Can You Use Windex on a Curry Plant?

Using Windex

• Although Windex does not give specific information on using its products on curry plants, the Windex Outdoor All-in-One Glass Cleaning Tool will not necessarily harm vegetation. However, that does not mean gardeners should use it to clean plants. In fact, the company warns that users should avoid getting the cleaning solution on plants. If it does drip onto plants in the course of cleaning windows or other materials, Windex recommends giving the plants a thorough rinse with water.

Curry Plants

• Curry plants flower from the beginning of summer until a hard winter frost. The long-lasting blooms of these hardy perennials appear in red, white, yellow or orange, or bi-colorations. Although curry plants do well in gardens, in some localities, including California, they are considered an invasive species. The plant may form a shrub-like mound between 8 and 15 inches high, along with trailing vines spreading between 2 and 3 feet.

Growing

• If growing from seed, sow seed in early spring when all danger of frost is past. Curry plants may also be started indoors in late winter, with plants put into the ground at about 2-months-old after the last frost. If grown from seed, germination takes between one and three weeks. Curry plants prefer full sun and sandy soils. Ideally, the soil should have a pH level between 6 and 7, but the plants can do well in poor soil and do not need much watering.

Propagation

• To propagate, use cuttings in the summer, or just let the plant go to seed and it will grow by itself. The curry plant's flowers resemble a daisy. If you take off all of the buds from the stem, leaving a single bud, the curry plant will produce a lone, large flower. This is a popular style for curry plants in the garden.