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Thank you for taking the time to say so here, it was my pleasure to share and I truly appreciate that! I hope it helps you out in the garden if you have any questions, just let me know!

🤗 thank you so much, I truly appreciate that and I’m glad you liked it. Hope it helps you out as well!

Thanks so much for your kind words and subscription! I truly appreciate that and I wish you the same. Thanks again!

Thank you so much that is very kind of you to say! It was my pleasure to share and I really hope it helps you as well. If you decide to start growing your own and have any questions or issues, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to help!

Howdy! Always great to speak to old Texan. It was my pleasure to share, and if you get the opportunity grow in your own garden, it’s well worth it. It could be a little tricky at first, but once you get it figured out for your climate it’s a really and easy plant to grow. If you have any questions getting started, just reach out I’d love to help!

@@TexasGardenDoc I picked up some mushroom compost to try your mix out. I’m going to go ahead and plant since it’s so stinking hot and see how it does. I’m using your mix because I have hard clay soil. Do you recommend planting in the yard or pot at this time of the season?

Given that we don’t have very many months left of warm weather, I would say pots might be best if you want to bring it in for the winter and try to keep it growing I will say, though the growing in pots outside in our kind of heat, can be a little rough. So if you do that, just make sure that it’s got some good shades throughout the hottest part of the day. Or if you just like to plant some and get it started And reap what you can and then replant in the spring next year I would recommend the ground if possible. So far my best luck has been in the ground. Hopefully that helps let me know how it goes for you!

@@TexasGardenDoc Yes indeed! I will try in the ground with the mix you said because the area I will be planting in has shade throughout the day and a watering system, especially since my raised beds are not ready yet. I am looking forward to having an ongoing harvest for whenever I need it!

That’s fantastic! I’d love to hear how this turns out for you and along the way you have any issues or questions just reach out!

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😂 he’s a real good rooster! I appreciate kind words, and I hope the video helps you out as well!

Thank you! I hope it helps you out as well. If you have any questions at all, I’m always here to help!

That’s fantastic! I always love to hear that. It was my pleasure to share and I hope it helps you out as well. Once you get started if you have any problems or issues, don’t hesitate to ask here for help. I’m more than happy to do what I can.

I tend to stick with organic liquid fertilizers, just from the standpoint that there’s no real danger of over fertilizing. However, well balance fertilizer will probably work best since leaf and rise growth are so important on this plant. I’ve used aspirin plenty over the years for cuttings and things like that particularly flowers so I’ve never tried it in this manner so I’d love to hear how that turns out!

That’s awesome! After admit that I’m pretty boring when it comes to using ginger. I do use it in several medicinal ways, but in cooking, I tend to not get very creative with it. If you could say what your favorite use for ginger is out of all the things you use and your favorite storing methods what would you say they are? Thanks so much for the comment!

Glad to have you here! I hope this video helps you out some, and if you have any questions once you get started, I’m always here to help. It’s really an easy plant to grow once you get it figured out for your particular environment. But if you have any questions along the way, just ask, I’m always here!

@@TexasGardenDoc thanks! Sadly I’m in zone 5. So I might hold off until the spring or maybe try a pot for now.

@@scottjl pots can definitely work. They’re just a bit trickier. Being in zone five pots would actually probably be to your advantage during the spring, as it will keep your soil warmer, but you definitely want to get it inside during the winter. There are people here on the channel that are growing in Alaska and far North Canada, so I can definitely be done with a patient and some practice. If you do try to give it a go, I would love to hear how it turns out for you!

⁠@@TexasGardenDocthanks for the tips! Gingers just one of those things I never thought about growing at home, definitely have me interested now. And thank you really for the responses!

That’s always the fun part of gardening. Growing something you never thought about growing or never even thought you could grow at home. It makes it really exciting! It was my pleasure!

Thank you so much for your kind words. Those four things have helped me through a lot in life and I have to tell you that the last several months they have been invaluable. I’m glad you liked them and I hope in someway they help you out as well when you need it most!

Thank you, you are very kind! I hope it helps you out if you have any suggestions or questions I’m always here!

@@TexasGardenDoc Well in zone 7, the south side of a home can be a microclimate where some plants can survive the winters. I’m in zone 7b, but I’m growing rosemary, fig trees, and pomegranates on the protected south side of my house. If gets down in the minus teens, I cover them with hay.

That is absolutely the truth! With Ginger each year, I leave several pieces in the ground to over winter, and I cover them with about a 6 to 8 inch layer of hay until springtime. we can get down in the single digits, and they are not protected by being against the south wall, however, 10% to 20% usually survives through the winter that way. Great suggestion thank you so much!

