Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Twice a week
Mature size
90–120 cm
First harvest
Stalks from month four
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Split the clump every second year or the centre dies out.
A clump of scented grass that mosquitoes avoid and tea drinkers cannot do without.
Growing it
Split the clump every second year or the centre dies out.
What it is for
Tea, broths; a row of pots screens a balcony and smells right doing it.