LEMONGRASS: Growing, Harvesting, Storing, and Using Lemongrass 🌱

Hi all! Happy New Year! This video was filmed last year but I wanted to share with you how to hopefully grow your own lemongrass this coming year! I spent the year documenting our lemongrass crop and wanted to share how it went.So I hope you enjoy :)

Lemongrass is a grass plant & herb that can be found in tropical areas of the world. But it can be easily grown at home. It is used all over the world for a wide variety of dishes, medicine, home remedies, essential oils, and so many more. It can grow like weed in hot regions. It has a great citrus scent, beautiful green leaves, and tough-layered texture.

There are quite a few types of lemongrass (variety). The most common type used in a lot of Asian cooking is known as West Indian (Cymbopogon citratus) Lemongrass. The stalks are little more on the pale yellow and green color. The aroma is a little weak raw, but becomes stronger when it gets cooked. This lemongrass is the most preferred and commonly used. There's also East Indian Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) can also be used for cooking but it's usually more known for it's medicinal and essential usage. However, this one has more of a citrus scent even before cooking it. So it's great raw and cooked. East Indian also has a more purple hue to it. There are more varieties, but these two are the focus today since it's mostly used for cooking.

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Chapters
00:00-1:26 (Intro)
1:27-4:48(Propagating lemongrass)
4:49-10:25 (Planting)
10:26-13:29 (Growth Process)
13:30-16:12 (Harvesting)
16:13-20:04 (Binding leaves, stalks, & storing)
20:05-24:46 (How to use & end)
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About Cindy

My Name is Cindy Her, I am a full time Pastry Chef in the Pacific Northwest and part time food content creator for C.HerCreations (C.HawjCreations). I specifically focus on Hmong food I grew up eating but I also venture into other South East Asian food as well.As a second generation Hmong American woman, my goal is to teach you what Hmong people love to eat, what we cook, how we cook it, how it has evolved, and how we enjoy it. I want you to learn a little bit more about the Hmong food culture and I hope you all stay tuned on this culinary adventure with me. As always, happy cooking :) -Cindy Her [C.HerCreations]

[Becauseimme]

I love the way you talk. You should make a meditation and sleep videos. Just telling stories and encouraging chants. I’d be your first subscriber.😊

[brentstarks]

This is one of the best how-to videos I have seen. The information is on-topic, well rounded, and sufficiently complete while being relatively concise. Thank you for following through on the video to the end. I have seen so many videos implying they are a how-to of one sort or other, but just show a person starting some project, telling what they intend to do and what they expect to happen rather than showing what is done and what the results were. Not only did you show the full cycle for the selection and care of the plant, but you covered storage and use. This was well done and rightly done.

[thehobbyheart]

This is exactly how I remember my father doing lemongrass and I had tried for long to find the old ways, even as he said my grandmother did this. Seeing this video brings back so many memories. My dad being from Guam, now deceased, this means more to me than you'll ever know. Thank you.

[jaha]

You probably posted the best lemongrass cultivation video to ever be seen on the web. I've been growing lemongrass for years in Texas zone 9a. I've always harvested throughout the summer and tried to winter it over under heavy mulch (with many failures). Now I'm excited to try it your way. The knots and the freezer tips are an eye opener. I'll have to quadruple my crop next year just to have enough to try everything. Many thanks!

[mirlamurillo]

Best best best video by far!!!! Ty so much! ABBA is good. I don't have to watch 20 million videos on lemongrass.

[Adnancorner]

I grew it in sand in Dubai. We do not have a lot of soil here, but man this is miracle, it turned the sandy soil into sandy loam. The soil was rich and dark. when I was dividing them in two couple of new chunks to plant them separately. I used a lot of it for Indian cooking and making tea with it. They are pretty easy to grow. The grass was from Thailand in the supermarket. Because we are hot and humid it grew perfectly. Its beautiful too in pots like a bouquet. I think the Indian variety and Thai variety are slightly different. I tasted both of them and they are different in taste not major difference but that sweetness fennel like smell and fragrance. I personally like both of them. I am from India by the way. We use it in curries a lot, specially with coconut cream in gravies.

