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Just wondered if anyones ever grown edible ginger.? Apparently you can use a bit of a shop bought rhizome and plant it like a potato. It grows about 4'-0" high

Because it is an oriental plant I imagine it would be best grown undercover?

Wonder what time of year you would plant it?

I love ginger in, ginger beer, beef n ginger and small amounts in whatever takes my fancy

Theres a thread about this somewhere Snadger

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I think I posted something about this a while back.... let me see if I can find it....

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Try this one...
Growing ginger

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Silly me i should have checked

Growing ginger

Here's the little blighter. Mind you if you type Growing Ginger into search there is about 6 threads.

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Thanks for the link shortie...wouldn't mind giving it a try

Thanks Nick

Cool, this looks rather interesting, especially as Mr D has now finally discovered the delights of using fresh ingredients to make curries n stuff! He's never really tried hot or exotic foods much before, tho since we got our Food Processor he seems to have become much more adventurous, he even bought me an Indian Cookbook! Personally I love hot and spicy foods, the hotter the better as far as I am concerned!

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Oooh that looks good - have some ginger in at home that I could try but guess it's probably not the right time of year really. Perhaps I should hold off until the spring.

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Hi,


I wanted to grow ginger too but looks like its difficult. Can't be grown outdoors in the UK apparently read this.

http://www.plantcultures.org.uk/plan...r_grow_it.html

I hope this helps

Fezinio

Snadger,

I also found this.



Root ginger
Can you advise on growing root ginger? Is it possible to do so in the UK? If so, how? I've tried a couple of times by burying a piece with likely-looking buds in leaf mould and placing it in the greenhouse in summer, but to no avail.


Ginger is grown in the UK as a novelty crop rather than for harvesting large numbers of rhizomes. Select roots from your grocery that are firm without wrinkles, and have a slight shine. It is also good to look for small green buds at the ends of the off shoots from the big root. Start rhizomes in a pot of good quality potting compost. Use a pot that has a diameter at least four times the length of your root. Fill the pot to about ¾ full, place the root flat on top of the soil, and cover so that you have about an inch of potting soil over the root after you water. Do not cover too deep or the rhizome could rot. Place in a location where the pot will receive plenty of indirect sunlight and soon you should see shoots appearing. You may plant out in a shady location after all danger of frost has past but the plant will do better when grown in a greenhouse. Ginger cannot tolerate direct sunlight. They like rich, loose soil, regular watering, and most important, shade. A general-purpose fertilizer may be applied occasionally, but if you forget, don't worry about it, the ginger will do fine.

Fezinio

Hi
I was doing very well this spring with a lovely green shoot on my ginger root, which had been nursed for weeks, only for a cat with a very large bottom to decide to squeeze on the windowsill, the ginger ended on the floor, lovely green shoot broken off, will try again next year.
Said cat had already uprooted and chewed the plant labels (last time I use lolly sticks, too tempting) so I had no idea which flower seeds were which, lasooed two tomato plants (one of which survived rerooted) and flattened my aubergine plants.
Have now got a greenhouse thank goodness so will be able to grow cat free in the future.
Sue

I've had success getting the ginger started Snadger, but it's never come to anything. I had one this year, just started it of in a pot in the house. It made about 4 shoots, which got about 6" high then just withered off. That's been my best effort. Give it a go and let's know how you get on, and how to do it.

I would have thought a conservatory or greenhouse would be OK to grow it in although if we continue to get summer temperatures in the 100's f we won't have much trouble

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I grew a piece of root ginger this year in a pot on the kitchen windowsill. I swear if I had had time to sit and watch, I would have witnessed it growing - it sometimes managed a couple inches in a day!!

It ended up around 4' high and is still green (mostly) and still on the kitchen windowsill.

My problem is that I don't know what to do with it now!!! Any suggestions?

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Congratulations, Shirlthegirl. I would wait until the leaves start to die back, then have it out of there and see if there is any ginger. Do let us know.

You have to let the soil dry out in the Autumn and that is what causes the rhizones to form.

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Haven't been watering it much as I thought I had read not to.

Do I wait for the leaves to die right back? That could take a while!

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Can you let us know what happen to the ginger, STG? I'd love to know if you were successful with the roots!

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lucky you Shirl. I started to grow a piece of ginger at the end of the summer. Bought some on the market and green shoots appeared, so I read up about it and potted it.
It grew for a bit, but unfortunately couldn't get enough light in our front window sill, so it died off. The rhizome still looks ok to eat though

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How long does it take to sprout?
I used a shop bought rhizome that looked nice and shiny and was firm.. Its been a couple of weeks in the pot in a bright warm place and nothing yet!!!

Beginning to lose hope! lol
Am i just being inpatient? (Answer usually is yes!)

Mike

I get the feeling that it might not be the right time of year. The sh