Growing Ginger

Zingiber Officinale : Zingiberaceae / the ginger family

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Not recommended for growing in USA - Zone 5a regions

  • Plant pieces of fresh root showing signs of shoots. Best planted at soil temperatures between 68°F and 86°F. (Show °C/cm)
  • Space plants: 6 inches apart
  • Harvest in approximately 25 weeks. Reduce water as plant dies back to encourage rhizome growth.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Grow in separate bed

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07 Mar 15, Sharon (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi Maurice, I have galangal and would be happy to swap if you want. Pls email me. Rdgs. (He cannot see yr email unless you include it in yr comment: Liz)
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07 May 14, Glen Lee (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi Maurice, can you contact me via email... patch4@dodo.com.au. Kind regards. Glen
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05 May 14, Glen (Australia - tropical climate)
I am looking for some turmeric rinzone and would swap some Chinese water chestnut, duck potatoes, water spinach or similar if anyone looking for and has turmeric, have been running a home built aquaponics system for a number of years.........
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04 May 14, sharyn (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
can you eat the flower heads of common edible ginger is so how do you use them
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02 May 14, Klippie Melck (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
Can edible ginger be grown in a shade-cloth tunnel in Central Free State, we have plenty of water. Presume next planting would be in Spring after last frosts. Sliced ginger with a teaspoon of honey in half a cup of boiling water is great for easing and relieving cold systems.
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15 Apr 14, PULE RAKOTO (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
ANYTHING ABOUT HOW TO PLANT GINGER
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29 Mar 14, ian taylor (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
my ginger is starting to flower now. First time I have seen this. Does flowering affect harvest quality. We sell ginger root to a little farm shop near our place. Does it mean that the plant is mature and will dwindle from here on in? Thanks!!!
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08 Mar 14, bennett (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
What tip of ground must you plant it in
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10 Mar 14, GJX (USA - Zone 6b climate)
Ginger is a tubular root lay it flat. Be sure you have rich soil, you can grow it in a large pot or outside. It will take a while for it to grow to size. Break off what you need and replant.
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10 Sep 14, Marion C (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
I planted some ginger root in the garden and it is starting to swell at the buds, just wondering how deep I should have planted it.
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Hi Sara, You can! I grew it for a couple of years in a pot when I lived in Panania (low-on-space-rental) and also the last few years in the Hawkesbury. It grows well in Sydney, we got a bumper crop from just 3 store bought pieces, harvested a year later. We would have gotten even more kgs if I have know it doesn't like direct sun, ours was a little sunburnt. We ended up making about 100 bottles of ginger beer and sharing them around :-) I'm going to plant again this weekend, close to a nice warm fence but out of direct sun. I'm also going to experiment with water loving herbs as a ground cover. I hope this will increase humidity and allow me a second crop for the space. Since ginger is upright, I can plant a companion ground-cover. Maybe strawberries or tarragon? Something that can handle lots of water. Cheers and happy gardening, Michelle

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