Curry Leaf (Murraya Koenigii) Propagation, Pruning, Repotting & Harvest

In today's video we will look at the propagation, pruning, repotting and fertilizing curry leaf plant, also known as Murraya koenigii or Bergera koenigii plant which produces aromatic leaves, used in a lot of Indian, Sri Lankan and other south Asian cuisines
We start off by looking at how a curry leaf tree produces seeds. We then show you how to harvest these curry seeds and propagate them into new plants.
We then move on to pruning techniques to show you how to raise a nice, bushy plant.
In the next section we talk about repotting a curry leaf plant to a larger container, something that must be done every 2-3 years. This prevents the plant from getting rootbound.
We then look at the right way to harvest curry leaves. Either cut off the tops of the plant, from the top 3-4 inches, to harvest OR harvest the entire petiole (the leaflet) and not the leaves. This is an important difference between leaflet and leaves.
If you are looking for a curry leaf plant for sale, please contact me.

[@jasestrickland1704]

Hawaii is the perfect place to grow this plant. I hardly water it but when it was little, I did fertilize it every 3 months with fish emulsion. I couldn't believe my luck when the seeds dropped and another plant started rooting. Now I have 2 curry trees about 20 inches apart. I keep them like small bushes so it works out well for me. I use the leaves in tons of rice dishes and now having seen many recipes (especially for dry curry leaf spice) I can put all of my leaves to good use. I also used this video to prune and I have nice roundish bush like trees. Not taller than 5' high, they are easy to pick. I even give many fronds away to local Indian restaurants! They love it and sometimes give me an order of chicken masala or naan, which I never ask for, but am always very grateful to eat!

[@vincentperiolat4610]

Very cool! I hope this is still working out for you! 🌿

[@eros9077]

Recently, I was gifted a very young curry tree and have been learning about how to care for it. This video is very helpful. Thank you very much.

[@corlissyamasaki3476]

Thank you for posting this! I bought a curry leaf plant from someone and I cut the tip off. It hasn't sent out shoots. Leaves turned yellow. So repotted, and saw that she had planted in garden soil in the pot! Soil was compacted and hard. Took off most of the soil and repotted in potting soil and perlite. Fertilized it and watered. 2 days later, it looks better , leaves slightly green. Won't be buying plants from her again!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

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[@karenshaikh3744]

Thanks for the information. We have a 9 year old curry leaf tree, that has never been properly cared for, I now know how to start caring for it thanks to the information you provided.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fishinforfun64]

YES! I grow curry leaf plants in the North Georgia mountains! Of course, I bring them inside during winter. They bloom every year during the summer and I save my seeds to grow new babies. I LOVE my curry! It's so delicious!😍🥰😋

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Sounds great!

[@lalithaganesan3372]

Can I grow it outdoors and leave it outside during winter. What type of precaution do I need to take. I live in north Georgia. Thank you for your time

[@ShakiraYah]

Do you sell seeds? I'm in Texas I'd love to try and grow this

[@SacredPlantsChannel]

This is the perfect video for those who have a curry leaf tree but do not know how to take care of it! thanks for sharing this video!

[@jaha5761]

For the first time in my life, I cooked a dish made with curry leaves. Now I am in love with this new flavor and must have it in my backyard garden. After one viewing of your video, I feel ready to get started. I'll let you know how it does in Central Texas. Thank you!

[@kaviyar3084]

Your videos are simple and with full explanations needed aptly. Thank you!!

[@amyl.shultz1121]

Thank you for this great video! I just bought a small curry plant and can hardly wait til I can harvest from it! I will use your techniques for sure!

[@tld977]

Great job with all the videos on your channel. I showed several of them to my kids & wife. Keep up the good work. Post more in 4k.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks for your feedback, glad to know you and your family like the videos. Happy Gardening!

