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First time ginger planting
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Posted by colmjkenny (My Page) on Wed, Jul 1, 09 at 17:00
| I planted some ginger galangals over a month ago and have seen no action. I dug one up, and it looked sort of shrivelled, so I'm guessing I overwatered it. I planted them so that the green bump was just above the surface.
1) How much should I water them?
2) How far apart should I space them?
3) Approximately how long do they take to break the surface?
4) Anything else?
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RE: First time ginger planting
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- Posted by cjc45 9 Mount Dora FL (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 8, 09 at 9:24
| Gingers can take a very long time to sprout but if it already was starting to produce a sprout, it doesn't seem like it should take as long. The "shriveled" doesn't sound good but it's hard to over water gingers, I used to grow Hedychium in the drain field from my air conditioner. |
RE: First time ginger planting
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| Half of my gingers rotted. The others took 3-5 months to come up and towards the end of that time I had bottom heat and a covered dome and placed them on the top shelf of the greenhouse where it might have gotten 100 or more during the day. It seems that they need heat in order to sprout. Next yr I'm going to try them in a sandier soil with daily watering. |
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