Found my turmeric YAAAAY

[hoodat]

I already have galangal, ginger and keifer (kaffir) lime for my makrut leaves. The only thing I was missing for hard to find Asian and Near East cooking was turmeric root and fresh rhizomes were a bear to find. I just received some nice plump rhizomes and got them into pots to start. Should be all set now to make Indian and Southeast Asian curries plus soups like Tom Yum.

 

[BetterHensandGardens]

So where did you find fresh rhizomes of tumeric root? And do you have to bring the rhizomes in each year if you live in colder areas?

 

[hoodat]

I seldom go there any more but I found them on Ebay from a seller named michaels4gardens . You won't get the giant clump he shows in the picture but the ones I got were plump and healthy. He sent two small and one large rhizome. I was quite happy with what he sent.
Turmeric is a tropical/subtropical plant. If you get any hard frosts it would have to Winter over in a greenhouse.