"jane" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:09:51 +0100, "Tim Jesson"
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~"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in
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~ On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:01:11 +0100, "Tim Jesson"
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~ After two months the roots have grown quite a lot. This is my
~ first
~ success growing ginger.
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~ Steve
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~That sounds excellent. I'll give it a go. My success so far has
~been
~limited.
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~My one question would be how would you avoid getting algae on the
~surface of the wet soil? Or doesn't it matter?
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~ It's not wet on the surface. The soil on the top is quite dry
~ because
~ of the warmth from the spotlight.
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~ Steve
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~OK that explains it. Thanks Steve.
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~I don't have any easy way of doing this with heat/light so I'm
going
~to try to improvise. It's worth experimenting because ginger is a
real
~prize.
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~TJ
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I just went for a simple method a few years back. Get piece of
ginger, stuff in 6" pot, cover with compost and keep damp. Oh and
keep in a conservatory which usually gets to 30-40C in summer.

Try and keep sprayed with water or else it'll get red spider mite
like you won't believe.

Beat the shoots down after a few months (and enjoy the totally
weirdo flowers) and realise too late that 6" pots are too small
even for a small starting piece!

Have fun in winter with a ginger root some 7" across after
cutting the pot off...

:-) :-)


jane

Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.

Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!

I have a mini greenhouse for veggy plants that gets to high 30's at
the top. I'll give it a go - in a large pot!

Thanks Jane,
TJ