Location and season for growing ginger
Ginger comes from the tropical regions of Asia and should therefore be cultivated in a warm location. From March the ginger bulbs can be grown outdoors in a bucket with humus soil. In a sunny and sheltered location, such as on a terrace, the root rhizome grows to a stately size under the ground by autumn. Around October and November the leaves of the ginger turn yellow, then you can dig up the ginger bulbs and use them for consumption or propagation.
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Wintering in the basement
Unlike other potted plants, ginger should not only be brought indoors before the frost, but its tubers should also be dug out of the earth. This will prevent mold growth, which could easily occur if the soil humidity is too high. Clean the tubers with a dry cloth and overwinter them in a well-ventilated and dark cellar.
Encourage ginger to sprout in spring
In spring you can do it yourself in autumn harvested ginger bulbs Let it sprout again in a bucket. Divide the ginger tubers for a numerical increase by simply breaking them apart, but make sure that the individual pieces are at least the size of a playing cube. Since the ginger needs a lot of moisture and warmth in the budding phase, you can cover it with a plastic film until the first shoot tips appear above the surface of the earth.
The sowing of ginger
When multiplying the commercially available spice ginger, the sowing for the Cultivation usually does not matter. In general it is difficult in our latitudes due to the winter vegetation break to get the tropical ginger to develop germinable seeds. However, various types of seeds are available in stores, which are either special subspecies the ginger family or because of a similar use in the kitchen as ginger plant species acts.
Tips & Tricks
If you take a closer look, you can sometimes see the buds of the shoot by the ginger bulbs. Divide the ginger tubers according to the visible buds in order to achieve a good propagation result.
