"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
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"judith lea" wrote in message
Farm1 wrote:
I keep any ginger that I can't use immediately in a jar of sherry
in
the fridge - works well as I can then use both the remaining
ginger
and the flavoured sherry in cooking later on..

That sounds good, instead of Ginger Beer, Ginger Sherry, you might
have
found a market opportunity there!

:-)) I don't know that I'd actually like to drink the stuff (and I
drink so little that I could always name the date when I've been
drinking if I was ever to be breathalised by the police), but it IS a
nice addition to Asian (not Indian Sub continent) recipes and cold
zucchini soup in summer and a few other hot soups in winter.

Various asian dishes call for both sherry and ginger (a favourite in our
household is Korean beef) so ginger sherry will suffice there.

That said, first ginger beer, then ginger sherry, the next progression will
be ginger vodka and finally ginger meths.

rob

Adam wrote:

"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)

Don't completely waterlog it. As much light and heat as you can get.

I'm glad it's not just me. Almost exactly the same thing happened when I
tried planting ginger. A nice impressive plant above the ground, but no
roots even remotely worth harvesting. Anyone know the secret?

I doubt you will get that much crop in the UK. Sun is too weak. You can
eat freshly boiled new ginger shoots (from edible ginger) though - they
are quite decorative and a delicacy in Japan. A bit hot for some -
check cooking instructions.

Regards,
Martin Brown

"Martin Brown" wrote in message

Don't completely waterlog it. As much light and heat as you can get.

I'm glad it's not just me. Almost exactly the same thing happened
when I
tried planting ginger. A nice impressive plant above the ground,
but no
roots even remotely worth harvesting. Anyone know the secret?

I doubt you will get that much crop in the UK. Sun is too weak.

Also the growing season is far too short - a 7 month frost free period
is the recommended time for harvestable rhizomes.