This last week, a new raised bed was finished on our property. My husband had the idea to plant some ginger and turmeric in it. I had planted some last year in my greenhouse, but I figured it died during dry season.
I found the containers it was growing in inside my (now fallen down) greenhouse and saw that there were some green shoots growing! I couldn't believe that it was still alive! I carried the containers over to the new raised bed and dumped them out.
I had three with turmeric and one with ginger, so there was a much bigger harvest of turmeric than ginger, but that's ok! I was able to get quite a bit of turmeric and a big piece of ginger - all organic - all grown by me doing absolutely nothing. That's the kind of plants I need more of!
I replanted all off the turmeric pieces with big roots on them and all of the ginger. I can't wait to see this little raised bed full of these plants!
Hi Yoshi!
Usually I just grate the two and boil them along with my tea in the afternoon. I put them in a stir fry meal before, but the kids said the flavor was too strong. Ha! I am super excited to have an even bigger harvest in the future!
I am also planning to plant ginger this coming month. If I may ask, how is the harvest if I am going to plant a ginger that you've shown here?
ginger is awesome to grow, I find i get a big harvest of ginger for little effort. you DO need to plant lots of little pieces with "eyes" on them though. I got 5 kg out of two garden pots last year
but i am australia.
5 kg from two garden pots is awesome. Thank you for mentioning the "eyes" I will keep it in mind when I am going to plant some ginger these coming weeks.
the super basics of it... chop up a big piece of ginger into small pieces sort of 2-4cm ish, just make sure each piece has an "eye" or two. a nobly bit that something could grow from. some recomend soaking them in water for a couple of hours. then plant eyes up about 5-7cm under a good free draining soil... water in and leave. they are pretty easy... i did a post about it a while back. good luck.
Thank you for the tips, it will definitely going to help me in planting my gingers.
This was my first time to plant and harvest it, and I basically let it die during dry season. Hoping to do better this time!
It is okay. Good luck then. Have a nice day ahead (^_^)
Kids are WIMPS! Although fresh ginger root can have a powerful zing. When my middle boy was teething I remember he was pretty miserable, so I gave him a chunk of ginger root to gnaw. It was potent enough that the sting numbed his gums, and I remember him padding around, drooling, while mercilessly gumming the ginger. I had learned to dip my finger in whisky and rub the gums of my eldest to achieve the same effect, but I felt a lot better about letting the munchkin munch to his heart's content without worrying about driving a toddler to drink over sore gums.
Beside, that whisky was for me!
It's a lot harder to grow ginger and turmeric here in Oregon. They're not supposed to be exposed to temperatures below ~55 Fahrenheit, and it gets down to freezing here sometimes, so once the rains kick in for fall, I have to bring it inside. This means it has to grow in pots, and I use big pots so they're very heavy. A couple years ago I noticed the big pot of turmeric was pulling the windowsill in the living room off the wall, and have jury rigged some support from the back of the couch to stop the damage from progressing.
I sure wish I could tuck it into a raised bed and just let 'er rip.
Thanks!
Ha! Yeah, mine were previously growing in the layers of a worm tower. I lined the bottom with feed sacks so they would spread out and not down. It worked out really well, but I understand what you mean about them being heavy! Interesting that you can grow it indoors there - makes sense. And using it as a teether - who would've thought of that? Ha!
i LOVE planting ginger in containers here in australia, i just dump little bits in a pot in spring time and now its nearly winter here the leaves are dying off and i can harvest soon.
ginger is an awesome one to grow. I also have tumeric as well
I'm always amazed when something actually grows from something I've planted! This is one of those cases. I literally did nothing to it...including pulling weeds! I love a super easy plant that actually does something for you!
Yay! 🤗
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