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Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed...
- From: OakCamp2 AT aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed...
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:48:47 EDT
Hi Courtney,
Most lemon grass is propagated
from cuttings. The resulting plants are useable in the current growing
season for your customers. The plant material is easily purchased at any
Oriental grocery where lemon grass is sold in bundles at a low price.
Simply trim the tops to a reasonable size and stick the base of the stem into
growing medium. The plants will root without any special treatment.
Let your customers know that the plant will continue to propagate from rhizomes
that will spread into a gallon size stand of lemon grass by the end of the
season.
Lemon grass from seed is probably
like rosemary from seed- very low germ rates. Best to take the path of
least resistance and go with stem cutting and rhizomes.
Good Luck,
Barb Birkinbine
Oak
Camp Herb Farm, LLC Lodi, Wisconsin 608 592 7261 (business) 608 592 5381 (cell) |
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[Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed...,
courtney mcleod, 03/12/2009
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- Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed..., Chrys Ostrander, 03/13/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed...,
OakCamp2, 03/12/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed...,
Allan Balliett, 03/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed..., maury sheets, 03/13/2009
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growbd, 03/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed..., Allan Balliett, 03/13/2009
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[Market-farming] A question,
Helen B. Piserchia, 03/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] A question,
Bill Bradshaw, 03/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] A question, Pat Meadows, 03/15/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] A question,
Bill Bradshaw, 03/14/2009
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- Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed..., toni eddleman, 03/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed..., clearviewfarm, 03/13/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Starting lemon grass from seed..., OakCamp2, 03/15/2009
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