Galangal report

[hoodat]

This galangal was planted just about two years ago from one tiny sprig. As you can see it has made it to about 19 inches high according to that yardstick. I think I can start taking pieces from the root now for tom yum soup and other Southeast Asian recipes. It hasn't flowered yet but I'm hoping it may this Summer. Now If I can find some turmeric root I'll have all of them. My ginger is already harvestable size.

 

[RickF]

You'll have to let us know about the Galangal.. I've made Tom Ka Gai soup (thai soup made with coconut milk, chicken, lemon grass, galangal & ginger among others) and it's my favorite but I can't get Galangal around here.. How do you harvest it -- dig a hole and chop a root off?

 

[hoodat]

I try to take only the size piece I need. Usually I locate a growing tip and trim the end off that. Just as pruning branches produces more side shoots the same thing happens with the rhizome.