You probably posted the best lemongrass cultivation video to ever be seen on the web. I've been growing lemongrass for years in Texas zone 9a. I've always harvested throughout the summer and tried to winter it over under heavy mulch (with many failures). Now I'm excited to try it your way. The knots and the freezer tips are an eye opener. I'll have to quadruple my crop next year just to have enough to try everything. Many thanks!
Wow! Thank you for sharing your family skills with us. This is so much easier then taking inside for the winter in Zone 5. I can't wait to try try it. 🤗🤗
I'm in Texas zone 8a. This will be my first attempt to grow lemongrass. Thank you for the Texas growing tips for our unpredictable winters. A few years ago I had plants that I really wanted to protect from an expected freeze, so I put some outdoor incandescent Christmas lights all around the garden area and made a goofy looking tent over the garden with white, nonporous greenhouse fabric. Everything survived that winter.
Woww what a Great idea!! I know TX can get cold in winter. That is a Awesome!! I might try that in NC. I brought mine all in & cut it back & saved it all for tea. I dried in a large vase in my kitchen & turned it over a couple times, worked great! I may try the lights. But we have a screened in porch & made vinyl covers for the screens & my husband made them to snap on the frames of the sections. Its made a nice greenhouse connected to my livingroom, so i can go see my plants anytime & i have a little standing heater to warm it up on cold mornings, so far its worked good in Dec. We'll see how Jan. & Feb. Go!! Great comments on this Site its my 1st time growing Lemongrass & I Dearly Love it!! I am also growing Collard greens & broccoli & plan to eat those greens this winter.
This is exactly how I remember my father doing lemongrass and I had tried for sooooo long to find the old ways, even as he said my grandmother did this. Seeing this video brings back so many memories. My dad being from Guam, now deceased, this means more to me than you'll ever know. Thank you.
I grew it in sand in Dubai. We do not have a lot of soil here, but man this is miracle, it turned the sandy soil into sandy loam. The soil was rich and dark. when I was dividing them in two couple of new chunks to plant them separately. I used a lot of it for Indian cooking and making tea with it. They are pretty easy to grow. The grass was from Thailand in the supermarket. Because we are hot and humid it grew perfectly. Its beautiful too in pots like a bouquet. I think the Indian variety and Thai variety are slightly different. I tasted both of them and they are different in taste not major difference but that sweetness fennel like smell and fragrance. I personally like both of them. I am from India by the way. We use it in curries a lot, specially with coconut cream in gravies. P.s I did the same water method to get the roots and them planted in sand. I think this love high drainage minimal fertilizer. but it grow very quickly.
@@rimabarve6286 Its the same plant lemon grass ( did not knew it when I wrote that comment but I specially tasted it during my visit to India). There is no difference in taste and growth. The lemon grass we buy is Thai along with those tiny chilies birds eye or something..I buy it for soups because I love the Thai lemon grass flavor red curry, there is a green version of it but I love those two and I learned the recipes online and I cook it at home with chicken, beef. In India its the same plant I tasted this in tea and Its the same plant. Maybe people grew and spread them by cuttings probably I traveled to Tamil Nadu/ puducherry and found it in garden where I was staying in the resort. I grew this grass in sandy saline soil in Dubai and it actually made a huge difference in the soil condition when I removed it to plant somewhere else.
Thank you for making this video! I appreciate that it's clear and informative! The progress updates from week to week and month to month were especially valuable to see :)
Best Lemongrass Video Ever! Thank You! I grew it before, but it eventually died, or was killed (by a weedeater…they didn’t realize it was LEMONgrass, they thought it was a weedgrass 😭) So, this time we are making sure everyone knows this is a FOOD crop, not a weed! I have new stalks and they are rooting. This time will be completely different, even if a little late in the year to start. Since we are in a warmer zone, with a longer growing season and our ground gets very warm, even hot, it should grow just fine. Please tell your mom THANKS! for the lesson on how to twist the leaves into bundles. I never saw that before, but it’s actually very practical! I used to buy it in a baggie full and store in the freezer. The lady who sold it only sold leaves for tea. Years later I learned about it’s use as a flavor, seasoning for foods and that we can eat it too. Now, I learned from your demonstration how to prepare it better, use it and preserve it for use during winter. 🥰
Another great lemongrass video! I appreciate you including the portions of your mom or grandma talking while planting/working as their voices sound very soft and sing-song.
