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Ginger bucket
A neighbour called in a while ago and noticed some fresh ginger
waiting for preparation. She asked if we had ever tried to grow it. I replied that I had but never successfully. Later she returned with a bucket full of ginger that was about two foot high and had a mass of roots. She went on to tell me the method. Start with a plastic bucket half full of wet garden soil. Put a piece of ginger root on top of the soil with the cut end down into the soil. Keep the bucket in a warm, well lit place. Keep the soil moist. That's it. I did what she suggested using a big ice cream container and after about three weeks the plant grew. The container is taped on to the side of a tropical fish tank so it is warm all day and night. One of the tank spotlights is aimed directly at ginger plant. The light is on for 18 hours every day. After two months the roots have grown quite a lot. This is my first success growing ginger. Steve -- Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com |
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"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... A neighbour called in a while ago and noticed some fresh ginger waiting for preparation. She asked if we had ever tried to grow it. I replied that I had but never successfully. Later she returned with a bucket full of ginger that was about two foot high and had a mass of roots. She went on to tell me the method. Start with a plastic bucket half full of wet garden soil. Put a piece of ginger root on top of the soil with the cut end down into the soil. Keep the bucket in a warm, well lit place. Keep the soil moist. That's it. I did what she suggested using a big ice cream container and after about three weeks the plant grew. The container is taped on to the side of a tropical fish tank so it is warm all day and night. One of the tank spotlights is aimed directly at ginger plant. The light is on for 18 hours every day. After two months the roots have grown quite a lot. This is my first success growing ginger. Steve I can tell you how not to do it, I'm an expert on the matter: Put uncut root ginger in a flower pot filled with a compost and sand mix. Leave in unheated conservatory for a month. Nothing! Maybe I need to review my method. Thanks. mark |
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"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... A neighbour called in a while ago and noticed some fresh ginger waiting for preparation. She asked if we had ever tried to grow it. I replied that I had but never successfully. Later she returned with a bucket full of ginger that was about two foot high and had a mass of roots. She went on to tell me the method. Start with a plastic bucket half full of wet garden soil. Put a piece of ginger root on top of the soil with the cut end down into the soil. Keep the bucket in a warm, well lit place. Keep the soil moist. That's it. I did what she suggested using a big ice cream container and after about three weeks the plant grew. The container is taped on to the side of a tropical fish tank so it is warm all day and night. One of the tank spotlights is aimed directly at ginger plant. The light is on for 18 hours every day. After two months the roots have grown quite a lot. This is my first success growing ginger. Steve That sounds excellent. I'll give it a go. My success so far has been limited. My one question would be how would you avoid getting algae on the surface of the wet soil? Or doesn't it matter? TJ |
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Ginger bucket
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:01:11 +0100, "Tim Jesson"
wrote: "Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message snip After two months the roots have grown quite a lot. This is my first success growing ginger. Steve That sounds excellent. I'll give it a go. My success so far has been limited. My one question would be how would you avoid getting algae on the surface of the wet soil? Or doesn't it matter? It's not wet on the surface. The soil on the top is quite dry because of the warmth from the spotlight. Steve -- Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com |
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"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message ... On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:01:11 +0100, "Tim Jesson" wrote: "Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message snip After two months the roots have grown quite a lot. This is my first success growing ginger. Steve That sounds excellent. I'll give it a go. My success so far has been limited. My one question would be how would you avoid getting algae on the surface of the wet soil? Or doesn't it matter? It's not wet on the surface. The soil on the top is quite dry because of the warmth from the spotlight. Steve OK that explains it. Thanks Steve. 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. TJ |
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"jane" wrote in message ... On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:09:51 +0100, "Tim Jesson" wrote: ~ ~"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message .. . ~ On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:01:11 +0100, "Tim Jesson" ~ wrote: ~ ~ ~"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message ~ ~ snip ~ ~ ~ After two months the roots have grown quite a lot. This is my ~ first ~ success growing ginger. ~ ~ Steve ~ ~That sounds excellent. I'll give it a go. My success so far has ~been ~limited. ~ ~My one question would be how would you avoid getting algae on the ~surface of the wet soil? Or doesn't it matter? ~ ~ ~ It's not wet on the surface. The soil on the top is quite dry ~ because ~ of the warmth from the spotlight. ~ ~ Steve ~ ~ ~OK that explains it. Thanks Steve. ~ ~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. ~ ~TJ ~ ~ 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 |
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