Enchanted by the useful properties of ginger and thinking about whether it is possible to grow it at home? Rejoice, for you are not alone in your quest - many are already successfully engaged in growing ginger root at home, so you can just use their experience, rather than reflect on how to grow ginger at home.
Growing ginger at home
If you decide to grow ginger at home, then immediately decide how and where it will be placed with you. The fact is that the plant reaches 1-1.1 meters in height and not on every windowsill it will be cozy. You also need to take care of the acquisition of a shallow, but wide capacity for planting ginger. It is necessary for the convenience of harvesting, because you do not want to grow it for beauty? By the way, this plant does not represent beauty - a special decorative value, with its thin green leaves, like sedge. But the benefits from it are much greater than from any decorative plant occupying a place on your windowsill.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to start growing ginger not only with the preparation in the house of the place where it will be located, but also with the purchase of the right ones (those that will give the best result). The roots should be chosen for planting fresh, smooth and shiny, better with live kidneys. Also, the roots should be tight to the touch and not very fibrous. And to get roots for planting it is necessary in the beginning of spring, just before you are going to plant ginger. Selected rootlets, if the buds are sleeping on them, should be placed in warm water for a couple of hours. During this time, the buds "wake up" and the spine will be ready for planting. Such a spine is placed horizontally in a container with earth. Be careful, the ginger kidneys should be pointed upwards. Do not get carried away with the depth of landing - a couple of centimeters is enough. Be sure to make a good drainage in a box with ginger, so that the root does not rot.
The container with roots is placed in a warm and bright place. The absence of drafts and direct sunlight is important. Since ginger comes from the rainforest, it also needs watering - not too abundant, but so that the soil is always slightly damp. As soon as the first stalks appear above the surface, watering will need to be increased. Summer will come, and with it comes the heat, you need not to miss this moment and remove the ginger from direct sunlight. It is also desirable to provide the plant with sufficient moisture. In the apartment it will be difficult, if only spraying the plant often, but on the plot it will be easier to create good conditions.
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Fresh young stems and plant leaves can also be added to salads, but it is not necessary to cut a lot if you plan to get a good harvest of rhizomes by autumn. Fully ginger ripens in 8-10 months.
Approximately to the middle of autumn, the above-ground part of the plant wilts, and it will be possible to start harvesting. On the grown up rhizome the processes with kidneys are formed. Small fragments with kidneys, can be rooted in fresh earth, gently separating them from the main rhizome. The rest is used for the intended purpose. If the whole crop can not be used immediately, then the roots are slightly dried in a ventilated room, warm. And then we clean in a dry cabinet or vegetable department of the refrigerator. So the roots will be stored for several months.