How to grow and use Lemongrass with Morag Gamble

[@garyquack19]

I wish we permacultivated the entire planet. Natural systems. Lovely.

[@melindastclair]

I just love your voice, Morag... such a warm vibe :)

[@africanhomestead]

I just started to establish lemongrass at my new permaculture model farm in Liberia. That’s a great idea to plant it along swales. For tea, I like to take the base of the stalk and peel it back until I reveal the pink/purple flesh. When chopped up and steeped find it to be sweeter, rather than bitter. Great video! I’m enjoying this series!

[@mintpinkbits]

The main terpene compounds in lemongrass include citronellal, nerol, limonene, geraniol, geranyl acetate, citral, and myrcene. Wonderful stuff! Let make tea!!

[@PegsGarden]

I love my lemongrass plants, I received this plants as a cutting from a friend, now I have a ton of it growing, it is an incredible plant and easy to propagate as you just explained, I really appreciate your videos because you not only talk about the benefits of the plant but you also explain how to grow and care for it which I really appreciate, have a great day Morag :0)

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[@imanileonard5739]

Thanks to Dr. Morag

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Hi Imani

[@aajmaayehuye8678]

Morag I love u so much, we can use shade dried lemon grass to preserve grains also, put some fresh crushed leaves and lemon to clean floor also

[@subtropicalsteph]

Grows very well in Florida. It will take over! Very lovely and useful plant as long as you can keep it under control.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

That's why I grow the West Indian that doesn't flower or spread anywhere except where I put it. The East Indian can seed prolifically - if you have that - best to cut the seed heads off.

[@subtropicalsteph]

@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife I didn't know there were two kinds. I must have the East Indian kind. The place I first put it I had no idea it was so prolific, and it grew in huge dense jungle of lemongrass! I divided and replanted now to a bed that's enclosed in concrete, so it can't "escape". Cutting off seed heads will definitely be part of my lemongrass-control plan! :-)

[@adalgonzalez7790]

Every time there's a mosquito flying over our heads in our room at night, I race over to my garden, grab some lemonbalm, some lavender and some lemongrass and we start gently rubbing them on our bodies. Works wonders because we never get bitten after that!!! I SO love the power and endless possibilities Nature holds available for us when we let her in. ❤️🌍🌱

[@haljasonfoster2169]

I use Mexican Sunflower as my primary chop and drop here in central Florida but I wish it was edible too. I have never heard of Lemongrass the way you use it and I am going to try it myself as it grows very well here.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Sounds great!

[@floridagrown6250]

I’m in south orlando. How does the Mex sunflower work for you?? I just got some last week. I hope it does well

[@Chris-dy5fy]

What I'm doing is raising sheep and goats, their manure helps fertilize. Chopping weeds and wracking them up at the base of the fence line which helps soil erosion, create good soil, slow water movement. Planting fast growing trees like moringa, ground covers like sweet potato, creeping thyme and rosemary.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Sounds great. Wishing you all the best.

[@patriciahartner7336]

the plant that volunteers to the largest degree in my yard is mugwort. I use that for many things. in New York, USA.

[@anniecochrane3359]

Thanks Morag. That is really useful information.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Wonderful Annie - I love working with Lemongrass in the garden, it smells so great!

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Love that you explained how you use lemongrass and how to replant. Thank You! I just kinda of wish you would have included how you separated the rooted portions out of the clump. We are warm and will be wet soon in South East Florida. Love the idea of distilling my own essential oils. Covid has caused people to buy the distillers for other reasons. lol PS-Nice to see even you make the occasional blooper. lol

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

That’s a good topic for another clip. I wasn’t going to do it because it’s the wrong time here, but I could spare a bit to do a film 😄

[@PegsGarden]

I live in South west Florida and it is really easy to separate the plant, just go down to the base of the plant and twist it out, should come off easy I just did this with my lemongrass yesterday and gave a few to my neighbor, if it doesnt have enough roots you can pop it in water until you see roots, hope this helps.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Peg Innam Oh, thank you so very much.

[@rebeccahenkins1697]

I am in Central Florida - I have to dig and divide occasionally or it can get too big. As log as I have a small bit of root - it grows well - its has grown through pots and into the ground so pick where you put there :) And great chop and drop - I use it to mulch so many areas including my turmeric beds!

[@orionlottering7349]

Wish I could import you... Thankyou for this info. I got mine in a bit late, but it started of as if it knew theres just a month or 2 to do so. Im going to see how long we could stick it out before harvesting(SouthAfrica). Thanks again and success with all your growing.

[@foxyauragems6146]

Grows Good here at high elevation tropical rainforest I’m planning on using it to battle the mad weeds ...

[@SusanRichardsDay]

Great info

[@swidobali86]

Hi Morag, i use this plant a lot in my bali-indo kitchen and i live here in switzerland, i try to grow it in a pot and try to put away in winter but not really successful, always died and to buy it here it’s quiet expensive. do you have any suggestions which months normally i can plant it and how to take care of it in winter? thanks 🙏

[@johnlyndontuason5925]

Subscribed on your lemon balm video. Very valuable info as always. God bless!

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Welcome

[@oldsouthhomestead7118]

I want to try to make the oil, I have a 3 gallon still and four 5-gallon buckets of dried lemongrass and hedgerows of fresh, How much lemongrass and water would you put in and do you soak it or ferment it first?

[@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it]

"I lost my sample!" Ha ha ha! 😁

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

I'm sure someone might give you a new piece to grow.

