Growing Ginger

Post date: Mar 20, 2020 10:22:26 AM

Growing Ginger: Notes

Ginger is a tropical plant. It thrives in regions that don’t have frost. It also needs a long time to develop robust tubers - ideally 6-9 months.

Your best bet is to grow them in containers. You can manage the temps very well by bringing your plant indoors.

If you must plant them in the ground, do not sow when soil is cold. The rhizome will go dormant instead of sprouting. Wait for night temps to be well above 50.

Ginger needs moist soil. Always. Not wet soil, as that would lead to rot. The soil must be moist to touch. So grow ginger under a tree, where it gets mottled sun and some shade.

Ginger needs space to spread the rhizomes. Don’t plant too closely.

Buy some ginger from an organic section, ideally in Jan-mar and kee it in a container with a mix of sand and soil and moist. In late April/Early May the shoots will come up. Take it out to plant in a pot or the ground.

You can also leave ginger in a loosely covered bag with onions. It will sprout.

You can cut ginger into pieces with a few eyes for sprouting in each piece.

Ginger needs no fertilizer, no pesticide. Grows beautifully in the summer at Atlanta, and can be harvested around Thanksgiving.