Lemongrass - How to propagate from stalks purchased from supermarket (Part 2)

 Welcome to How to propagate from stalks purchased from supermarket part 2.

Of course, you may be asking. Are you sure that lemongrass from supermarket work? Well, let's see

This is Day 1 when I prepared the stalk and put into the container

At Day 2, although there is no root, you can see that new stem are growing, which is a good sign.

At Day 5, green lemongrass leaves are growing.

At Day 10, lemongrass leaves continued to grow. You should see sign of root grow as well.

At Day 15, the leaves grows even longer, however, the root is not long enough for potting.

At Day 19, it is time to put the lemongrass into a pot

Now you may ask, how do you know the root are ready. 

Below are the root of the 2 lemongrass stalk at Day 19. How fast a lemongrass root grow depends and I have experience that some lemongrass may not have root grow at all.

Fortunately, the 2 stalk which I had chosen end up with healthy roots.

As a rule of thumb, if the root is around 10cm, it is good for potting. 

Additional tips - do you see the additional stem growing out of the parent stem? 

Why is this happening? Because around Day 10, I removed the outer layer of the lemongrass leaves. Below is an example

As a result, addition stem grow out from the parent stem, which is pretty neat.

So, how to put these lemongrass into soil for further growth? It is not rocket science

First, of course you need to prepare your pot filled with soil. For me, I choose to use a long planter. When the soil is filled, water the soil. Make sure the soil is moist but not soaking wet.

Depend on root size, dig a hole that is big enough to put in the lemongrass root.

As the lemongrass had been soaking in water for 19 days, the outer layer of the lemongrass may be mushy. How to tell? Touch the outer layer and feel if it has a spongy feeling. Sometime, it may look moldy. Anyhow, removing the outer layer is harmless and I feel that it helps root grows when the lemongrass is put into the soil.

Once ready, spread out the root and put it into the soil. It is important to make sure that the hole is large enough and do not hurt the root during the process.

Once the root is in, cover the hole with the top soil. 

That all - there you have a new planter of lemongrass.

Next, please stay tune on my experience on how to care about the lemongrass.

Please check out my video here as well.