45 responses |
| About the Author Justin Melbourne 24th November 2008 8:28am #UserID: 1041 Posts: 30 View All Justin's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author John20 Perth 25th November 2008 10:25am #UserID: 1094 Posts: 287 View All John20's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| About the Author Pauline Adelaide 25th November 2008 10:21pm #UserID: 1532 Posts: 293 View All Pauline's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
Justin says... Sold as 'lemon grass' and smells like lemon grass. Actually, I have just heard from my friend in Japan who is growing this. Two bought from the same nursery and looked exactly the same. One is in a well drained spot and has lots of leaves and a thin stem, while another is in a poorly drained spot with a thick stem. Maybe that's it. | About the Author Justin Melbourne 26th November 2008 8:51am #UserID: 1041 Posts: 30 View All Justin's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
HappyEarth says... how old is your lemongrass? It will take a year or two to develop thick stems. No -give it plenty of water and no haircut hope this helps :) Rich www.happyearth.com.au | About the Author HappyEarth1 Wollongong 26th November 2008 9:20am #UserID: 215 Posts: 94 View All HappyEarth1's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
John Denington says... My lemongrass is about 2.00 metres tall & seeding. we are moving house shortly & I wish to take a small clump. Is it possible at this time of the year or should I just collect some seeds. When might the seeds be ready to harvest. Thanks, John Denington
| About the Author John Denington Brisbane 7th June 2009 8:59am #UserID: 2437 Posts: 1 View All John Denington's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 7th June 2009 11:22am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author Andy Sunshine Coast 7th June 2009 5:28pm #UserID: 701 Posts: 16 View All Andy's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
Speedy says... Hi Folks, If you've grown 'lemongrass' from seed, chances are that it's not the lemongrass you want for stems for use in Asian food. Looking at the photos posted here in this thread, it looks like 'East India Lemongrass' (Cymbopogon flexuosus). Ive noticed this being sold as seedlings and seed in nurserytrade for the last 10-12 yrs. It's a nice scented grass in it's own right, as are most Cymbopogon spp. I've grown/seen, but it's just not the same as the true lemongrass (C.citratus). I've only had the true lemongrass flower for me once in the last 25yrs of growing and using it. I watched closely for seed, but there was none. Get a division from someone growing the real thing or one from a nursery that has obviously been grown from division. You should have decent stems to harvest within 6-8 months. Replant from division every 1-2 yrs to keep fresh young vigorous plants on the go, depending on how much you use. In humid climates it grows quickly but can get a rust in the lvs. and lose vigour if the clump gets thick (usually after 2 1/2 to 3yrs). | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 7th June 2009 9:51pm #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
randey says... i have been growing the real lemon grass for about 10 years now and every so often i dig it up and divide it. for the first five years i didn`t divide it and set fire to it like i do with my sugar cane. it scorched the growth a bit but got rid of all the deadfall and the new shoots just go crazy. i have a lot of asian friends whom i have given clumps to and all agree that it is the tastiest grass they have had. | About the Author randey perth 7th June 2009 9:58pm #UserID: 2306 Posts: 104 View All randey's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 7th June 2009 10:21pm #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 7th June 2009 10:50pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
Rahaidi says... Hmm those pictures don't look like the lemongrass that I grow here in Perth. Seems too long and as you say too thin. Perhaps another variety of it. They tend to grow very easy and vigorous here. I tend to divide them and mound them up when planting. I know they love chook poo. This will green them up for awhile. Too fatten them up leaves are cut about half way. They also like full sun to fatten them up otherwise shady areas will make them to leafy long and ...thin. They're easy to propagate. Just go to your local local asian grocery or even coles and try to get ones that have a bit of stalk and simply dunk them in water half way and wait for it to grow some roots. Better if you do this in the warmer months though. | About the Author Perth, Western Australia 8th June 2009 