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Ginger

Ginger Growing Guide

Useful Read (should have read it before!): How to Grow Ginger Plant (wikihow.com)

When

Sow: early spring

Harvest: 6-8mths

Soil

soil that can hold water but free drainingPosition (rich, sandy loam)
pot or garden bed
indoor/outdoor

Frost Tolerant

possible but does best in humid climates

Spacing

Plant 10-15 cm (4-6 inches) apart. Not too deep (about 1 -2 inches). Then lightly cover with soil, topped by mulch.

Care

Ginger loves water (but don’t water a lot in the beginning when the ginger is planted in the ground). Start regular watering when you see shoots.

Harvest

as soon as you see new shoots coming out the side of plant

Companions

peas, coriander, beans, lemon grass, chilli, kaffir lime, cardamon, turmeric, galangal,

Our Ginger Progress

I have been eating & drinking a lot of ginger, so that is a must grow for us. Especially as the price of ginger has recently jumped from $19.95/kg to $34.95/kg!

Dec 2019 – Jan 2020

Trying to grow ginger in self-watering & air-pruning home-made pot. Will it work?
I bought a deep plastic bowl (green) that also had a fitting, inner strainer (white).

It worked well enough and within a month, the ginger had sprouted. However there always seem to be little bugs or insects on top of the soil. Was not certain if that was harming the ginger plant. I let it be as the plants kept on growing.

Then in Jan 2020, the leaves of the plants started turning yellow on the edges (forgot to take photos) and curling inwards. Possibly the self-watering system was making the soil too water-logged. So I transferred them into another home-made pot with keeping to the air-pruning principles.

This time, I used an old clothes peg container and drilled some hole in the bottom and covered the container with a spare, porous, biodegradable shopping bag.

I may change the position of the ginger plants and move it near to kafir lime as they are companion plants.