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Posted by ruth_12 z5 MA (My Page) on Mon, Jun 12, 06 at 21:43
| Last summer I bought a ginger root and planted it but nothing happened eventually I threw it away. Are they treated in some way not to sprout? I put it in a large pot with potting soil. Any seed company sell seeds? I looked at a Japanese seed company but no ginger, my sons use it a lot in cooking. Thanks |
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RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| If you're in zone five, it simply might not have been hot enough to keep it happy and alive. Also, sandy potting soil can work better than regular potting soil. |
RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| i bought some ginger recently... it was a giant one.. lol now it's sprouting & i'm wondering what i should do with it. i don't have it planted though... i'm a horrible gardener... i'd like to get better, though... my family is made up of farmers... so... having the thumb of death is kind-of embarrassing... lol ~ Candy |
RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| Candy, Just get a little pot and fill it with sand and a bit of compost, or potting soil and plant the ginger. ;) |
RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| sand & compost?... like... what kind of sand?... and potting soil... and what do you do?... just put the ginger on the sand & cover it with potting soil.. er... *looks at you with clueless expression*... :( see?.. toldja i was a bad gardener... that's why i came here... i'm trying to learn a thing or two hundred.. :D lol thank you though.. i appreciate your help violet :D best wishes,
~ Candy |
RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| Get some "potting mix" from a nursery or big box store, add in a little perlite to keep it aerated, fill up a big pot and place the ginger rhizome flat on top of the soil. Kind of smush it into the soil, but not too much. Leave the top of the ginger exposed. Cover with a few handfuls of mulch (I use crushed dried leaves and "native mulch") and keep it well watered and warm. Those are the basic directions I found on the net, which I followed, and now have a nice big ginger plant. I fertilize every two weeks with about 1/3 to 1/2 dilluted strength 6-12-6 fertilizer. 
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RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| thank you fliptx. :) that is a very nice plant you have there. :D so... when do you get to eat these ginger plants?... :D lol :D all the best
~ Candy |
RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| Candy- I'm not sure. :) I think I'm supposed to wait till the tops die back in the cool weather and lift the rhizomes out of the pot. I'll post an update in a few months! |
RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| Candy, you don't eat the plant, you eat the rhizome. You don't have to wait for the foliage to die back. If environmental cntidions are sufficient enough to support rhizome growth in the first place, then you get more rhizomes to harvest at any time. |
RE: ginger from root bought in grocery store
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| Ginger takes many months...around 9 months to a year. |
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