[@seemagupte9910]

Wow! I never knew right way of harvesting leaves. I learned something new through this video! Yes, I would love to receive some curry leaves seeds as well. thank you

[@geeez75]

Can u mail seeds [e-mail]

[@brindatakley9858]

Thanks for the wonderful presentation. Yes I learnt recently the benefits of pruning... It is like magic. As it helps in propagating new branches and lush leaves.. Thanks

[@beautykarma263]

My little baby plant is turned into a huge tree in less than a year, I keep pruning it but it keeps growing and now it is over 15 feet, I do see seeds but never tried to plant them, now i will, thanks

[@everybodyluvsmonkeys]

Very good comprehensive video. I just pruned my sorry looking curry plant. Looking forward to new growth.

[@ramradhakrishnan9382]

Thanks Bud for a comprehensive, easy to understand presentation, delivered clearly at the correct speed. I've been looking for something like this for a while - though I have saved my potted curry leaf plant over Chicago winters, it's getting a little spindly and I would like to propagate it for insurance! I wonder if I could prune off a 6 - 8" length of upper branch and attempt that. I do have a few seeds but I suspect they won't germinate - their skin has already dried out and turned wrinkly.

[@vasanthibalasundaram6644]

Lots of useful tips 👌👏👏👏thankyou 👍

[@deepakprag2004]

Just revisited this page as I need to repot my plant and I still learn from this video. Please continue sharing your wisdom.

[@tincanguru]

Down here in Sao Paulo, Brazil with two large curry plants growing in the front garden which we have to brush by to enter the house creating a delicious aroma when we pass. Now that we are in autumn the seeds are very big but still green so I came to find out how to grow from the seeds. I will certainly take all the advise. Thank you.

[@Bakskwo]

I just moved to new home..i was wondering what plant i have in my new garden.it has black small fruit on it.i thought that is olives but i just realize its curry plant...wow ..i am happy whether its olives or curry...it has so many black fruit👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Selfsufficientme]

I've never tried pruning the top off my curry plant but I'll take your advice and do it now (since it's winter here) and hopefully it will grow new bushy growth this spring. Wonderful tips as always!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks mate :)

[@marcoursi6062]

Hi Mark, you are a legend! good to see you here....I'm trying to grow some curry leaves from a small brunch given to me by friends ( they thought I was gonna use it just for cooking and I thought why not trying to grow it?) cheers

[@chandrapersad9990]

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[@lilianlam5029]

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[@kanyewestlover369]

@waaw laos what can i do with the cuttings other than use it for cooking?

[@mangog8277]

Those fruits (seeds) on the curry tree look yummy.

[@andrias2009]

Excellent video like all your videos. Very low maintenance plants. I live in the Philippines and have three of these. I have never watered or pruned them and they just grow like crazy. Very tasty to add for 30 seconds at the end of sauting onions o you don't burn them.

[@MsCoolBlue]

Very very informative video.. Thank you so much.. I have bought a curry leaf sapling.. Had no idea on pruning it, but now I know 😀

[@chotunab]

Very good information and nicely done video

[@VijayaLakshmi-re9po]

Excellent gardening sir all ur videos r very gud n harvested vegetables r very fresh ...superb channel

[@GJeo8]

Thanks for the video! My curry leaf plant developed flowers in the summer so I kept in my garden to ensure pollination (I don’t know what method of pollination it uses). I brought it back in when the weather started to cool down and it developed plenty of seeds. They had just reached the stage of being ready to plant, so I have just planted 30 seeds! I really hope they germinate. I love the taste of curry leaves and the plant itself looks lovely. I like having a little indoor jungle to help with the cold snowy winter months.

[@Mustafa-Kamal-Satar]

Wow! A very healthy curry leaf plant considering that that is in California! I have a big bush here in my yard in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[@anu9209]

love your​ farming technique. u r so lucky u can literally live tour life with plants alone. I love gardening but no space in Mumbai. so just in sunshades I fulfill my dreams of gardening.

[@KrishnaPillalamarri]

Not even some space in a balcony? A niece of mine grows quite a lot of stuff in gamlas in the balcony, in Delhi.

[@IvanIV05]

Your plants look so beautiful, I envy you. I have just one, it's rather small and doesn't want grow. I am going to replant it into a bigger pot to see if it helps.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Make sure you are adding organic matter, keep soil ph neutral to acidic, move plant to part sun (5 hours). Good luck!

