How to Grow Curry Plant - Complete Growing Guide

Curry leaves plant, apple gourd (tinda), Ridge Gourd ( Chines okra) , Fenugreek ( methi) and dill leaves.

Are the curry plant seeds available?

Oooh I want to grow a chocolate tree?!!

Just an FYI these are used more in Sri Lankan cooking and grows like crazy in Sri Lanka! Especially since Sri Lankan’s use whole spices and leaves and use it in our tempering process for a lot of curries!

are the fruits edible? it surely looks like berry

How big does it get? Do you put it outside in summer?

Awesome !

In life there are chatty Kathys. What would be the name for a chatty guy? Chatty Kevin?

these curry leaves are also used in Sri Lankan curry dishes

Can I use the petioles? I am making an oil for my scalp, and I'm a waste not want not person. I've tried finding information on the tree, but all anything ever talks about is how to use the leaves. I want to utilize the whole tree if possible.

Dude seems well-versed in plant cultivation but may not be as familiar with curries. It's worth noting that the plant is named the curry leaf plant because its leaves are commonly used in various Indian side dishes (curries), not the reverse. Stop making inaccurate assumptions and misleading people about indian food. Get your facts right!

Good job 😅

You have a bit of mis-information here. The yellow color people associate with curries (and curry powder) comes from the liberal use of Turmeric. These curry leaves would not impart any color unless you used waaay too many, and blended them to a paste first (which I cannot imagine doing). The leaves are usually added to hot oil or ghee along with spices as part of a final tempering step.

What do they smell like? I bought a small one and it smells funky like epazote or something. It does look like that plant though.

I absolutely love cooking with curry leaves. They make the Indian dishes more fragrant & flavourful😊

Great tips! What is the tune when the video starts playing?

Hi Luke still you have this curry leave plant I didn’t see any video rather than this video… please update how it grows in you area climate..

What soil to use when potting in new pot?

Hmm. I don't find curry trees easy to grow. They seem finicky about humidity and light. I had one that was happy on the east coast but it was too dry for it in California and it died! I have a new one that's growing well but we had an adjustment period. It seems very strongly to prefer dappled sun, not full. The leaves were getting burned in full sun and it didn't grow until it had partial shade. Now it's thriving. It likes a little wood ash in its water too.

Curry leaves are amaaaazing and taste NOTHING like "curry" IMO. Bad american "curry" powder should be banned...

You are absolutely wrong. Green curry is not made of curry leaf.

Curry plant is different from curry leaf plant.

Good luck 🍀

bro you talk so much... and yet you haven't showed anything yet!

I’m so happy to find your channel, I just started to transform my rooftop terrace area into an edible garden! Curry tree would be my first one to start …. Yeah!!!

Anyone have a good resource for buying seeds? Checked their online store and they're either out of stock or i just simply can't find it in their products :(

This is 'Methi' an Indian herb, a source of Asafoetida I believe . Curry Plant is an entirely different herb from Sthn Europe

How many times a week should you water it?

You saved my 4th attempt at growing coffee plant so when my curry started waking up this spring, I knew to keep it looking it's best I would need to look for your advice on caring for it.

Where do I buy the seeds or a starter plant for curry leaf plant? Thx

Can I grow curry leaf in zone 7?

I gave you an enthusiastic like because this was very informative and you have charisma..but I wanted to reach thru the screen grasp that plant so you would stop shaking, tipping and molesting it constantly..do you do that to all your plants or is your point that this plant can take a beating?

Still Growing this plant ?
I would love a follow up on some of these indoor plants

In Pakistan this tree grows widely in plain land areas and widely used in curries for aroma and taste. In fact, i have a huge tree now in my house in Texas.

What is the name of the fertiliser you mentioned?

Your word content should go down to about 10%. Man it is just curry leaves.

great content. thanks

does Curry do anything to keep mosquitoes or bugs away

I'm not Indian, but I'm pretty sure curry means a "blend", which was made into a thing when British soldiers asked street vendors to whip something up. While curry leaves are undoubtedly widely used in South Indian cuisine, it is not what we know of as the curry flavor. That is cardamom, coriander, cloves, turmeric, and in Asian cuisine, coconut milk and bay leaves. You could walk down the spice aisle of an Indian market and smell each of these and easily see where they play the part. Curry leaves, despite the name, are not the main ingredient of curries. They do not smash curry leaves into a powder to make curry. They do grind cloves into a powder with a pestle, however.

How’s your cacao tree growing

Hi. Do you have curry plant seeds available for sale. If so, please let me the price. Thank you

Did you grow this from seed
And how long till leaves appear

Curry doesn't get it's name from the curry plant. It's traditional name in Tamil is 'Karuvapillai'.

Thank you that’s just the info I needed. I just received curry tree seeds and wonder if I should soak them a day or so?

How can I obtain a plant in Cansda-Montreal?

We use Curry leaves in almost all Sri Lankan dishes. Trying to find a curry plant to grow in Canada (6a)..dang so expensive!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great video tutorial.
Howdy Luke, I liked how you gave us important information about the curry plant. This plant is a gift of Nature to the mankind. Your enthusiasm about sharing your knowledge and love for this plant gives me an inkling you were born in India in your past life.
I enjoyed your informative video. Thank you for sharing.

This is not a complete guide. I found some guides and thought I’ll try this video since I’ve seen your other videos and they seemed reasonable. The quick reading I have done before watching this video was much more informative. There are apparently 3 types being standard, dwarf, and midget. The dwarf sounded great to me until I read it’s extra bitter. So, now I’m at the standard and too large or the midget and too small. No mention of any of this here! I’m zone 8b so it won’t grow outside. I know you are in MI and it won’t grow there. So, what is even happening here? I don’t know. You don’t know or just are not saying. Be advised watcher this person is making things up and your plant may die.

I want to grow a curry tree. I will look for “complete guide” elsewhere. I may be 8b, but it rains and is very cold here. It just doesn’t go below 20F ever. Most of winter is above freezing. Most is barely above. Below 25F is extremely rare. Most frosts here are above 28F

Hi my curry leave plant had little insects can you share tip on it plsss what can I do it

Luke, thanks for this video. I have a curry leaf plant in a south facing window inside because it’s too windy outside where I live and it lost all its leaves when I had it out there. It seems much happier inside and flowers and makes seeds every year, but doesn’t produce a lot of branches to harvest leaves from. I’ve started to think that I should maybe top the flowers to prevent it from flowering so I get more leaf growth. Do you have any advice on pruning for more leaf growth and what to do when it goes to seed?

No it does not give the curry the color…

Actually the term "curry" is a catch-all that was bastardized by the British as they occupied India. Curry powder is a mixture, or a masala, of spices and flavors. This plant is used whole leaf, and is a totally different critter than curry powder! It usually is used to flavor dahls and vegetable dishes.