Lemongrass- has anyone here grown it?

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Oliveview

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« on: June 08, 2008, 17:36 »
I´ve some lemongrass (I think) growing in a pot- I sowed the seeds months ago- and now there are 3 small what looks like grass plants growing.  2 have been poking through now for a couple of months or more.  I´ve googled for photos of lemongrass but the photos are  not much help.  
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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2008, 21:01 »
I've grown lemon grass several times, but not yet managed to bring it through a British winter.

It does look like grass, but with a purplish tinge to the leaves near the base. One plant eventually grew to nearly fill a 10" with its foliage.
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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2008, 21:06 »
I've never grown them from seed, so don't know how normal it is for them to take that long. But yes, they look like grass leaves, a light shade of green I don't have purple tinge on mine.

Do you bring them in for the winter, Nikki?
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2008, 21:49 »
Well it looks like I might have 3 lemon grass plants coming up then :D - now what do I do with them??????   Is it better to just leave them in the flower pot I´ve got them growing in until they are much bigger?  What do you actually do with lemongrass?????   :oops:
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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2008, 22:44 »
Best to leave them in a large pot, they are an agrassive weed in their native habitat, bit like bamboo.

Eat them, lovely. Time to see some Asian recipes, maybe. The most sophisticated citrus flavour to dishes, I love it, much more than lemon or lime, especially in savoury.

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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2008, 05:07 »
We use lemongrass skewers from ours ( It's huge) and do chicken on them like kebabs, gorgeous!
Definitely keep in a large pot, I learned this the hard way, I didn't and now our plant is gigantic and I initially planted it in one of our veggie beds! its got the whole bed to its self!

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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2008, 06:41 »
Tried it in a pot

The cat ate it

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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2008, 11:12 »
I grew one in suffolk and it survived the winter...(forgot to bring it in  :oops:  :oops: )....but as gobs said, wonderful in asian foods :)

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« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2008, 12:42 »
yeah I use it in a thai green curry with coconut milk, chillies and ginger. So so tastey!

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« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2008, 16:47 »
Thanks for all your replies- I did another Google and this time looked for information on Lemongrass- being a tad thick  :oops:  I did not realise it grew as an actual ´grass´ I imagined it growing like tiny bamboo plants :oops:  
Better just transplant it into a big tub when it is bigger :D  
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« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2008, 17:00 »
Bob Flowerdew (?) grows it in polytunnel
And ginger


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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2008, 17:22 »
i grew some outside and it looked lovely but it died over the winter! :cry:

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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2008, 18:37 »
Quote from: "gobs"
Do you bring them in for the winter, Nikki?

yup along with a fuschia which also died, they were in an unheated greenhouse, so perhaps they needed a bit more protection.

Used chopped in chinese stri fry, yum.

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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2008, 19:27 »
Quote from: "Nikkithefoot"
Quote from: "gobs"
Do you bring them in for the winter, Nikki?

yup along with a fuschia which also died, they were in an unheated greenhouse, so perhaps they needed a bit more protection.

Used chopped in chinese stri fry, yum.


Also, in Devon, bad luck, sorry. :(



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