2006-08-08 08:51:29 · 4 answers · asked by bizsmithy 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If yes, what's the trick?
2006-08-08 08:53:09 · update #1
I have grown lemon grass in Nebraska, Georgia, and Florida. In Nebraska it was an annual. In Georgia, it would survive mild winters. Here in Florida, it grows great year round as long as we get enough rain. I pretty much ignore it most of the time. When the leaves get silvery and curled, I know it's time to water it. Occasionally I spray it with Miracle Grow when I am fertilizing my vegetable garden. Someone told me that snakes don't like it. That's fine with me! I hate slithery surprises while gardening.
2006-08-08 10:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by Lia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We grow and sell lots of it in zone 5B. I grow it for a tea herb, myself. It gets huge and is a bugger to dig out at the end of the season. It is not cold tolerant at all, but it does dry well. You can cut, dry and store the leaves all summer. It is tolerant of dry weather, heat and intense sun. Give it a little water and the occasional shot of fertilizer and stand back!
2006-08-08 14:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by bellgoebel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew some this summer for the first time in Augusta GA, we are zone 7b. It has done very well.
2015-09-02 12:17:32 · answer #3 · answered by Tom31510 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not trying to be coy but I just put it in the ground and water it. I used good soil. But I'm in Hawaii.
2006-08-08 10:05:25 · answer #4 · answered by Dirtt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