Thank you so much! I could absolutely always use a hug so I appreciate that too! You would be correct. Turmeric is pretty well the same as ginger. The only real difference I’ve seen at least in the turmeric that I can get here, is that the sprouting method does not work very well with turmeric. I’ve had it work once but most of the time it fails so I don’t know that I recommend this method for it just yet. The only other real difference between the two that I found is that turmeric can take a little bit more heat than ginger, as well as a bit more sun. However, I would not say the difference is very large and so you can really treat them pretty well the same. Thank you so much!

It was my pleasure to share! I really hope it helps you out as well if you decide to grow your own. If you have any questions along the way, if you do get started, I’m always here so don’t hesitate to ask!

Hello again! You’re right the Meyer lemon definitely taste excellent by itself! You should be able to grow it pretty easily where you’re at in Florida, here I have to worry about the cold a little too much, so I’m kind of stuck with pots or getting the tree to pot up and mature in a big way so that it can grow in the ground. I don’t know why I did not think about freezing the Juice. I end up wasting a lot each year and that’s a great idea. I’m gonna try that! Thank you for the tip!

Yeah, they do grow well here. If I get one, I may have to pot it because of how much our yard floods in the summer. You’re welcome! While freezing the juice works quite well, I would adamantly discourage you from freezing Jews, or any other ethnicity for that matter! Genocide is never the answer my friend!…J/K. 😁 Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I know that was not your intent and you probably dictated your response….though I have to wonder if your phone has some dark antisemetic tendencies.🤔 All the best to you and have a great weekend!😁

😳 holy cow! That was hilarious, and I’m so glad you said that you wanna talk about a great way to get canceled! Lol I’m glad you said something. I definitely went back and changed that but for the record and so. if someone else reads this, I did indeed dictate to my phone and I agree with you 100% I think it hates me or it thinks I’m some kind of vile person! 😂 You definitely have a good handle on how to grow a citrus in your area. Too much water is often the biggest downfall to citrus!

Np. 👍🏼 Yeah, That thought had crossed my mind as well (that RUclips might erroneously wack you for it) and was one of the reasons I decided to make my comment…To much cancel culture as there is IMO.

I could not agree more! Seriously, thank you so much! Usually, I dictate my replies and then read them again, but I was so far behind because we had power outages for so long since the hurricane that I just started replying. that’s a lesson learned for sure! Thank you again. I really appreciate it!

Hi there, thank you so much! You’re like me you definitely have the humidity, it’s the heat that actually is the hardest part for us. Since posting this video, I’ve actually experimented with planting ginger and turmeric in different areas to see what it likes the best. What I’m finding is with the heat that we have quite a good bit of partial shade. All day is probably the best go. For instance, where I can only about two hours of full sunlight a day and the rest of the day is part shade or part sun however, you wanna look at that, I get the best. The quickest and healthiest growth. Growing in pots is a bit trickier because the temperature regulation of the soil doesn’t happen quite the same. Even ginger grown in the same conditions in pots struggle. I get a lot of leaf yellowing, and very slow growth. I’m about 99% sure this is due to the temperature of the soil. The yellowing is definitely heat and water. Once temperatures get above 90° Fahrenheit, the growth slows way down and the leaves definitely don’t look as good. I would say moving into the shade like I talked about in your area is the best bet to get actual good growth. And I agree with you I’ve got a pretty shady area by my house that I’m thinking about planting with Ginger just because it looks so beautiful!

Thank you. I appreciate you sharing that info. and your insight and suggestions about growing ginger. It is very helpful! Interesting to know that you have found the same outcome with ginger in pots. Now that I know that, I will hunt for a shady spot somewhere to plant it. If by chance I can’t find a spot that shady do you think shadecloth would suffice? Thanks again.😊

I’m glad you found it helpful too! I have you shade cloth quite a bit and I do use it in my garden every summer, I did not have very much success with shade cloth for ginger though in pots. I still think it has something to do with the heat of the soil with it being exposed and above ground as a pot is. I started working on something a couple years ago to try to mitigate that, which I honestly think will work really well, but I have not gotten to test it fully yet. If you could find some way to help insulate the pot a little bit, while using the shade cloth I think you could be successful with it. Maybe something like a old cooler as a pot or something. I’m not entirely sure but I know if you can keep the soil temperature down it will probably do wonders !

Cool. 👍🏼 Good to know. I may try it in a raised bed with shadecloth then. My sweet potatoes LOVE it! Thanks again!

That’s actually my next experiment is growing it and raised beds along with turmeric. I’ve been growing my sweet potatoes and pots for years and decided this year to go ahead and grow and raise bed so I have a 2 1/2 x 9 sweet potatoes right now and they are really loving it as well! It looks like we’ll be experimenting together!

I’m glad you liked it, and thank you for the kind words. I really hope it helps you out as well! If you have any questions at all, I’m always here to help so don’t hesitate to reach out!

