You can easily grow sweetgrass in USDA Zones 3–9. Sweetgrass doesn’t grow well in soils that have a lot of clay. [3] X Research source

Removing vegetation and turning the soil also removes packed clumps of soil so it’s easier for your sweetgrass to develop roots.

Dogs may also roll around in sweetgrass, so be careful allowing pets near your garden. Sweetgrass doesn’t have any other natural pests or diseases.

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Sweetgrass will survive in a pot for up to a few months if you aren’t able to transplant them right away.

This ensures the roots make good contact with the soil in their new bed so they’re more likely to grow.

If you’re planting multiple sweetgrass clumps in a row, keep them spaced about 2–3 ft (0. 61–0. 91 m) apart from the centers if their root masses so they have room to grow and fill in. It usually takes 1–2 years for the sweetgrass to fill in the space between clumps.

You don’t need to pack the soil down when you’re transplanting divisions.

This also helps prevent your sweetgrass from developing moisture stress.

Avoid adding so much water that it forms puddles on the surface of the soil, or else your seeds won’t germinate.

You can buy sweetgrass seeds online or from your local plant nursery. Only use seeds that are firm when you squeeze them between your fingernails. Otherwise, they may not be ripe enough.

You can also use a garden roller to press the soil down more efficiently. You can buy a roller online or from your local gardening store.

Your seeds will not germinate if they dry out. Sweetgrass seeds only have about a 30% germination rate, so you may not see any growths at all. If you have trouble germinating sweetgrass seeds, try planting divisions instead.

Be careful not to overwater your sweetgrass since it could develop root rot. You may not need to water your sweetgrass if you have a lot of precipitation.

Avoid using fertilizer, especially ones that contain nitrogen, within the first year since it might promote weed growth instead.

Sweetgrass will continue growing and spreading if you leave it alone.

You’ll usually get 2–3 harvests every year in ideal growing conditions.

You can also try pinching and twisting the base of the stem to harvest sweetgrass without snips, but you could damage the roots.

Sweetgrass is a perennial, so you don’t have to replant it the following year.