[@abiramijothisankar363]

Wonderful video.

[@catherineshort4476]

Great video thanks - can you tell me when I should prune i am in the UK and the leaves on my mature plant are dropping?

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Yes, prune in the spring season, which in UK is around April.

[@dearkrish1]

Thanks for the great tips Karthik!

[@chrispedersen6999]

Thanks for the great video 👍. Keep safe and have a great Christmas.

[@myselftimepass587]

Very nice Info...Thx for the detailed suggestions

[@sudhirjoshi2358]

Excellent! Very informative.. thank you.

[@ArpanaSangamithra]

Super! Happy that I found your channel!

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Glad you like the videos. Happy Gardening!

[@FredZ49]

We live in Tucson, Arizona and it is very hot in the Summer and dry. The winters can be cold here in the desert. We have been growing our curry leaf Plant indoor for the winter and it lost all it's leaves. In March I have put it outside and now it is sprouting at the top and looks wonderful. How do I encourage growth on the bottom of the plant? It is approx 3' high and only has growth on the top 3 inches. It is budding at the moment. Should I cut the buds to encourage growth? Your video has been of great help. Thanks, Fred

[@JovialJinx]

Well living in zone 2B in Canada I knew I really couldnt get this beautiful plan to grow for me. I just get 'care package' of curry leaves whenever I visit my aunt in Orange County. But yes, I have had a small indoor curry leaf plant in the past - but it cant do much!

[@nalinapatel4881]

Hello I have just seen your video on how to grow curry leaf plant. Pls can I get curry leaf seeds from you to start one my self?

[@HardipPannu]

Where I can I buy good quality curry plant seeds or fresh fruit. Most of the online ads have bad reviews and also says what they received never germinated.

[@cmys001]

what variety of curry lead is this? i just bought one and its quite a young one when should i start the pruning after its about 12 inches?

[@kidsstoriesandmore3255]

Hi California gardening I cut my 6 inch curry leaf plant and now i see new growth near the stems. Your video helped me a lot. Glad I found your channel. Thank you for the tips. If you have any video on how to grow and manage jasmine plant, can you please share it.?

[@valenciacuttriss4259]

The curry leaf berries are delicious to eat.It has an after curry flavour.

[@VOTE4TAJ]

I did try to propagate with a stick, no roots were grown but had some foliage and then it eventually died. I will try it again with a fresh branch and root hormone. Thank you for tips, I am in Canada, save couple of seeds for me and I will pick them during my visit to California.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Its very difficult, if not impossible, to propagate this plant via stems. Try seeds or suckers which grow around the main plant

[@annehannapink1691]

Wow... So many requests for curry leaves seeds....

[@sululal]

Great information. Can you please do a video on curry plant diseases(scales aphids and many more) and remedies. How to recognize it early. My plant was attacked by scales and it took toll on my plant. Was able to recue it. Wish knew it earlier to spot the problem. Thanks in advance !

[@shusha50]

Thanks Murraya for a lovely, detailed video on curryplant. A friend of ours gave me 4 small plants which i have planted and hoping it comes out looking like yours. Your curry plant looks amazinglt healthy. Thanks from Canada. I am planning on growing it indoors. I have GREAT KITCHEN WHICH HAS WEST FACING SUNGLIGHT FOR 5 HRS. i ALSO HAVE A LAUNDRY ROOM UPSTAIRS WHICH IS EAST FACING WHICH GETS A LOT OF SUNLIGHT. Going to tryout which one does well. Thanks for your vieo.

[@srimani18]

Nice and informative video how to transplant curry leaf plant growing around the parent tree any method can you suggest

[@TexanUS]

Super helpful..thank you

[@Sasha-lg]

Hi. Loved your video, very informative. Which season is best to prune my curry leaf plant. I live in cape Town , South Africa and we have spring until end of November. Summer months starts 01 December. Thank you

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Thanks! Best season to prune is in Spring - around May/June

[@kanizkhan3614]

Very nice and detail description, thanks a lot.

