In article , (IC_Gardener) wrote:
Can anyone give me some information on growing ginger? I bought some
roots at the local food store that were beginning to sprout. I don't
expect much out of them; its more just a curiousity thing. But do
they need full sun? How tall do they get? Do they flower? When can
I move them from the pot to the garden?

IC Gardener
Iowa City, Iowa
Zone 5A

(and clearing snow off beds to prepare them for planting next week!)

Gingers are tropical - so you may want to just transplant it to a larger
pot, unless you don't mind digging it up in the fall. Outdoors, they
don't like too much sun.

cheers,

Marj

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