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28 December 2018
The European Union has banned imports of Sri Lankan curry leaves due to 'citrus greening' bacterium.

Highlighting the large revenue Sri Lanka earned from curry leaves exports, Dr Wickramaarachchi, from Sri Lanka's National Plant Quarantine Service, said, "Based on journal reports the EU amended its rules and came up with new regulations in 2014 with regards to the potential biodiversity threats which can have an effect on other countries. Before its 2014 update was finalised, the EU found this bacterium infection among plants of the citrus family. The ban was imposed for the protection of biodiversity in those countries."

The ban comes following several weeks of political turmoil and weakening rupee.

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EU finds Indian curry leaves

Hi CT

Oct 2017 for any third world country and Dec 2018 for Sri Lanka, my local store always used to have curry leaves but now only offer frozen, curry leaves can be exported from those countries if frozen at the time of export.

Quote from: Naga on May 22, 2019, 06:54 AM
I'm currently growing one of these - https://citruscentre.co.uk/products/indian-curry-leaf-plant. It's little more than a twig with leaves just now, so too small to harvest this year, but it should be good to go in 2020.

Hi Naga, you will, i got my plant from there the same size as yours in 2015, at the end of its first growing season it got knocked into the pond by nephews playing football and had the top broken off, trust me i was not happy,

Because i kept it near the pond it got scale insect, so i cleaned them off with cotton buds and meths and moved it to the other end of the garden.

At the first sign / hint of frost it goes into the cabin overnight which is unheated apart from 2 freezers and a fridge, any nice days it comes out, tis a labour of love.

Cutting the first limb for harvest was an emotional struggle lol but now no problem, i use clean cutters.

I cut the plant back in spring and harvested all the leaves in vacuum bags i have about 6 packs,

The plant is a tad under 1 metre tall and is sprouting everywhere, last year i had my first set of berries which got knocked off by heavy rain.

Every time you water it, feed it citrus fertilizer, once a month add a tsp of epsom salts, allow the soil to dry before each watering, they don't like wet feet so make sure the soil drains well (perlite). there is a pic of mine on the curry leaf thread. if i can be of any help let me know, enjoy growing your plant, its fun

when i go to my local Asian store i often look at the fresh curry leaves to see if any have chunky twigs to try and plant.
Now they only sell frozen, from what i understand there are no countries at the moment that can satisfy Eu regulations which means only frozen leaves can be imported, i wonder what the restaurants do for supplies.

How much is a quick squirt of lemon, and what part of a spoonful is a smidgen, oh and a handful of fresh coriander, mine or Mike Tysons.

Sometimes you see recipe's that say eggs before flour, some eggs after the flour, i expect we have all seen videos where the ingredients are all poured in and then mixed with the fingertips, how does that work? getting the mix even, i sieve the flour on and shuffle the onions about to try and get an even coating, when i see the flour just dumped in and mixed it makes me wonder if i am wasting my time, any thoughts on this?

Its pronounced Asafarteda

 How about buying a big fat fresh bit of ginger, cut out an inch sq cube and then weigh it in grams. From then on i x Bobsbeer inch of ginger is = to x grams

Funny BB, i posed the idea to them but as yet no reply, i will chase them on monday.

I seem to remember reading that 80 deg C was the temp to keep rice so like you say he could fill trays, and transfer to a coolbox which would help keep the temp up for the journey. keep the rice foiled in the oven to stop it drying out.