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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We live in the Spencer Gulf area of South Australia, we have been growing Jarvanese Ginger for 5 years in a large 50ltre pot, in an acid potting mix. The ginger family has a large range, the familiar variety that is at the store when grown has a narrow leaf, where the curcumin, types have a broader leaf. The variety we have grown is known as SPECIES- Curcuma-Zanthorrhiza, FAMILY-Zingiberates,GENUS-Curcuma: Known as "Temulawak"-Jarvanese ginger it has broad leaves and grows 2 to 3 mitre in a pot, has a beautiful lavender flower when it blooms, requires high humidity and well shaded. We have it underneath banana palms in a pond area, plenty of water in the growing period, in a well draining pot. It has been in bloom since beginning of december. Once you have it growing well do not disturb it for at least 4 years, once the ginger plant dies down just keep the pot slightly moist until the shoots come through again at the begining of summer it is usually the last ginger plant to come through. To harvest just move the mulch to show the root and gently remove a piece, do not dig it up they do not like being disturbed, they live just below the surface under the top of the soil, they really are a pampered pet for us, as we live in a dry arid area, we keep it for its beauty not for eating it is too delicate. I hope thus helps you in your quest.

- Brenda Groffen

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