How to grow ginger in containers and get a huge harvest

On first reading I felt bad for all the red-haired kids stuck in containers.

We grew some for the first time last year, just to see if we could.

This year will be EPIC!

Check out this guy's yield...

its not easy.ive tried ten years in a row.it ends up rotting before it sprouts.

I've grown it, but didn't get a huge yield. So....

to watch later!

Thanks...good one...5 stars

Too much water, IMHO.

Did you ask for some advice anywhere? Ten years of this seems a serious waste of time to me.

I've been growing it for 27 years, so don't need to look at this guy's pathetic yield.

If you have one or two square metres spare, you can have as much as you want all the time.

Raise the bed a bit and plant out broken up pieces from the store (make sure it's alive still). An inch or so deep will do. Needs good drainage, can stand a dry period, but don't get it too wet.

Most important: keep it covered well with mulch. I use grass clippings. Nothing else to make it grow. The mulch will, among other things, encourage earthworms, which will displace nematodes. Nematodes are a problem for ginger.

Don't harvest it all at once, just as you need it. Always leave some pieces in the ground to grow on. Before Winter, when the stalks start to die back, chop them all off and lay on top, then more grass mulch or straw to keep it covered.

You can still dig up pieces during winter, since it will sit there doing nothing until Spring, when it grows again.

You can do the same thing with turmeric, which is a close relation. Galangal will work this way too. I gave up on the galangal, because I never used it. It will be permanent production once it's going.

My climate here is high rainfall (mostly) and temperate to subtropical.

I've bookmarked this thread in case anyone has questions. I'll check back later.

You're welcome.

How much do you expect your yield to be this year? Will you sell it?

I just noticed ginger has also anti-oxidant effects. Anti-oxidants are molecules which can help protect against ageing.

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And according to this scientific paper, ginger can even help to prevent cancer! This is what it literally says:

"Conclusions:

The anticancer potential of ginger is well documented and its functional ingredients like gingerols, shogaol, and paradols are the valuable ingredients which can prevent various cancers. This review concludes to favor ginger but some ambiguities necessitate further research before claiming its efficacy."

Anti-Oxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Ginger in Health and Physical Activity: Review of Current Evidence

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for tomalle!

Thanks for the pin.

I've tried and failed multiple times with curcuma and ginger as well.

The main culprit could be lack of air moisture. You need a well drained soil and water slightly but constat humidity in the air.

so basically only a greenhouse would work if you arent in the right environment. Also season must be very long like from February to end of December.

Fresh ginger is awesome. The best meal I ever had was in a restaruant in Mandalay Burma. A ginger salad (actually galangal). I don't know why, but it was so good. I will try this.

its cheap at store and gardening is my side hobby.
i got north texas weather so its dry mostly.
i got tumeric to grow for 3 years then a drought hit and it didnt recover.
i like low maintenance plants but i do try to plant in better zones,i got a creek bank but its shaded.
i suspect nematodes also.

If you're planting ginger from the grocery store, give it a bit of a scrub or a soak first. They spray it in an anti-sprouting agent.

So if we put the WH press secretary in a jar then more will grow? Like a bunch of red headed Gremlins?

Can grow bean sprouts by the buttload in just a jar.

make sure to spray em with alcohol or something

LOL. That would containment.

Unless you live in a tropical part of the country, you probably won't get very big yields.

It takes 8-10 months to reach full maturity.

I'm not in a tropical area and grew it a couple years ago. For the yield I got, I probably won't grow it again.

Big bump cuz growing season is barreling upon us fast!

I have grown ginger and turmeric in a polytunnel last year. Well drained soil high in nutrients, not too moist but watered regularly and the yield was next to nothing.

I agree on the length of season, it really takes it’s time when you are not in a privileged climate.