Fresh Ginger

I bought piece of ginger to cook with ,and only used part of have now notice it is starting to show roots.

I am wondering if I could grow this on to grow more fresh ginger.

Has anyone grown ginger before.

 

Hi there Scotcat, I have grown one before many years ago. I planted it shallowly in a pot and stuck it on the windowsill. It produces a long shoot, I think it got to about 2 foot tall and I believe eventually they will flower but I kept digging bits of root off to eat and eventually I killed it! I think it belongs to the lily family, Zingiber.

 

Thank you Blackthorn will give it a try and see how it grows.

 

Yes.. can be done. my mother used to do it, but then she had green fingers.
Good luck

 

Thanks Capney I too have greenfingers but had never had shoot rootign from my ginger.

 

Hi Scotkat ... I also have tried it but outside and as a trial the year before last I left mine outside and it did not live here so it's definitely an annual / windowsill / greenhouse sort of plant.

Good luck ... I just love ginger ....

 

Hi Victoria got 2 greenhouses and of course kitchen window sill .

Shall pot it up 2morrow and keep a progress report

 

Just to let you now popped out to greenhouse and potted up ginger but for now have put it on kitchen window sill.

 

I was once tempted to try this, but I seem to recall having read that it is native to the hotter, more humid parts of India, and was put off trying by the daunting task of recreating those conditions. Good luck though, I'd love to hear if anyone has success with it, then I might be tempted to try.

 

It definitely likes heat, I'd say no lower than 15C to do well along with good light.

I gave up on mine a few years ago as I was really hoping for flowers, so I put it in my cool greenhouse, min 5C, where it rotted.:(

 

Shiney I do have a heated propagator .

But as it has a good well established root growing from the ginger ,would you think it would grow with out bottoem heat.

 

I did get some going a couple of years ago, but lost it during the winter. After reading this, I think I should have brought it into the house instead of leaving it out in the Wintergarten. It obviously died from frozen feet.

I quite fancy having another go at it. Thanks for the tips everyone.