The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: cloddopper on November 07, 2016, 09:12:14 pm
-
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 :o ) 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 .
-
I just found out that ginger is surprisingly hardy, and it is on my list to grow when I have room :)
Often the big supermarkets treat or rub off any growing sprouts, so you were lucky!
-
Well done :garden: It shows it's worth ignoring what 'they' say and giving it a go.
-
I tried growing it late one year and lost the pant to a single nights heavy frost that penetrated the conservatory window it was right next to. There was a small heater in that room too but a freak -15C and a lot of stuff near the glass died.
I may try again following your recipe. Now if you can get it to flowering size they are pretty