[@surajvishwakarma661]

Very useful information thanks

[@Ozmulki]

I'm in Australia, Canberra, where winters are frosty. I've had my plant in the garage over winter and it survived. I need to repot now as it is Autumn and winter in nigh. The plant is about 3-4 feet high but I have not pruned it yet. Can I prune it now or wait for spring which here is September? Thank you most informative.

[@jamesgatloinyak2779]

I need to learn from you if you wish. I am interested in agriculture activities, but having such a knowledge in place is very rare to studies all those activities.

[@jayaraneejeyakumar4773]

Thank you for the information.

[@CaliforniaGardening]

Any time!

[@CapturingDigitalStories]

Love your plant very healthy n looks bushy🌿🌿

[@enchantedprincessfiveseven8658]

Your information was good enough for a beginner to start their own curry plant , I just wonder what’s the causes of its leaf to droop thanks 😊

[@someonesometimes1]

Hello, I appreciate your videos. Somehow my tree hasn’t been flowering since three years now. I changed the soil, last year, hoping I would see some improvement. I am not sure if I should prune before it wakes up this spring? I really hope you can help me understand what is the problem? Thank you very much.

[@abi2270]

Excellent video California Gardening. Do you ever plant curry leaves in the ground? The curry leaf potted plant was getting too big to move indoors for the winter here in northern California near Sacramento so I planted it in the ground. It usually lost most of it's leaves and in the summer it will grow back again but the leaves are pale green. Anyway to make the leaves darker green?

[@jasminel1272]

Amazing! stay connected 🥰😘

[@edwinholcombe2741]

I live in the Philippines and curry leaves are almost impossible to find and curry leaf trees even more difficult. Nonetheless I was able to get my hands on a small tree that was in bad shape. I repotted it in good soil. I do not have to water much as this is the rainy season and the pot has good drainage holes and the soil has both pearlite and coconut coir. It gets direct morning sun from dawn to about 1 pm. It has been over a month since I got this plant and it is looking healthy. There is new growth and it is growing in height

[@fat2fit596]

Superb video! Thank you!

[@romilal-alarcon]

Great video! My plant is finally setting seeds and I am excited to start new ones! I've propagated many using the suckers and have given them away to friends and family, but I want to grow some from seed to keep them going strong in our garden. I love the tender leaves in all my curries and even in pakoras!

[@nmani60]

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[@nmani60]

Simply Gardening should txmo n

[@jyotimodi2934]

very well explained ..i like ur vdeo ..its too gud for me to grow it now..as i got seeds

[@wetever100]

good job

[@inggridstefany9261]

Thank you so much for this tutorial !! Now i know step by step how to grow my curry from seed :)

[@mumbaibalconygardenerhobbies]

Excellent follow up to your first curry leaf video from which I learnt ( haha I was a complete skeleton maker).

[@CaliforniaGardening]

LOL Nice to know the videos helped you!

[@mesmerizingplanetearth9923]

Which year will it start flowering?

[@josephvas6976]

Nice and thank you.

[@gracerichter8669]

I live in San Antonio, Texas, and have a curry leaf plant in a pot which i intend to put in the garage during the winter. When should i do a hard prune? After the winter? The plant is about 4 feet tall. Thanks.

[@pellkessden3996]

Wish your video had come up in my Curry Leaf list propagation in the past. You address so many issues that I had to experience on my own. I live under the grey skies of Seattle so my Curry Leaf plants grow slowly indoors assisted by a fluorescent bulb. Now the mom is in sweet scented full bloom. I am daily tapping each flower from one to the other to help encourage pollination. Is this good? Will it encourage seed formation? My question, other than daily smelling the flowers (haha) do you have ways to encourage seed formation? I have had three rounds of seeds on my 6 yr old plant. Yet still am learning the critical lesson to not give your seedlings away, ending up with only the mother plant recently then praying for seeds again. None that I have given away have survived. Even with warnings, peoples cats have eaten half.

