Curry Leaf Plant Care Guide - Sweet Neem - Kari Patta - Murraya Koenigii - Curry Leaf Tree скачать в хорошем качестве

Curry Leaf Plant Care Guide - Sweet Neem - Kari Patta - Murraya Koenigii - Curry Leaf Tree

Today we're looking at the Curry Leaf Plant or Sweet Neem or Kari Patta If you love your food and love an authentic taste of a really good curry then you need one of these plants in your life, my wife asked me to get one and I was very surprised at the difference a few fresh leaves made to the curry! Wow,, such depth of flavour! So good! My mouth is watering just thinking about it! So if you want one of these Curry Leaf Plants, like many plants right now they are near impossible to get hold of, the only one I could find was on eBay and it cost a lot! That’s because these plants are quite slow growing and it can take quite a few years to grow a curry leaf plant to the size that you can regularly harvest leaves from. I have had this one for probably three months and it’s grown about three millimetres! So you need some patience to grow one or some deep pockets to buy an adult plant because anything that takes a while to grow is always expensive! So let's go through the care points for this plant.. Light – it comes from India so unsurprisingly it needs lots of light, direct to bright indirect light. If you have a window sill that cooks in the summer then obviously that might be too much but anything less than that it will be happy. If you don’t get that much sun during the winter months a grow light would help it through. Water: If you have a small Curry Leaf plant then you need to look out for overwatering, it’s easy to give it too much and they will soon get root rot and die. As with all plants less is more, wait for it to dry a little then water well. Check the soil every few days, the warmer it is the quicker it will dry out, if you can still feel some moisture in the soil when you poke a finger n then don’t water, if it feels dry or very nearly dry then water again. Soil: - Free draining soil is best as you don’t want to keep the plant wet. When I first received my plant it was in very poor soil that held the water, it came very wet and took about two keeps to dry out which was too long, the plant looks unhappy with drooping leaves so I decided to do an emergency repot and carefully removed the plant and replaced the soil with fresh houseplant compost with added horticultural grit and plenty of Perlite to help free drainage and also provide oxygen for the roots, since then the plant has been much happier. Temp: - Warm – if you live in the UK or in Europe be sure to keep it in a warm location over winter and don’t let it get below 18c or 65f as it will suffer, you need to slow the watering as it won't be growing and therefore won't be taking up much water through the roots, if you keep watering every week regardless the soil will get wetter and wetter and eventually the roots will begin to rot. It’s better to water and then leave it until the soil dries out completely and then water again. That could be a few weeks or even three weeks in the winter, that’s ok. Wait until your Curry Leaf Plants gets bigger before taking too many leaves to cook with as it needs them to make energy! Please subscribe for more Houseplant videos. Thanks for watching Andy