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MichaelG.
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Ginger

#1 Post by MichaelG. » Fri Sep 30, 2022 7:30 pm

If your piece of Ginger root starts to bud like this:
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I suggest you plant a thick slice of it in [say] a four inch pot and watch it grow.

The stem of the plant makes an interesting microscopical subject.

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Re: Ginger

#2 Post by apochronaut » Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:19 am

It needs a fair amount of heat to prosper : mid-20s C. at least. In northern areas, a piece in a 12 inch or larger pot can be grown in a cloche or small weakly ventilated green house to actually produce a lb. or so of good usefull root. You need about 7 months, May to Nov.

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Re: Ginger

#3 Post by MichaelG. » Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:15 pm

Thanks for the useful comment
I have never actually tried to grow it as a crop [being idle, I just buy it from the supermarket],
but I do to like to admire the engineering-excellence of that stem ‘design’

MichaelG.
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