Nick wrote after...
Rusty_Hinge wrote:
in reply to "mark"

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.

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.

Even worse, they need fairly consistent warmth and humidity, so most
greenhouses and conservatories won't do.

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

If you get as much, you are doing well!

Quite agree, think of it as an interesting plant experiment, no more than
that.
Our greenhouse is small, humid and kept warmish for my few tropical orchids
amongst others but that was not enough for Ginger to grow well.

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Regards
Bob Hobden