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GINGER

Ginger (turmeric and galangal too): a hardy, warm blooded rhizome, ginger is perfectly suited for growing in a large pot that helps to alleviate trips to the supermarket or using that shrunken, limp nob-let left in the bottom of your fruit bowl. Mostly grown for its underground root zone, the leaves are also edible and a suitable substitute when the plant is not quite ready.

PLANTING

Plant the rhizomes 15 – 20 cm apart with the growth buds pointing upwards. You can plant them as a whole or break into smaller 3cm knobs with a couple of growing buds each.

WATERING

In ground: Water daily for the first 4 weeks and 3-4 times a week in the absence of rainfall thereafter.

In Pots: Water daily, in the absence of rainfall, for the entirety of the warm season, and then cut back to watering every second day during the cooler times of the year

MAINTENANCE

Because of ginger’s love of hot, humid conditions, try your best to replicate those during the summer if you are living in a cooler, more temperate climate. This is why we recommend growing it in a pot, so it that be moved to avoid frost. Make sure to source good quality, organic stock for planting, and give it a long growing run throughout the entirety of the warm season.

HARVESTING

Once the cooler weather returns and plants begin to yellow, upturn your pot and reap your harvest. Save part of the rhizome for planting next season, making sure to store in a cool, dry place.

TIP

You can keep perpetuating plants by breaking off segments – keeping the bulk for your harvest – and then using the remaining pieces for replanting. The preference is to replant those that are already sprouting.

WHEN TO PLANT

Cool/Mountainous: Oct - Dec
Temperate: Sep - Jan
Subtropical: Aug - Dec
Tropical: Mar - Oct

BEST GROWN FROM

3 cm knob cut from the parent plant

POSITION

Full sun, but tolerates shade

DEPTH

Bury so that the top of the cutting is a few cm underground

SPACING

30–50 cm

IDEAL PH LEVEL

5.5–7.0

SOIL

Enrich your soil with plenty of compost before planting.

BEST SUITED TO

Pots, in-ground

GROWING IN POTS?

>30cm it will spread laterally so greater size = greater harvest

POLLINATION

Not required

CHILL FACTOR

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