How to Grow Ginger, Growing Ginger In Containers, Vegetable Gardening

How to Grow Ginger, Growing Ginger In Containers, Grow Your Own Ginger, Vegetable Gardening

This is my new video and attempt at growing my own Ginger, learning from my previous attempt from the start of the year.

My first method for growing Ginger led to me cutting a fresh rhizome root into sections and trying to grow each section as a separate plant.
That previous method led to 3 out of 4 root sections dying off, with the 4 section getting destroyed by a stray football.

The method I used this time was so much simpler than that previously used.

I decided to not cut up the root and just try to grow it as a complete, and intact piece.
My search for fresh Ginger rhizomes began again. I once again went to Sainsbury’s supermarket to get as fresh a piece of Ginger rhizome (root) as I could.
The section of rhizome root I chose was light brown in colour and had paler tips (eyes) visible in places.
Once home I placed the whole section of rhizome in a jug of warm water and left it to soak for about an hour.
After soaking in the water the rhizome appeared more hydrated.
For the first few weeks I left the Ginger Rhizome just laying on a piece of kitchen roll on the kitchen windowsill, waiting until the tips looked as though they were starting to bulge.
At this point I filled a small plant pot with some fresh, moist, compost and simply placed the Ginger rhizome on the surface.
The growing tips slowly elongated and then small growing shoots appeared. The shoots appeared quickly, over a few days, and continued to slowly develop.
Once the shoots were about an inch (3cm) in height small roots started to form to help anchor the root down. At this stage I added a bit more compost around the ginger root, covering the lower half of the rhizome. I then added a sand grit mix on top of the compost to almost totally cover the whole of the root.
From this stage the Ginger started to develop at a quicker rate.
Once the shoots had reached about 8-10cm in height I re-potted the growing Ginger plant to go from a 10.5cm pot to a 2litre sized pot. I used a compost mix that comprised of a Multi purpose compost, with added John Innes, combined with a sand grit of about 40-50% by volume.
Once potted up the plant was thoroughly watered and placed back on the windowsill.
Within a week of potting up, the growing shoots pretty much doubled in height.
Hopefully now the Ginger rhizome root is actively growing it will continue to thrive and produce plenty of fresh root for the future.

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