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Instructions for growing ginger on the windowsill and in the garden
Today, many people are wondering, how to grow ginger at home. The healing properties of ginger have made it extremely popular. As a result, prices for the useful root skyrocketed.
At the same time, it is not necessary to give money for “golden” ginger. Spice, dietary, medicinal and decorative plant can be settled on your windowsill.
To do this, you will need a pot of soil, regular watering and several months. And how to grow ginger at home and on the backyard, our article will tell.
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a tropical plant that prefers a warm and humid climate. For its roots, we often take modified underground shoots - rhizomes, from which green above-ground shoots and appendage roots depart.
Above ground shoots grow up to a meter in height and externally resemble a sedge.
Ginger flowering begins in the third or fourth year after planting, but at home in the middle band, ginger is grown mainly as an annual plant for its spicy roots.
Preparation for planting Roots of ginger ripen in nature for a long 8-10 months. Therefore, there is an opinion that it is impossible to grow ginger in our conditions in the garden.
To get a harvest of ginger by autumn, you need to get shoots of the plant at the end of winter, which is easy to do on your windowsill.
Planting material for this can serve tubers from the vegetable shop, but they must meet certain requirements.
Place the selected rhizome in a glass of warm water and a few drops of permanganate to activate the growth points. Then divide it into parts, each with a kidney. To avoid decay, treat fresh slices with ash.
In what container and in what soil to plant the root ginger grows strongly in width, therefore, for planting it is better to choose a wide plastic container. At the same time, real ginger roots can grow far inland, so in a deep pot there will be a chance to get a larger harvest.
Ginger does not like excessive moisture. So that its rhizome does not rot, you need to ensure high-quality drainage. So only pots with drainage holes will do. The soil should be light and moisture permeable, you can take 2 parts of any vegetable soil mixture, 2 parts of fertile land from the site, 1 part of river sand, 1 part of humus.
Mound to the bottom drainage layer thickness of 2-3 cm of ceramsite. Then fill the pot with the prepared mixture, moisturizing it with warm water. Lay the planting root horizontally, the kidneys should look up. Sprinkle the root with earth so that there is no more than 2-3 cm of earth on top of the kidneys. For germination, the pot must be put in a bright warm room.
Ginger care on the windowsill First ginger It will appear approximately 4 weeks after landing. Its delicate leaves love scattered light, high temperature and humidity with moderate watering. If the window is south, it will have to be shaded regularly.
The optimal temperature for ginger in spring is 18-20 degrees Celsius, but in summer it is about 30 degrees. The usual length of daylight for a southern plant is 12-16 hours, so in winter and early spring a phyto lamp will be useful.
High humidity can be maintained by regularly spraying the leaves and stems of the plant from a spray gun. Watering ginger should be settled or filtered (soft) water at room temperature. After moistening, the soil must be loosened.
If you are going to get a generous harvest, feed the green pet with weak organic solutions (herbal infusion, mullet or bird droppings).
In the ground you can get a more abundant harvest of ginger than in a pot on a windowsill.
Therefore, in late spring, young plants can be transplanted into the garden (in our conditions, the best option will be a greenhouse), and before frosts, return to the house again.
If ginger was planted in February, then in October you can already harvest the first crop. When the leaves and stems of ginger begin to wilt, the ginger root can be gently dug out, cleaned of the ground, and then thoroughly dried in a warm, ventilated room.
Perhaps, the tubers at first will not be so much, but their taste can not be compared with shops, and for seasoning and on the family table of the harvested crop will be quite enough.
At the same time, it is not necessary to give money for “golden” ginger. Spice, dietary, medicinal and decorative plant can be settled on your windowsill.
To do this, you will need a pot of soil, regular watering and several months. And how to grow ginger at home and on the backyard, our article will tell.
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a tropical plant that prefers a warm and humid climate. For its roots, we often take modified underground shoots - rhizomes, from which green above-ground shoots and appendage roots depart.
Above ground shoots grow up to a meter in height and externally resemble a sedge.
Ginger flowering begins in the third or fourth year after planting, but at home in the middle band, ginger is grown mainly as an annual plant for its spicy roots.
Preparation for planting Roots of ginger ripen in nature for a long 8-10 months. Therefore, there is an opinion that it is impossible to grow ginger in our conditions in the garden.
To get a harvest of ginger by autumn, you need to get shoots of the plant at the end of winter, which is easy to do on your windowsill.
Planting material for this can serve tubers from the vegetable shop, but they must meet certain requirements.
- The root must be firm and firm.
- No damage or disease (especially decay).
- Be of optimal size (5-8 cm long and 3-4 cm wide)
- Have multiple growth points, buds, or “eyes” like planting potatoes.
Place the selected rhizome in a glass of warm water and a few drops of permanganate to activate the growth points. Then divide it into parts, each with a kidney. To avoid decay, treat fresh slices with ash.
In what container and in what soil to plant the root ginger grows strongly in width, therefore, for planting it is better to choose a wide plastic container. At the same time, real ginger roots can grow far inland, so in a deep pot there will be a chance to get a larger harvest.
Ginger does not like excessive moisture. So that its rhizome does not rot, you need to ensure high-quality drainage. So only pots with drainage holes will do. The soil should be light and moisture permeable, you can take 2 parts of any vegetable soil mixture, 2 parts of fertile land from the site, 1 part of river sand, 1 part of humus.
Mound to the bottom drainage layer thickness of 2-3 cm of ceramsite. Then fill the pot with the prepared mixture, moisturizing it with warm water. Lay the planting root horizontally, the kidneys should look up. Sprinkle the root with earth so that there is no more than 2-3 cm of earth on top of the kidneys. For germination, the pot must be put in a bright warm room.
Ginger care on the windowsill First ginger It will appear approximately 4 weeks after landing. Its delicate leaves love scattered light, high temperature and humidity with moderate watering. If the window is south, it will have to be shaded regularly.
The optimal temperature for ginger in spring is 18-20 degrees Celsius, but in summer it is about 30 degrees. The usual length of daylight for a southern plant is 12-16 hours, so in winter and early spring a phyto lamp will be useful.
High humidity can be maintained by regularly spraying the leaves and stems of the plant from a spray gun. Watering ginger should be settled or filtered (soft) water at room temperature. After moistening, the soil must be loosened.
If you are going to get a generous harvest, feed the green pet with weak organic solutions (herbal infusion, mullet or bird droppings).
In the ground you can get a more abundant harvest of ginger than in a pot on a windowsill.
Therefore, in late spring, young plants can be transplanted into the garden (in our conditions, the best option will be a greenhouse), and before frosts, return to the house again.
If ginger was planted in February, then in October you can already harvest the first crop. When the leaves and stems of ginger begin to wilt, the ginger root can be gently dug out, cleaned of the ground, and then thoroughly dried in a warm, ventilated room.
Perhaps, the tubers at first will not be so much, but their taste can not be compared with shops, and for seasoning and on the family table of the harvested crop will be quite enough.
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