"Les Hemmings" wrote in message
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judith lea wrote:
I bought and forgot that I had bought some ginger before Christmas. I
see that it has put out a very nice little green shoot on the side,
can I plant this?

Yes... when i have tried it you get a splendid long shoot, almost ba,boo
like. But then it rots on me. I have tried all variations of light and
water
i can manage here.

Any tips would be great as this is one plant that has me stumped... (long
shoot is good in tea and cooking if you get it before it rots)

Les


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Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA

Ginger for cooking needs tropical conditions with quite high light levals,
heat and humidity, its also very boring as a flowering plant as the clones
used are big on tubers and poor on top growth. the flowers are at ground
leval I think rather than at the top as per Hedychium (which also taste and
smell of ginger but not as strong)

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