[@cleonawallace376]

I am just at the early stages of planning (I started doing a PDC during the lockdown!) but I'm definitely going to plan to try with lemongrass (I'm in Italy so I think there's a chance it'll grow), and thanks to your video I now have many more ideas for how to use it! Thanks

[@diarmidmackenzie6982]

We are in Italy too! Abruzzo. I reckon Lemongrass will thrive here, so let's give it a go. Working in the garden every day has been such a source of joy during these past few months.

[@cleonawallace376]

@@diarmidmackenzie6982 Cool - where in Abruzzo are you? We're at the most southern tip of Umbria (our next town down is Orte, which is in Lazio). I am particularly interested in lemongrass because in nearly 20 years living in Italy i've still NEVER seen fresh lemongrass in a shop!! So it would be amazing to have a fresh supply :) mmm.

[@linleejordan6605]

Thank you for the lemongrass tips. I have a question. When my lemongrass goes to seed it produces so much, it's amazing. It tastes nice and lemony when I have had a little nibble but I am hesitant to go gung-ho and eat a lot or feed them to my family because nowhere on the internet can I find anyone saying they are edible. Perhaps you might know or have a source of where to find out?

[@miketurner1697]

If you slice it very very thin you can throw it anything you want a lemon floral/sent! Otherwise pound just a little bit basically don't destroy it very tough so it can handle a pounding, throw it in whatever ever you're cooking and when you are done cooking pull it out and toss it or garnish with it. It is way to hard to eat hole.

[@stanleyjobson1567]

Hey Morag, does lemon grass help with fruit flies?

[@fonmasci997]

Hi Morag Love all your content. My lemongrass was really healthy through out the spring/summer here in Mornington Peninsula, Vic. But the stalks became very woody like bamboo and I couldn’t use any of the stalks at all. I’ve search all over the internet and can not find an answer. Maybe you know?

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Perhaps the seed stalk goes harder like this on some varieties. But if perhaps you don't have lemongrass but something else, like vetiver?

[@lorizinn4331]

Hello Morag. I noted your comment about using lemongrass as a barrier to kangaroos and other wildlife. Just how effective is it? We love our wild kangas and protect most of our gardens with secure fencing. However we do have other areas outside the fences where we don't mind the 'roos going through, but still would like to at least semi-protect plants. Does wildlife eat lemongrass? We've had lemongrass growing in a couple of tubs for a number of years - very healthily. This winter they have almost died off. It's been extra cold and wet - would this be our problem, or could they have reached a stage where they would have died off anyway because we had not thinned them out? One of the pots was under the eaves of the house, so was dry and had shelter from wind and the worst of the cold, and husband thought it may have got too dry, but both pots, the dryish one and the one that had winter's rain, both look as sad as one another.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Depends where you are. I am in the subtropics and they do also need trimming back in the winter time, but I leave them tall enough to create that barrier and they don't like coming through - it's sharp and they cant see to the other side it's so dense. Lemongrass does better in the ground that in pots and I can let the clumps keep getting denser - some clumps have well over 100 stalks.

[@lorizinn4331]

@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife Thanks, Morag

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Lovely voice

[@joejustice6959]

How does one move lemongrass?

[@treesagreen4191]

Do you think it would grow in pots? I live in the East of England and would love to try to grow it. Our seasons are very erratic at the moment, that's why I asked about the pot, then it could come in if the temperature dropped and during the winter.

[@cathdavis9908]

I have been growing lemon grass in pots for a couple of years in Normandy. I do bring them into our conservatory in the winter but they do well outside from April through to September. I have split the plants a couple of times and also use it in cooking so it does fairly well. I am thinking of putting some in the ground this year

[@sumcd6348]

Can we use the whole green tail in teas?

[@2460speedy]

Is it invasive?

[@zainklass5296]

These videos teach simply and practically,most of the plants can be found in my country and am going to be trying out your methods of food production.

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Wonderful! Best of luck!

[@dayanagalindo8770]

Waoo thanks

[@donneone]

Thank you for this! I enjoy the look and aroma of a big patch of lemongrass, but mine don't clump and multiply. I've got them in a 20" pot started from cuttings I rooted from the market. They grow tall but rarely get shoots. What am I doing wrong that they don't multiply?

[@menglouie2427]

what is the difference between east indian and west indian lemongrass? I have lemongrass but I can't tell which variety I have

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Here's an article that might help foodforestplants.com.au/lemongrass-how-to-distinguish/

[@maprem6959]

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[@fCLEF007]

I'd be a bit worried about snakes in that …..

[@thisearththeonlyheaven]

I have had this plant in my yard for 30 years at least, many clumps, and it has never flowered. I gave some to my daughter in brisvegas and one of her plants has produced a tall flower spike. I am further north but still in the subtropics so climate similar. Weird I think.

[@patriciahartner7336]

it might be wild lettuce- it naturalized in my yard in New York. VERY tall [about 7 feet], tiny yellow flowers at top.

[@thisearththeonlyheaven]

Patricia Hartner :) I meant this lemongrass. I want to get the tall growing tropical lettuce one day tho’. Cheers

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

@@thisearththeonlyheaven Did she perhaps get a cutting from someone else too - the east indian lemongrass flowers prolifically around this part of Australia.

[@thisearththeonlyheaven]

Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life she says it is one I gave her. I put it down to natures unfathomable ways. It is only one flower and I don't think it has made seeds. I have resisted getting the other lemon grass you mention because it doesn't seem as nice and I already have enough selfseeders to work around! Thanks for your great work.

[@andrewthomas3930]

Love your work. Your like the female version of Don Bourke....lol.....:)

[@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife]

Haha! Thanks - I think 😃

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