P.s I did the same water method to get the roots and them planted in sand. I think this love high drainage minimal fertilizer. but it grow very quickly.

[Adnancorner]

I always chopped the trimming from lemon grass and add as mulch back into the roots. I never added any external fertilizer. This is one of the best fertilizer production, it acts as conditioner for the soil.

[GrowAndHarvesting-dk]

Wow, this is such a comprehensive guide on lemongrass! I love how you covered everything from growing to using it. Your tips on harvesting and storing are super helpful—can't wait to try them out in my own garden. Thanks for sharing this valuable information

[sunblock]

Thank you for making this video! I appreciate that it's clear and informative! The progress updates from week to week and month to month were especially valuable to see :)

[janjanobando]

My mum's 10 year old lemongrass survived Texas' mild winters and hail. It grew in abandon since my sister forgot about it. Its grass so it loves the heat and survives some drought. In the Philippines, it grows with abandon revelling in the summer sun and grows into a large mound if left unchecked. The cats and dogs would loveto munch on them when they feel sick and vomit them there after. Nice video 😄.❤

[marciadiez]

Thank you SO MUCH! The information you and your mom shared here is invaluable!! I had my So first taste of Lemongrass in 1997! I live here in Baton Rouge, LA and about 10 blocks from the Mississippi river... so humidity is NEVER an issue LOL!!! My wonderful friend made Thai Chicken Soup for me when I got the flu... and I simply fell in love with this amazing flavor... she had a huge Lemongrass plant that was like a hedge... I had NEVER seen this plant, never even heard of it...but BOY I loved it... ! So I went to the only store I could find here it was Vihn Phat Market where they had a couple of bundles.... and I was HOOKED! My son opened a small cafe here in 2009 which I ran for 9 years... and my customers loved homemade soups... so I started making Asian Chicken Noodle Soup! The customer base LOVED it!!! Since retiring I have wanted to grow Lemongrass... but information was few and far behind ... what your site has given me is TRULY worth it's weight in gold! I will use your growing advice and ... be happy to the end of my Days!

[nickdegroot]

You can see a lot of work and time went into making this video and growing a beautiful crop. Thank you for the wholistic presentation!

[darienhernandez]

This year was my first year growing lemongrass, and I had no idea what I was doing. Thank you so much for all the super helpful information.

[mariap.]

Your Mom is my new hero! No cuts handling that Lemongrass!!😮😮😮👏👏👏👏👏💕🌻🦋🤗

[nnekababy]

My This is the video that I never knew that I needed!😩This video was so PERFECT 👍🏽. You didn't YELL. You didn't whisper. You didn't play annoying music. The camera was steady. The lighting was top tier. The fonts were pleasant. Light flex on the chopping skills. 😮‍💨 Mom's wrapping skills are chef's kiss. 💋

[anonymousperson]

My planting zone is 8a, sometimes we got below 32°, i just cover the roots with the bucket and open it while the temp is warm. They will regrow faster since they were rooted already.

[sasharadjenovic]

Beautifully done video. So thorough, and covering everything we could possibly want to know, all without a lot of unnecessary talking. Thank you so much ❤️

[davidledoux]

Another great lemongrass video! I appreciate you including the portions of your mom or grandma talking while planting/working as their voices sound very soft and sing-song.

[pattilaurents]

In the late 1980s a dear Cambodian family invited me to a BBQ that was SO delicious ( I didn't have a lot of cooking experience). I asked what was in it and they said lemongrass. I had never heard of it, but was determined to use it. I found it at an Asian market and used it in a meal with my inlaws. I assumed it would cook up like onion shoots, and I chopped it into about 4 inch strips, cooked it with whatever meat I was cooking, and the texture was not much different than when it was raw. Everybody complained but I insisted this was the right way to use it!

[MsPeacelove]

I just bought a lemon grass plant and this video was so helpful knowing how it grows and harvesting, cooking and storing. Thank you both so much. 🙏