Topic: Rooted lemongrass.

[grannyjanny]

I've just noticed that 3 stems of lemongrass have rooted in water. How is the best way to plant them, together, separately, MP compost JI no? size of pot? Anything I've forgotten?

[Obelixx]

I rooted 5 out of 7 in a packet from the supermarket and have simply put them all in a single 5" pot with compost for geraniums.  No John Innes or multi purpose or Levington's in Belgium.   I kept them watered on a sunny window sill till they started to grow new foliage and now they're looking like an ornamental grass and are out in the greenhouse and doing well.

[grannyjanny]

Thanks. Three out of three rooted from the supermarket for me. The roots are getting long so will just pot them on then.

[cleo]

A five inch pot with a mix of JI No3 and multi purpose will be fine for a while but eventually you will have to go to something like a 10 inch(the morrison`s buckets?) with all JI No3

Lemon grass will over winter but it`s not a bad idea to bring them inside-and I mean inside the house not a greenhouse and then keep the top part of the soil bone dry-place them in trays/saucers and water sparingly from the bottom over winter until they show new growth in the spring.

After a couple of years-maybe less as you are starting a stem off and not growing from seed you should have stems thick enough to use to eat as well as some to divide and increase the number of plants

[artichoke]

My plant is dug up and stays indoors over winter - when I plant it out on the allotment in summer, it wakes up and sprouts new shoots like mad. I can't believe they do as well in pots?

[Jayb]

I can't believe they do as well in pots?

I have to agree they do so well in pots, the aroma is just superb  ;D