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Now that I'm rediscovering gardening after many years of not being
particularly bothered, I'm keen to get going. Finding myself in Tescos
looking at a box of loose ginger tubers I bought a couple of them with a
view to growing them. I only went in for bread and milk.

Is it a viable proposition?

Yes, with reservations.

Will they grow if I treat them nicely?

Yes, with reservations.

Will I get more tubers than I started with?

Depends.

Will I get an attractive plant?

Rather like a cross between an iris and a reed, but with lighter green
and more folollopy leaves.

Really need a greenhouse or conservatory, plenty of water and light, and
are extremely intolerant of cold. At low (but not sub-zero) temperatures
the foliage will die back, but the rhizome will remain viable.

Zero or below, you are likely to lose the rhizomes too.

I grow them on a windowsill, and have never acquired significantly more
rhizome than I started with.

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Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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