11:23am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author Victoria 8th June 2009 11:42am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author randey perth 11th June 2009 6:44pm #UserID: 2306 Posts: 104 View All randey's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 11th June 2009 9:02pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author randey perth 15th June 2009 11:36pm #UserID: 2306 Posts: 104 View All randey's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author randey perth 15th June 2009 11:38pm #UserID: 2306 Posts: 104 View All randey's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author Perth Western Australia 16th June 2009 1:09pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 16th June 2009 11:54pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author randey perth 17th June 2009 7:50am #UserID: 2306 Posts: 104 View All randey's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
sue says... Seedless lemon grass..... mine is the same. I have been carrying around cuttings of the same plant for 15 years and walla .... no seed. The quality of the oil is fantastic too. People have been buying packets of Lemon grass seed over here and growing it I am concerned that it may spread. hence is the seed bearing plant C.flexulosus and not C. citratus. Does the seed grown variety spread at all? | About the Author sue15 lord howe 5th August 2009 11:43am #UserID: 2621 Posts: 1 View All sue15's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author culebra Melbourne 5th August 2009 12:33pm #UserID: 2458 Posts: 82 View All culebra's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
trikus says... Speedy , bang on ,, I have seen local seedling guy trying to sell the same red stemmed thing as Lemon Grass . He insisted it was the 'real thing' . **Edited by Moderator** Thats the trouble with common names , as a few things are called lemon grass , but only 1 species gives the nice fat stems . I had a good clump I shared around with many when I lived down south . A Vietnamese mate I gave some to , really cultivated it . He had dozens of clumps , that he picked from , taking the biggest bit and planting the smaller bits back straight away . I wished I paid more attention to the many other weird things he grew . | About the Author Trikus Tully 6th August 2009 9:33pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
Brad says... This link indicates that there are two edible lemon grasses: "Only two of the 55 species of Cymbopogon are used as lemongrass. The East-Indian lemongrass(Cochin or Malabar grass) and the West-Indian lemongrass are typically used for cooking." It seems like the West Indian is propagated and supplied by division, but the East Indian by seed. | About the Author Brad2 Perth 21st October 2009 12:49pm #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
Brad says... I've just been given some lemongrass potted up by friends. I've got a 30cm pot with 3 clumps (1 larger, 2 quite small). The leaves are mainly green but there's some brown and a bit of rust. Should I: 1) separate the clumps to plant out? 2) chop the leaves back to encourage fresh growth? 3) do anything about the rust? Based on what I just read, I'm planning on them going in a bed that gets morning sun and winter shelter from the house (warmer, drier). The soil is sandy with added organics and I'll keep the water up in summer. Any recommendations are welcome as I've not grown it before. thanks | About the Author Brad2 Perth 21st October 2009 12:56pm #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
Speedy says... Hi Brad, 3 clumps in a 300m pot. up end it and plant them out seperately. They should come away nicely this time of year. You should be able to use them this season. To overcome rust, keep them vigourous and the rust will disppear til cold weather slows the plants down again and/or they get too big. There's no real escaping the rust when clumps get congested or cold weather. I usually divide off a clump and grow new plants every yr or so. :-) | About the Author Planet Erf 24th October 2009 11:54am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author Brad2 Perth 24th October 2009 3:36pm #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
au0rey says... Hi Speedy, I have five small clumps of lemongrass which I got from kmart and flowerpower...I didnt know there are more than one type of lemongrass. Mine has a bit of purplish tint on the young stems now. I am looking at the ones which grow fat and used for asian cooking. I hope i didnt buy the wrong one. How do you differentiate between'East India Lemongrass' (Cymbopogon flexuosus) and lemongrass (C.citratus)? Is the latter the one used for asian cooking? Would you be able to see it from the pictures?
