Planting ginger root

[mommagoose_99]

I am going to plant some ginger root for my Farmer's Market Customers in my high tunnel. Any ideas where to get the mother roots?
Linda

[laughaha]

I got mine in Walmart's veggie section. It was right next to the horseradish. Really Cheap per pound and sprouted up well. If ya can't find a good place to get it, at least ya now know this will work.

[7thswan]

Yes, I planted some from the Mennonite store,just to see what would happen. They doubled in size.

[lonelyfarmgirl]

I was going to say the grocery. I have never really got them to grow, but my mom has. She plants them in sand.

[stamphappy]

Look for them at the grocery store; look for ones with eyes. I started mine last fall and they started sprouting.

Then the rain came...they weren't in my normal garden spot and I forgot all about them. I just went and checked them; the roots are very spongy. I'll keep them and see what happpens.

Good luck!!!!

[mommagoose_99]

Thanks, I am going to pot some up this weekend. Supposed to plant them like potatoes with three eyes . Then hill them as they grow. I found directions in a 2008 Growing For Market newsletter. Plant 1 pound and get a 7 pound return. sell for $20 a pound You can also sell the leaves and stems. My kind of product LOL

[chickenista]

I actually have some in papertowels and a plastic bag on top of my computer box thingie right now.
We shall see if these bud up. I have done it before...

[susieM]

they also make a nice houseplant and the flowers smell delicious. young green roots are mild tasting and good, too.

[Limon]

Okay, here's a dumb question about growing ginger: How do you harvest the roots? Do you dig out a piece like a new potato, or do you have dig up the whole thing and save a piece to start a new plant?

[mommagoose_99]

You dig up the whole plant. In the north where I am you can not winter them over . They are tropical and do not like to be frozen. They take 10 months . So I am going to start them inside now then transplant the m to my hightunnel. The tunnel did not freeze until November so I should get some young tender roots to sell . Like I said , you can sell the whole plant even the stems and leaves
Linda

[Astrid]

I have gotten my ginger to plant from the grocery store. We love Thai food so I also plant galangal the same way. As long as the ginger looks healthy, I think you are fine getting it from any store. If it looks dry probably not a good specimen to use.

[iwannabeafarmer]

Originally Posted by mommagoose_99

I am going to plant some ginger root for my Farmer's Market Customers in my high tunnel. Any ideas where to get the mother roots?
Linda

best place is any Asian market it is about 1/2 the price of anywhere else. A lot of mainstream stores root crops are irradiated to prevent sprouting on the shelves.

[where I want to]

As usual with me ignorance is bliss- I have reached into the ginger pot many times to break off a small piece to use. It has never seemed to slow it up. But come to think of it, I never took that small piece from a section that had stems (leaves?) growing.

[Limon]

Originally Posted by where I want to

As usual with me ignorance is bliss- I have reached into the ginger pot many times to break off a small piece to use. It has never seemed to slow it up. But come to think of it, I never took that small piece from a section that had stems (leaves?) growing.

That's what I was hoping to hear! I wasn't planning on selling any of it, just using it for home use. But I have no interest in having to rip up the entire plant whenever I want a piece of ginger. I picked up a root the other day, and I'll try planting it once it starts to sprout.

[chickenista]

I checked my ginger today... the plain old storebought ginger. We have growth!!
I have them in damp papertowels on my computer case for warmth and they are doing great.
Yeah!!

[mommagoose_99]

Congrats Chickenista