"Nunya Bidnits" > wrote:
> Nick Cramer > typed:
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
> >> On 14 Jul 2009 22:20:46 GMT, Nick Cramer wrote:
> >>
> >>> Buy fresh lemongrass. Stick one in a pot and grow yer own. If ya
> >>> have a yard, even better!
> >>
> >> I bought three stalks 2 weeks ago and cut off the last 1/4" of stem
> >> and placed them in shallow water in a glass. They['re doing nothing
> >> but drying out far as I can tell.
> >
> > We put them similarly. They sprouted fine. Texas water tastes like
> > turpentine!
>
> Is lemongrass frost hardy?
>
> All I can find around here is either frozen or dried in chunks but there
> are still plenty of markets where I haven't looked yet.

We only get frost a few days a year and not real cold. So far, ours have
survived. Google on Lemongrass Frost.

You should be able to get live lemongrass in any Thai/Asian market.

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