| About the Author Melbourne 24th December 2009 10:54am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author Bill10 England 25th January 2010 7:39am #UserID: 3289 Posts: 1 View All Bill10's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
Reply |
| Remember to
LIKE this Answer(0)
LIKE this Question (0)
Original Post was last edited: 25th January 2010 9:37am | ||||||||||
CinCin says... Hi, I have just cultivated two very large lemongrass plants that my father planted in my front garden - they had taken off and were almost to the point of taking over the garden! I am wondering if new plant will grow in the area where I removed the lemongrass, as there are still a lot of roots left in the soil. I've still got on plant left in the garden and I'd hate to lose all my lemongrass so I might try seperating some of it and putting some in a pot. Do I just pull a bit out, trim it back and repot it? Thanks C | About the Author Cin Central Coast 15th March 2010 8:21pm #UserID: 322 Posts: 20 View All Cin's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
t2winn says... Hi Lemon grass is difficult to die. You can take out the whole plant. Cook the top and left 1" stem with the roots. Replant the 1" stem and another batch of lemon grass will come out. My dogs love to eatlemon grass and they usually chew on the new comers and still the lemon grass continue t grow | About the Author t2winn Arizona, USA 12th July 2010 12:34am #UserID: 3933 Posts: 2 View All t2winn's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
snottiegobble says... The more I compare my original L G with 2 pots I bought recently the more I suspect I have been duped. These new clumps have very thin stems (amongst others) almost like normal grass( very weedy looking) & so quite unlike the original that has fewer but thicker stems & bases. However I have seen some Asian recipes where the grass leaves are tied into a knot & used for flavouring (instead of throwing away) so I suppose this other grassy L G could be used just in this manner? | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/ Busso smack in the middle 12th July 2010 5:13pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/ Busso smack in the middle 12th July 2010 5:17pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 13th July 2010 11:56pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author Rev North Qld 14th July 2010 12:39am #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
DebD says... Thats good news really. Lemongrass leaves are the "gold". Harvesting it 4 times a year increases the oil content. Boil the leaves and spray your orchid with it. It is antifungal and antibacterial. Have a cup after you finished spraying the trees and golden staph will never touch you. happy lemongrassing | About the Author DebD 8th October 2010 11:10am #UserID: 4369 Posts: 1 View All DebD's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author Brad2 Como, Perth 9th October 2010 11:08am #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author Mira Perth 29th August 2011 8:14pm #UserID: 5739 Posts: 7 View All Mira's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
| About the Author Cairns 29th August 2011 8:33pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
snottiegobble says... The real lemongrass likes good fertile moist soil except in winter when the dampness can kill it by rotting away the stems at ground level. In Vic. it was paramount that I dug it up, potted it & placed it in a dry area with little watering. Even here in Sth west WA my clump showed signs of stress by having rotting old outer leaves near the base. Fortunately the white inner cores used for cooking were unaffected. ( Yes, lemongrass chicken was on the menu, yum! BTW I think it is safe to say that if your lemongrass goes to seed it is NOT the true culinary plant used in so many asian recipes! | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smackin the middle) 30th August 2011 8:01pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
au0rey says... i wrapped my clumps of lemongrass with translucent plastic after staking four corners and used laundry pegs to hold it in place. That helps it against the cold winter. Now that the weather is warming up i have removed the protection. They surely look better compared to no protection last winter, and will quickly continue to grow wo having to recovere themselves. They r in their 2nd to 3rd year but the stems are still thin. I think i hve planted the clumps too thickly should have divided it before planting. Lemongrass with pork chop plus fish sauce and oyster sauce then grilled is extremely delicious! | About the Author au0rey melbourne 30th August 2011 10:58pm #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
| About the Author ann darwin 8th September 2011 12:58pm #UserID: 5802 Posts: 4 View All ann's Edible Fruit Trees |
||||||||||
Mira says... Hi there, Lemon grass goes to seeds are not the real lemon grass we use for cooking. I have both of them growing in my garden the one goes to seed and the real one. I bought both of the types at Bunning ware house. I was surprise the one which goes to seed are skinny and bushy and woody. I decided to pull the one which goes to seed. I atttached the photos of the real lemon grass :)
| About the Author Mira Perth 18th September 2011 10:30pm #UserID: 5739 Posts: 7 View All Mira's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
Mira says... Hi Auorey, Just saw the picture of your lemon grass there, I am sorry to say that yours one are the woody skinny lemon grass that not used in Asian cooking. See my pictures of lemon grass attached on my previous one, the picture number 3 you can see the different of the lemon grass you have and I have. The lemon grass we use in Asian cooking are much more fat and never goes to seed, and the color is light green and not purple. Make sure when you buy get the fat one and light green color. I bet now you already found the real lemongrass cause I saw your comment wrote in 2009 ;) | About the Author Mira Perth 18th September 2011 10:40pm #UserID: 5739 Posts: 7 View All Mira's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
Xuka says... We are exporter lemongrass from Vietnam, if you are interested in any style of lemongrass, please feel free to contact us Thanks and best regards, Nhung Nguyen (Ms) Viet Delta Co., Ltd 20/5 Dinh Bo Linh, Ward 24, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City . Tel: 84.8.35114928 Fax:84.8.38998085 Sales exporter Email: sales19@vdelta.com.vn Skype: nguyen.nhung94 | About the Author Xuka Vietnam 10th September 2012 11:57am #UserID: 7236 Posts: 1 View All Xuka's Edible Fruit Trees |
|||||||||
