Curryleaf seeds are often double embryos. In our experience, about 60% of them were double embryos. This year we sowed 5 seeds and 3 of them are compound embryos. Since the roots of the double-embryo plants will become entangled if they are left as they are, they can be divided when they have two or three true […]
Especially this year, 2022 in Japan, we are having extraordinarily dry and hot second half of June. I am hearing some plants were damaged by lack of watering. It looks like there are some biased information that curry leaf plants should not be watered so much. That is true for very young seedlings to overwinter. […]
I have 5 plants in my verandah however one of them had so much aphids clustering around the growing points where new buds are shooting. The first picture shows how bad it was. I could use my fingers but the young buds are so fragile that I did not wish to give any damage to […]
I often hear concerns about the newly shooting leaves are reddish and the plant might die, or if the reddish leaves are not the problem. This phenomena is caused by the plant generating anthocyanins to protect chloroplast in the newly shooting parts of the plant get damage from UV. You might have seen some cabbages […]
I made an automatic temperature control for my curry leaf greenhouse. In order to grow curry leaves and other plants that like a warm environment, I have placed shelves made of mesh racks on the verandah, covered with a plastic cover to keep them warm, and installed a heater. Because of the heater, I can maintain […]
Print Recipe Curry leaf powder dry type Fragrant curry leaf powder made from fresh curry leaves. It makes plain steamed rice into gorgeous fragrant and beautifully green rice, dusting grilled meat or steamed veggie with the powder also give them fantastic curry leaf flavor. Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 20 min Passive Time 30 […]
My youngest curry leaf plant #5, two years old. It is 19cm (almost 8 inches) tall from the soil level. I just did pinching a couple of weeks ago. This is its second summer. All I need to do is to cut the plant about a few centimeter (one inch) from its top. It is […]
It is already middle of June here in Japan and in north hemisphere. This is the time when you will find rapid growth of your curry leaf plant. But you migh have been wondering whyyou do not see your curry plant have not had new buds shooting, or all the leaves came out in the […]
Often I get the same question about when to upsize the curry leaf plant. I am not a serious bonsai mania nor professionally educated vegetable glower, however my idea is that there is no specific timing to upsize the plant, as long as it is comfortably warm season. If the plant is kept in the […]