Over night my ginger broke through the ground.
Took my first Pic of new shoots this afternoon.
Root stock was planted 3 weeks ago.
Day 1 for edible Gingers.
Today, they are twice as big.
Now 7 days later .They are 6 to 7 ins. long.
Looking Good.
Pic #2.
Pic #3
They are now 10 inches tall.
Pic # 4
Coming along quite nicely.
Is it spring time there? this time of year here ours are either going dormant or already dormant for the winter. (As far as zingiber officianl and any other that naturally go dormant in the winter)
Liz
I picked up an extra large ginger root while at my organic market today. I would like to try my hand at growing my first ever ginger. I looked through this forum for a FAQ or other Newbie thread, but didn't see one. Can someone point me to a good thread for getting started for the first time on growing an edible ginger? I don't even know what the botanical name is of this root... Anyone? Anyone?
I am also interested in growing edible ginger. Do I just buy some at the grocery store and stick it in the ground? Does anyone have more information than that? I tried searching the plant files, but there are over 170 entries for "ginger"!
Hi, wrightie and Angel_D,
I started this thread 5 months ago .
And due to a total lack of interest by nearly every one ,
I took it of my watch list . Haven`t been here for ages .
My Ginger is doing really well .
It is now over 3 ft tall .
I will post a Pic. soon to keep you up to date .
One stem died . I think the dogs peed on it .
Thank you for your interest .
So I got a root from the store today too..should i soak it first or just drop it in the ground??
What I did was dip it in honer first .
Then I lay it flat in it`s resting place .
About 3 inches under ground .
The deeper you go the longer it takes to break the surface .
When it is 8 or 10 inches tall I started to build the ground up around it .
I had 2 pcs left over and just left them ontop of the soil .
They got their 1st leaf earlier but slowed after that .
Probably not enough food for them so close to the surface .
Please keep us all posted on your progress . Kell
Cool, thanks for sharing :) I'll be posting pics when I get some leaves coming up from them. So far over in the bed where I'll put them. I have what the nurser called verigated ginger and red sister ginger... I haven't been able to find their latins or even pictures of them online... the 'red sister ginger' looks like the pictures of the hawaiian 'ti' plant ... As soon as I get some time, I plan on taking some more pictures in the garden.
Does your verigated ginger look like this .
Ginger from grocers' is usually Zingiber officinal, no need to put rooting hormones on rhizome, most important thing is that it's planted during it's growing season, the variegated ginger in photo is Alpinia zerumbet variegata. No ginger is toxic so all can be experimented with for cooking, rhizomes, blooms, foliage and inflorescence. I cook with many of my gingers, in various ways.
Liz
Thanks Liz ,
That's just dandy .
Here I've been ignoring the V Ginger
As a food source for more than 15 years .
Our growing season is all year round .
Thanks again for your expertise . Kell
wow that is really good to know, thanks...it looks like the one in the middle here ;) There is also a pink one , someone told me was 'three sisters -a type of varigated' however i haven't been able to find it online...
Here is the edible ginger I have growing. This picture was taken around the beginning of last Novemer (2006). It took a year to bloom. It is on a patio in filtered light in a pot. It was really potbound when it finally bloomed.
The ginger root I see at the grocery store is from China. I don't want to either eat or grow ginger root from China! Any ideas where I can get some organic ginger grown in the U.S.?
That's a great Pic. angel_tree_baby ,
Will you gather the root for eating ?
Try an organic grocer or health food grocery store. There may even be a nursery who sells at your local farmer's market. We grow it and sell it along other gingers at our local farmer's market, as well as our nursery. Our's is sprouted and growing in potting soil.
Fresh is so much better! Also, look for Alpinia galanga, Curcuma longa (domestica) of which there are a few different.varieties.
Liz
Curcuma longa (domestica) with inflorescence
I know it was mentioned earlier in this thread that all varieties of ginger are edible, but I am wondering about taste. I really like the taste of common ginger (zingiber officinale). Do the other varieties mentioned (Alpinia galanga, Curcuma longa (domestica)) have the same flavor as common ginger? And is curcuma longa really a ginger? It sure looks like one ... again I am wondering about edibility.
Also, I don't have a local organic grocer or health food store that sells ginger root. I did a pretty exhaustive web search for a vendor that sells common ginger, but no luck. (Found a lot of pinecone ginger, zingiber zerumbet, mostly). If anyone else has any ideas, I'm all ears! :)
Speaking of pinecone ginger, has anyone ever used it as shampoo? What does your hair smell and feel like afterwards? I've used "awapuhi" shampoo products before, but the ginger was waaaay down on the ingredient list, so I know it didn't really have much effect.
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ginger 749, I originally planted my ginger to eat. I just planted it from a big firm rhizome from a local grocery store. It took a long time to sprout. Now that I've been growing it,
I haven't the heart to dig it up to eat lol. Maybe later once I get more of them planted in the ground and have several it won't be a big deal to harvest the rhizomes.
birdlady liz,
Cool info. I didnt know there were so many different kinds you could eat :) I am fairly new to gingers and have 3 different kinds growing in pots in a desert climate! so far so good, I wonder what other kinds of gingers will do well in pots?