Author Archives: ThePlantLady

About ThePlantLady

ThePlantLady.com is a library of gardening information compiled from many resources, including written texts, online databases, current research, and first-hand experience from farmers and gardeners. It includes growing requirements specific to each plant, as well as varietal information. My background in microbiology and chemistry allows me to tap into the scientific research being done today and digest it for the use of the home gardener or small farmer.

Brandywine Tomato

Brandywine Tomato from Territorial Seed Co

Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: indeterminate, potato-leaf variety Shape: beefsteak: squat and round with some pleats Color: dark rose pink Maturity: 75 days (main crop), others say 85 days (long-season), also early, though 2010: 84 days to 1st harvest 2011: 98 days to 1st harvest 2012: 84 days to 1st harvest 2013: grafted: 84 days to […]

How to Grow Lemongrass

Lemongrass, grouped with herbs in many classification systems, is a grass that grows rather tall. Even though it’s considered a tropical or subtropical plant, it grows well in my area, which gets frosty in the winter – hardiness zone 9b. It is an essential herb for Thai, Vietnamese, and other East Asian recipes, and is rather […]