Tips on growing Ginger?

Question

I use ginger often when i cook so I keep a lot around the house. The other day when i went to use some of my ginger root, i decided to break off one of the knobs and plant it. The other day i transplanted it to a bigger pot for when it grows, and i noticed it is taking root very well. I've heard that growing ginger is easy, but the only question i have is how will I know when its ready for me to use? And when it is ready, do I just break off part of the root, and replant the rest? Or do I remove teh whole root, then start it again from the knobs like i did with this one?

Answer 1

Growing Ginger in a Container

Instructions

STEP 1: Buy fresh ginger roots at a grocery store or an Asian market. Look for fat tubers with numerous buds.

STEP 2: Plant ginger in spring when you can supply warm enough temperatures, whether indoors or out. The dormant tubers will sprout only when the mercury hits 75 to 85 degrees F.

STEP 3: Use a container that's about 14 inches across and 12 inches deep and has excellent drainage. This size will hold three average-size tubers comfortably.

STEP 4: Fill the container with potting soil enriched with plenty of compost.

STEP 5: Soak the tubers in warm water overnight, then set them in the pot just below the soil surface, spacing them evenly, with the buds facing up.

STEP 6: Set the container in light shade, indoors or out, depending on the temperature.

STEP 7: Water lightly at first, then more heavily when growth starts. Keep plants dry in winter, when they're dormant.

STEP 8: Move plants outside only when the temperatures have reached 50 degrees F. In cooler weather, growth can be stunted.

STEP 9: Shield plants from high winds, and move them indoors at the first sign of cool temperatures.

STEP 10: Expect plants to reach maturity, and a height of 2 to 4 feet, in 10 months to a year.

STEP 11: Dig up new, young sprouts that appear in front of the main plants (they form their own tubers), use what you need, and freeze or replant the rest.

STEP 12: Clip young, tender stems anytime. Tips & Warnings
In its native tropics, where ginger is grown commercially, the foliage withers after about 10 months and the roots are harvested.

If you grow ginger in a greenhouse, you might be treated to its seldom-seen blooms: exotic-looking, usually pink flowers that resemble miniature pineapples.

Don't confuse the herb ginger (Zingiber officinale) with wild ginger (Asarum canadense), which is a hardy ornamental ground cover.


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Answer 2

Click the link below for pictures of Ginger =





Information about the plant ===
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger

If you plant it in a large pot or directly in the soil it will prosper and yield desired results .

It likes light soil with good drainage ( No water logging please ) and FULL and DIRECT sunlight for maximum hours possible . ( Think of a wheat field in the open ) .

You will get many ginger rhizomes under the soil ( see picture) and whitish / yellowish flowers above .

Good luck !!

From= Botanist

Answer 3

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