What an awesome video! I love that you went through the entire process, from propagation to using it in the kitchen. Your mom's bundles are fantastic. I'm definitely going to try that next fall. Thank you for all the work you put in to producing this video. Very helpful!!
Excellent video - you literally answered every question I had about growing, harvesting and cooking with it. We're in zone 9/10 in Florida so mine just grows like a weed because of the heat and humidity but I never quite knew when and what to do with it. Thank you so much!
This has been an amazing, informative, video. My husband and I started cooking south eastern Asian recipes and it’s led me to discover lemongrass. I would love to try and grow then this year. You’ve showed me how to grow and use them. I’m so excited! Please upload more videos on how to grow ingredients for Asian cooking.
Very thorough video thank you! In case anyone is wondering, if you live in zone 9b you can leave lemongrass out in the winter it will die down to the ground but it will come back in spring
This is the best and most well explained from start to finish lemon grass video. This is the inth.. time I came back to watch it every time I wanna propagate lemon grass. Thank you for sharing. It's easy to follow.
This was a very interesting and informative video from start to finish. The way you broke down each process of growing lemon grass was excellent! And I love how you went on and showed us how I we can use it to cook delicious food. I appreciate the time and effort you put in to 😅bring video to us. Thank you🙏🏻
This is EVERYTHING i wanted to know from A-Z, tyyyy! I took on lemongrass as my plant project this year and went all out in my planter beds, and was wondering what to do with the grass leaves- now i know!! the best part about everything you showed is that it's self-sustaining! year after year. wow, amazing
Thank you very much for this great, very informative and well done video. I like the fact that you not only explained very well how to grow it, but also how to store, propagate and use it.
Thanks for this very informative video! I started growing lemongrass (zone 7b) to make a refreshing summertime tea from the leaves. I didn’t quite know what to do with the stalks, or how to store them over winter. Now I need more recipes, because I just harvested more stalks than I know what to do with. ❤️
I have grown them in gallon pots pots inside my window throughout winter, and then bump them up into larger pots for outside on our balcony in the spring. I will trim the leaves for tea at this time, fertilize somewhat heavily when reporting them. Also, i will take bundles i have cooked with aromatically and simmer them further in making vegetable stock from cooking scraps to freeze in plastic bottles recycled. Nothing goes to waste! Such a wonderful plant.
Thank you very much for this informative & detailed video. I'm in zone 4 & have grown lemongrass from seed, overwintering the plants. However, it has never grown as large as lemongrass I buy at Farmers Markets. I look forward to a much more successful harvest next year using your helpful directions.
Thank you so much for sharing this information in such a detailed and thorough way! I'm not a great gardener, but watching your video gave me confidence to try to grow lemongrass!
I grow lemon grass in my geothermal greenhouse so I can have it year round. I started mine from seed. I love how many ways you demonstrated the way you grow, harvest and use this amazing herb. Thank you so much! Blessings. Wendy
This is really a comprehensive approach to growing and using the lemongrass. Amazing job, great photography and editing. Thank you for sharing this valuable information. I really enjoyed hearing your mother talk about the lemongrass.
I planted my first lemon grass plant this year. It grew to about 5 feet tall. I will be harvesting and dividing and replanting. This video was very informative. Thank you so much.
Excellent video and thank you so much for this one. This is the first summer we've planted lemongrass. Now it's November and we were wondering how to harvest, propogate for next year. Awesome timing!
I keep coming back to this video for detail ideas/ info on how to for lemongrass growing and usage. I love the way you use every part of the plant and how your mom makes those beautiful leaf bundles. Now I know, I won’t throw my leaves in the bonfire. Your way of life makes me miss the simple life in my home country, Vietnam. Best video I have ever come across. Would you please tell me what type of nursery pots you use there? The material, size, where to buy them? Thank you much.
This was such a thorough and helpful video! I was having a hard time finding information on growing lemongrass, this is by far the most helpful I have found. You explain all the steps very well and even get into the food preparation. I was very interested to find you can overwinter stalks in water because I live in the north and can't grow them year round. I'll be trying that this year for sure.
I subbed because of this video! So informative. I've never seen a video so clearly show step by step from beginning to end of entire process! You're awesome!
