Well I never ever expected to be able to grow ginger here in the UK even in my glasshouse .
All I did to get a pound of root ginger was buy a bit of ginger in late March that I noticed had a tiny pin head of a green shoot poking up . I used half th root of ginger for a Chines meal and put th remaining 2 " bit 4 inches deep in the planting pot
I grew it in the same sized 20 litre tub as I grow my tomatoes in , filled with the same home made composted growth medium . Then fed & watered it with the same feed as the toms but at seven day intervals in between watering instead as it apparently likes a slightly moist soil instead .
This afternoon ( 7 Nov
) whilst clearing out all the unripe toms in the glass house I also harvested the Ginger .
In the tub were four foot tall bamboo looking canes about 1/2 " thick with similar but dark green leaves. The knobble of starter had grown to about 10 inches long by 2 " thick and was just over a pound in weight .
This is one exercise I'll be repeating for many years to come for the Chinese stir fry chicken we had tonight was outstanding .
We used our " Fresh " ginger very thickly sliced & chipped in the stir fry veg and also separately as a teaspoon of it grated up & cooked in the lemon chicken with bamboo shoots & water chestnuts.
The remainder is sitting washed clean & trimmed of roots in the fridge @ 3 oC wrapped in cling film ...... I bet it'll last much longer than shop purchased ginger .
Topic: Ginger. (Read 1592 times)
