Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Ginger 101 guidance please..., 1 by ErickMN

ErickMN wrote:
Hello Ginger Afficiandos.

While I think gingers (and their fans) are amazing, they are not one of my areas of specialization. I have just one. Would someone kindly save me the research and give me a bit of guidance?

Thanks to the generosity of someone on this site, I know have this lovely pot of gingers. I believe they are a cone/comb ginger of some sort. They looked lush and full in my garden this year, but did not bloom.

Our outdoor gardening season is definitely over now. What should I do with these? Should I keep them on the sunporch and keep watering them like a tropical houseplant? Cut them back and stick the pot in the basement? Let them die back and then do something else?

Any advice would be sincerely appreciated.

Erick

This message was edited Nov 6, 2006 8:47 PM