I tried to subscribe , but , RU-vid says I have too many subscriptions !!!! Keep making gardening videos and I'll keep watching !!!! Thank you very much !!!! I'm very interested in lemon 🍋 grass !!!!
Thank you for this post !!!! My lemon grass has survived for many years and I have done nothing for it due to heart surgery. But this gives me hope I can get it lush and green and tall again !
In the late 1980s a dear Cambodian family invited me to a BBQ that was SO delicious ( I didn't have a lot of cooking experience). I asked what was in it and they said lemongrass. I had never heard of it, but was determined to use it. I found it at an Asian market and used it in a meal with my inlaws. I assumed it would cook up like onion shoots, and I chopped it into about 4 inch strips, cooked it with whatever meat I was cooking, and the texture was not much different than when it was raw. Everybody complained but I insisted this was the right way to use it!
Thank you - very informative and inspirational - I've been promoted to grow my own here in the UK - I hadn't realised how versatile Lemongrass could be - Im looking forward to making the Lemongrass and ginger tea!
This was great!! Forget that the leaves can be used for tea. Started it from seed but was not sure how I was going to use it. Very easy to grow from seed too. Thank you for the in-depth information!!!
This is the best and most informative video I have seen about growing and using lemon grass. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills - so thorough and generous. I especially appreciate that you have shown us how to use all the plant. Your explanations about the tools and practices that go toward completing various tasks are clear and explicit. Seriously, it is a wonderful gift of a video. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thanks for such a comprehensive explanation on/ about lemongrass. I purchased my first lemongrass plant, and thanks to you, I now know how to use and grow it. Have a blessed day 🙏
Aboslutely superb. Thank you so much. I learnt more about lemongrass, and the tradition of it in your culture than anything I have ever heard or seen...
I truly enjoy watching this video. It is very informative and everything was explained in a timely manner! Thank you for sharing. I am growing lemon grass in pots for the first time and I've noticed that they are slowly growing. The one in the ground is spreading rather than growing tall. I wish there was a way to speed up its growth!
I have been given a potted rooted piece taken from a large lemongrass plant. I have trimmed the top off the leaves and am keeping it on my patio in the sun until later in the year, then I will bring it inside the house and put it in a light windwo. I hope it stays alive until next spring! Looking forward to growing it bigger next year and using it for cooking. So delighted to come across this video, it gives me hope that I can grow it myself!
I live in zone 6b and I grow lemon grass from store bought lemon grass every year . Never had any problems. I soak them for a few weeks until they have about two inches of roots before planting them
Thank you, absolutely informative. Thank you, I am growing this year for tea and fish. You have given me so many more ideas. The tips on growing and harvesting and storing are so helpful.
This is one of the most well made and informative videos on YT, regardless of topic. I'm in Florida 9b where it grows year-round as a perennial, so I'm definitely going to be utilizing this information. THANK YOU and THANK YOU MOM as well! 😊👍👍
Great video. Very comprehensive. I am growing lemongrass for the first time and it is flourishing. Live in zone 9A. Wasn't quite sure what to do with it all but now I know. 🙂
Thank You for giving detailed instructions on how to propagate and use lemon grass. I have bought some Lemon Grass, but I had no idea how to use or cook with it. ❤👍👋
What an excellent and informative video. I learned so much. I've been growing them and not using them to the fullest nor knew how to use them each year like you showed to replant! I just moved my pots indoor! LOL Now I know and am thrilled! Thank you so much!
This is the second time watching your video... Truly enjoyed it... I purchased lemongrass out of an oriental store frigerator and I wasn't sure if it was going to grow placing the stocks in water... But to my surprise... I'm about ready to place them in pots... Thank you! To you and your mom .. I hope you have many , many years to continue to plant together....🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Aloha! I was recently gifted 2 pots of lemongrass. I was hoping it would keep the mosquitoes (they love me) at bay in the garden so I could keep up with Grandma's plants and try a few new ones of my own), but I don't know how to cultivate the plants. Thank you for your excellent video ~ very beginner-friendly. Mahalo! 🤙
Thank you. Very informative. I initially was going to place the stalks against my fence, like a hedge border, but I see that it has many other uses so it is going in my pots and my garden, and when I have way too much, I will then make my lemongrass hedge.
