Frost-tolerant, long-lived perennial.

Transplant this spring - setting the plant in the bottom of a furrow (~3-6" deep in clay soil, or ~8-10" deep in sandy soil, and slowly filling the hole in over the growing season.

Let them grow all year, and cut back the fronds once they turn golden in the fall. We recommend to *not* harvest during the first two years, as the plants will establish better, and the plants will pay dividends with more abundant yields.

After year 3, harvest any spear that's larger in diameter than a pencil. Cut it off below the soil with a sharp knife, being careful to not cut new shoots that are still below-ground. Let the smaller spears fern throughout the summer, which will store energy in the plant roots for next year's harvest.

A tropical (frost-sensitive), perennial herb.

Most descriptions online tell you lemongrass likes fertile soil and lots of water. While that's probably what it prefers, we've successfully grown it at Ripcord, in sandy desert soil, giving it as much water as the rest of our annual crops.

For home gardeners, lemongrass can be grown in a pot (at least two gallons) and moved indoors next winter, or it can be planted in the ground and treated as an annual. We've had good luck with both approaches, harvesting at least a dozen stalks, about as thick as your thumb, from each cluster of plants.

With Everbearing varieties, you can expect a strong early season (i.e. June) harvest, followed by a gradual harvest throughout the summer.

The first three years will be the most productive. After that we recommend annual thinning - removing the oldest (woodiest) plants, and some runners, to make room for younger plants.

We always try to keep some sort of protection from birds, squirrels, and rabbits, over our strawberry patch, as the animals enjoy the fruits just as much as we do, and have a knack for swooping in when the fruits are perfectly ripe...