[@anithavarughese1179]

I like ur most of the videos,they helps me to learning more about planting different things also always my curry leaves plants get loosing during winter seasons even though I took care well so I am looking some curry leaves seeds are you selling it?? I’m interested to buy some!! Thanks 🙏

[@FreqBand]

Best curry leaf video on YT about growing it. Logee's nursery sells young plants.(USA)

[@msay87]

Can I prune multiple times in one growing season (spring through summer)? I have a relatively young (2 yrs old) curry leaf pant that I topped 2 growing stems off about 2 months back, and it sent off two new shoots (one from each stem). Since those shoots are already a feet each, I was wondering if I can prune these new shoots as well to get more growth. I don't want to damage by pruning too much

[@SwamyVTummala]

Hello, thank you for the great video. I would like to have some seeds when available. I live in California. Please let me know how to reach out to you.

[@shaakiracassim5144]

Please mk video on how to propagate curry leaves from suckers n cuttings.. Thanks. Ur videos are a great way to learn 👌👌👌

[@anita-.]

Very helpful Thank you!!!

[@kidsstoriesandmore3255]

Hi California Gardening Can you please share few curry leaf seeds. It's really hard to find curry leaf plants here in Boston. Thank you.

[@ssri1675]

Do you pls mail seeds if someone in states wanted? Like we can get from other sires too but the problem is germination rate is too low.

[@ShivaKingmaker]

Thanks for video explanation and it’s very useful. Could you please let me know how can I get seeds from you? Thanks!

[@venkatesansivaraman4329]

After repoting it should be kept in a shade area or in the sunlight.please suggest me.

[@kalakala10011]

So much i didn't know! Ive made a mess of my 2 meter plant, but doing my best to fix it now. It is only a skeleton in new soil, so i hope it is going to grow.

[@pellkessden3996]

My Seattle Indoor Curry Leaf habits: It grows 6 inches, loses all its leaves, you worry enough that it decides to regrows its top again, soon flowers and seeds come. You collect the seeds and the cycle starts again with the leaves falling off. It has a very Dr. Seuss looking kinky pencil of a trunk now 4ft tall, taped to a glass rod for support. Now has a 5 inch hat of leaves and flowers. I am the laziest indoor plant gardener. All plants get light blue water of Miracle Grow year around, more in Spring. I do think I keep my Curry Leaf plants more moist than most with daily top pot waterings.

[@corlissyamasaki3476]

Finally found a vendor that sells this!. How do you Cook with this?

[@CN-ek7nb]

What is the best season to prune and repot the plant? Thanks. Its autumn here now.

[@quilpiepark]

thanks - I brought small sucker from AUS to Greece and in pot in Athens in summer is good - plenty of leaves - in winter I surround it with plastic case it gets snow ! please advise re winter care of curry leaf tree in colder climates !

[@VijayPatel-sr4fo]

Can I use 6 th months old dry curry leaf plant seeds ? If so what care I should take while sawing the seeds ? Thx a lot Vijay Patel Austin Tx

[@ArchanaMaster]

Thank you for the great video. Please advise if you would be drying the black seed before posting or do you take out the inner seeds dry than post. In which case do we need to put the seeds in water before planting?

[@krisandhanaraj8314]

Thanks for this video. How much sun should I give my plants, I live in Mountain house CA?

[@sejalpatel1136]

Your video was really helpful but I have left my plant too late to trim...its very tall and leaves have dropped off at bottom, it has started to flower aswell. Can I trim it from the thick woody main stem?

[@twattgurll]

Nice video.

[@lulu70792]

I love all your vedeo. Do you ship the seeds of curry leaf plant or the other seeds

[@bsrdomains3804]

Great work. Question: Can I propogate from PETIOLE. I do not get seeds or stems near where I live. Thanks

[@jin8339]

I have many suckers growing. You mention only pruning. Does that means you cut it off at the base ?

[@kanchanchand7858]

good

[@kanchanchand7858]

in Hindi

[@diahannstevens5223]

THANK YOU

[@dani.afiiq_]

i planted it 23rd december, 8 days ago. in Klirong, Kebumen...

[@laurabalaoro8019]

Is it frost tender? Full sun? Shade or part shade? Thank you. Great explanation.

[@bhavanadesai2732]

Where can I find these curry leaf seeds in the US? Hoping to make this! Thank you in advance.

[@elizabethantony9236]

Does new leaf grow at the same sport if you harvest the entire leaflet? Also