Planting ginger root

[Yulan]

I am in Westchester county about 1 hour north of NYC.

Oh ok my grandfather was from Sullivan county, you are a few hours from me!

 

[catjac1975]

Take a look at Hoodat's old post of Tumeric. A relative of ginger.
http://www.theeasygarden.com/threads/my-turmeric-is-flowering.11805/

 

[so lucky]

Off topic, but, I don't guess anyone has heard from Hoodat?

 

[jackb]

I grow it in a container also, indoors under grow lights, and in the greenhouse. Organic yellow ginger from Hawaii is a few cents under ten dollars a pound in one of the local produce markets. I paid seventy cents for these two small roots. The larger pot has a larger rhizome of regular ginger. Yellow ginger grows four to eight feet, so obviously I am not growing it to completion. I intend to break off and use some roots and replant some. Yellow ginger is invasive in Hawaii and the state has to remove and destroy it periodically from state parks. Go figure, ten dollars a pound in New York, garbage in Hawaii.
jackb

 

[Yulan]

Chickens ginger oh my Hawaii here I come!

 

[jackb]

Well, after three months of waiting I was going to count it as a failure and was about to toss it out. When I emptied the pot I found the ginger had rooted and was much larger than when I planted it, so I placed it in a larger pot and back into the greenhouse it went. Soon after that it sprouted, so now it is growing an inch or so everyday. Apparently it takes some time to break dormancy.
jackb

 

[catjac1975]

For eating?

 

[jackb]

For ginger ale.

 

[catjac1975]

Is it the same as can be used for cooking?

 

[valley ranch]

Never thought of making ginger ale, I do like sliced pickled ginger.


I see you planted the whole ginger not just a clip.

Yes, the same, there are a couple different gingers, I like the one that turns pink when you pickle it.