Lemongrass – 10 Seeds
(Cymbopogon citratus)
R30.00
Lemon Grass has a fresh, lemony aroma and a citrus flavor, used as a culinary & medicinal herb.
Common Names: Lemon grass, silky heads, citronella fever grass and barbed wire.
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter.
Direct Sowing: Spring.
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🍃 Culinary Quick Facts
Culinary Info
- 🍽️ Culinary Use: Baking, Curries, Desserts, Grilling, Marinades/Dressings, Sauces
- 🥗 Edible Part: Leaf, Stalk
- 😋 Flavor Profile: Aromatic, Citrusy, Lemon
Medicinal Info
- 🌿 Medicinal Part: Leaf
- 🥣 Herbal Preparation: Decoction, Essential Oil, Infusion / Tea, Ointments/Creams
- ⚕️ Healing System: Ayurvedic System of Medicine, Siddha System of Medicine, Unani System of Medicine
Growth Traits
- 🌱 Life Cycle: Perennial
- 🌾 Plant Type: Grass, Herbaceous Perennial
- 🦋 Pollinator Method: Attracts Bees
- 🪴 Growth Habit: Clumping, Upright
- 🌸 Flower Color: Reddish-russet
Growing Requirements
- 🌞 Sun Exposure: Full Sun
- 💧 Water Needs: Avoid Overwatering, Regular Water, Water Deeply
- ☀️ Growing Conditions: Frost Sensitive, Heat Tolerant, Humid Conditions, Moderately Drought Tolerant
- 🟤 Soil Preference: Fertile, Loam, Loose, Sandy loam, Well-Drained
Lemongrass Seeds. Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a tropical fast growing perennial grass that thrives in summer heat. It has a fresh, lemony aroma and a citrus flavor. It is a herb that is native to Sri Lanka and South India.
Lemongrass grows in a clumping habit, with multiple stalks emerging from the same base. It can grow up to five feet tall with a spread up to four feet wide.
It thrives in warm growing conditions with well-drained soil and is drought tolerant so don’t need much water. You can grow lemongrass in a pot or your herb garden but it also makes a great addition to garden beds.
Lemongrass Culinary Uses
- The white section of the stalk has the strongest flavor whereas the green leaves at the tips have a subtler flavor.
- Its lemony stalks are most commonly used in East Asian cooking to add flavor to broths, soups and curries.
- The green leaves are most often used to make tea
Lemongrass Medicinal Uses
- It is widely used in Ayurvedic medicine for its healing effects in treating cough and cold.
- Along with other beneficial components, the vitamin C content present in it helps in providing relief from nasal blockages, flu and other respiratory disorders such as bronchial asthma.
- It is used for treating digestive tract spasms, stomachache, high blood pressure, convulsions, pain, vomiting, cough, achy joints (rheumatism), fever, the common cold, and exhaustion.
- It is also used to kill germs and as a mild astringent.
Growing Lemongrass
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter.
Direct Sowing: Spring.
- Sow Lemongrass seeds indoors in late winter. Transplant outdoors only when night time temperatures are above 10°C.
- For direct sowing, plant lemongrass in spring, once all chances of frost have passed.
- Press the seeds gently 5mm into moist, sterilized seed starting mix.
- Keep moist until germination.
- Germinate in about 30 days.
- Only when night time temperatures are above 10°C, transplant the seedlings into full sun.
- Lemongrass likes it hot, so grow it in an area with full sun and fertile, well-drained soil with a pH of 6.5 to 7.0.
- Space plants about 60cm apart.
- It will naturally propagate itself, once it is established. Small stalks of new plants will begin to grow off the side of existing stalks
- Cut back any dead foliage in late winter / early spring.
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