) by the non use of the leaves. There are so many healing properties! Hopefully you have found that out my now.

@thevegancoolie 3 года назад

Do you know how to identify lemongrass? How do you tell the difference between this and citronella??

@alcatelkey 6 лет назад

Could make a tea with the leaves.

@syazwansaroni1954 6 лет назад

not the leaves actually, the essences of lemongrass contained in it bulbs.. the whiter part of lemongrass, assets.wagwalkingweb.com/media/articles/cat/lemongrass-poisoning/lemongrass-poisoning.jpg

@MIgardener 6 лет назад

once dried the leaves lose almost all their essential oils. Otherwise I would. We use the stalks chopped for making tea.

@alcatelkey 6 лет назад

Ok then. Still seems a waste to throw all of it in the compost. I personally would have been making tea with the leaves practically every day until they just aren't worth it, then throw the rest in the compost. Just steep the leaves in hot water.

@alcatelkey 6 лет назад

Where I live we use everything. It's a waste, in my book, to throw away the leaves even though it doesn't have as much of the essential oils as the bulbs. To be honest with you, i never really cooked with it but I have used the leaves for tea.

@squintspalledorous3376 6 лет назад

Age Sam you shouldn't throw away the leaves. I make tea from the leaves all the time specially in the "winter" If you can call it that in Southern California.

@MartaPiquerasBrunet 6 лет назад

Yes, please! Thai soup recipe ;) by the way, is this lemongrass the same as citronella? Because if it is you can definitely use the leaves for herbal tea :)

@darrenjackson1330 Год назад

Isn't citronella a geranium?

@conniefrye4401 6 лет назад

Soup please !!

@peacefullife20 6 лет назад

I have many lemon grass in my garden. How can I make a tea from it? What are the benefits on that tea?

@NVGREIG 6 лет назад

Peaceful Life in Jamaica we call it fever grass because it helps relieve fevers

@JujuBee77 6 лет назад

I choose the older leaves make a about a quarter size bunch fold them in three use the very tips to tie them together you can use them right away or leave them out to dry I personally like to throw in two bunches of them inside a pot of boiling water cover the pot until you see the water turn a deep green add sugar or honey if you like and done ✅

@cchatolate5562 Год назад

I thought the top portion can be used to make tea

@MickyELee 6 лет назад

Since you did not pull it all out, will there be another harvest from the same plants next year?

@MIgardener 6 лет назад

It won't survive the winter unfortunately. Had I had warmer temperatures year-round it would definitely grow back.

@MickyELee 6 лет назад

Thanks. I'm in zone 10b with no freezing usually. I have some lemon grass in my little roof garden. So I'll see if I can winter over with the roots

@mikemusha1673 2 года назад

My lemon grass didn't have thick stalks.What did I do wrong?

@LeandraMacias 6 лет назад

Are there different types of lemongrass? I have some growing in a container but they look much lighter than yours and it doesn't even look like it has stalks to it. But it sure smells like lemongrass.

@LeandraMacias 6 лет назад

N Thanks. I can't recall mine having a reddish tint...but there must be different varieties. Hmmn

@Ontariogardener2022 3 года назад

Can you not use the leaves for tea

@mariasosa9676 6 лет назад

I want you to make the soop

@brandyjay4133 6 лет назад

I would love to see some recipes that you are using from your garden

@bigpun1726 6 лет назад

You need start a recipe bank..

@silviafausto6047 6 лет назад

Hasi se llama una banda lemongrass

@tru_passion2424 6 лет назад

I harvest my lemongrass yesterday and don't know what to do with it .i don't drink tea and I never cook with it but I want to make lemonade with it and find other recipe for it.please make the soup

@grubsgarden7364 6 лет назад

Those stalks are too thin to really use (fresh) in cooking. The good part is the softer inner stem but there is next to none on those stalks. I had the same problem with mine, lots of thin stalks rather than a few large ones that I wanted. The root mass was also near impossible to break up end of season so I stopped growing it. The couple of times I make a fresh lemongrass curry I just buy one from the Asian grocer.

@RS-jj7yj 6 лет назад

You throw away the lemon grass leaves? When I was a young child, My grandmother used to boil those leaves to make lemongrass tea and it seem to be very good to my memory

@squintspalledorous3376 6 лет назад

That's for sure. I make iced lemongrass tea from the leaves in the summer and hot lemongrass tea in the winter. Pretty much years round.it stays green in Southern California so i can have it fresh.

@BiancoLand_ 6 лет назад

How are your bees doing?

@MIgardener 6 лет назад

wonderful!

@dangerouszio 6 лет назад

Here in Japan they sell those discarded leaves in the supermarket,not the stalks ...saaaaaad.

@leirockgoddess9248 Год назад

You are cutting out some important parts. Those leaves makes very good tea

@Jim19826301 6 лет назад

You had 574 likes! I added one more! Better get that soup pot on the stove! :-)

@EileenJoyHappy 6 лет назад

Can you show us more then one recipe?

@anthonycummings6000 6 лет назад

how long did that take from seed to harvest?

@MIgardener 6 лет назад

about 90-110 days.

@PharmSilver 6 лет назад

Can it be used in Tea 🍵?

@RaechelleJ 6 лет назад

PharmSilver i have before. I didnt use a bag though i just put it in my mug and let it steep

@maryrancourt2467 6 лет назад

You can make tea from just lemongrass and hot water, but it is also delicious to add extra flavor to green tea. A plus to this is that if you grow it yourself then you can have organic tea.

@kc5067 6 лет назад

Will the plant re-grow and survive the winter?

@shashakeeleh5468 6 лет назад

That's my question too, as it looks like he left the bulb in the ground. Anyone. When do you plant your seeds? Did you freeze them first, then plant? I've got a bunch of seeds, and want to outline my garden with them, as I live in subtropic TX climate. I can't find any good info really on planting them from seeds. Anyone with info. on planting lemongrass from seed, please advise. Much thanks!

@olgacrego9729 6 лет назад

No it will not survive the winter but u can take some of the newer bulbs n plant it inside n replant outside the following year