I’m glad you liked it! This may not be the answer you want to hear, but unfortunately, once you grow it from a seed, it’s no longer a Meyer lemon. Meyer lemons are grafted lemons, particular particular species. However, you should get some kind of citrus fruit, there’s a chance it may be a very good lemon or it may be a little bit orange or grapefruit. You just don’t know when you’re coming from grafted stock. At four years, it should definitely be flowering no matter what it is and producing fruit. What is the health of the tree, does it look healthy? Lots of leaves? Let me know and maybe we can help find out a way to get it to fruit!

@@TexasGardenDoc Thanks for responding to my question, I know how to do the grafting, in Chicago area I can't find a Meyer lemon tree to buy

I’m glad that it helps you out! Meyer, lemons, and Lone inside for the cold season will struggle there in your area. However you should be able to find one at a true Nursery if you have one nearby. Barring that, you should be able to order some online. Here in Texas that’s kind of an issue because there are requirements for shipping citrus across the state line into Texas and it’s a process and procedure of the people have to follow so they can be very difficult to find an expensive sometimes. I don’t think that applies to you , but something to be aware of. If you are online, it’ll let you know it can’t ship to your area. Hope that helps!

I’m glad it helped you out! Leaves from the tea is actually my favorite way to make ginger tea, it’s just mild has really great flavor. If you give it a try, I’d love to hear what you think!

It was my pleasure to share and I’m glad you liked it. I hope it helps you out as well! If you have any questions, I’m always here so don’t hesitate to ask!

Thank you I appreciate that. I also hope that video helps you out! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask!

Very nice! It’s always rewarding to grow something like this you’ve never thought about or maybe even considered growing. Once you get started if you have any questions or issues, don’t hesitate to reach out I’m always here to help!

That’s excellent! That’s how I figured out how to use this method to sprout them in the first place. I had no luck with any of the other methods I found online and read about years ago. Some left in the cupboard had sprouted so I tried to repeat it and it worked! It’s amazing. What a difference that the rainfall can make us watering them just as such good things for plants! Congratulations on your ginger plants, I hope they give you lots of ginger!

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Now that sounds like a major accomplishment, right there! With those kinds of harsh conditions, I can’t imagine that was an easy feat, I am supremely impressed! You are so right about the Texas heat! I can tell you without a doubt it’s either heavy rain, when we actually get it, or intense sun that is the hardest to deal with here. Shake cloth is definitely your friend and wicking beds are really great way to keep those roots nice and cool which you figured out already. I’m certain glad to hear that I’ve helped you out in someway, and hopefully in the future, I can post up some videos on when and what to grow. I’ve been experimenting quite a bit the last couple years for this area, with both timing, but in particular varieties. to some degree I feel like I have some success in that and will start being able to recommend a few things. Unfortunately, I’ve had several surprises that didn’t quite turn out the way I hoped. But I’m still experimenting so hopefully more information soon!

@@TexasGardenDoc just remember heat don't matter as long they have water and shade green house work good here.i had up too 120 just water late at night keep air moving,vents open those plants do better than the ones outside

@fred42 absolute fact! I tried for a long time to understand why I had problems with my cucumbers during the summer. It was never really the heat, but it was more like the UV. I always water either early in the morning or late at night and even through the harsh part of the summer, I can usually get good Growth and fruit production. Small greenhouse was on my agenda for this year, unfortunately don’t think I’ll get there. However, something I definitely want. You are so right!

It was my pleasure to share, and I’m truly happy that you found it helpful as well. It’s funny how sometimes a snarky comment spurs someone on to do something they might not I’ve tried before. I can tell you I’ve received so many of the same type comments here, and for a while it bothered me. I realized I can make a lot of things happen if I just put my mind to it. You are proof that decision I made was a good one! I wish you all the best in growing your ginger. It definitely will help with inflammation and besides it tastes wonderful! If you have any problems along the way or any questions at all, please reach out. I’d love to help you get going on this journey, and prove the naysayers wrong! God bless you!

Hi there! There’s a couple reasons why your zucchini and cucumber might only produce male flowers. The first being that the plant may be very young. Typically in the early stages of the plants growth both cucumber and zucchini, as well as squash. Will only produce male flowers. So if your plant is very young and just really starting to get growing, that could be the first issue. The next thing that also slows down the production of female flowers and cucumber, squash, and zucchini is extreme heat. I know a lot of country is going through very unseasonable heat right now and that could be the reason why you haven’t seen many female Flowers on your plants. This is the case meaning that you’ve been seeing flowers bloom but they’re all male and females and now it’s very hot. You may need to protect your plants from the sun to try to give it a better chance. For instance, last year was the first year I covered up my cucumbers during the hottest part of the year. Here it was getting up to about 110°F. By adding a shade cover and watering early in the morning, help to keep the plants cooler and I got quite a good crop of cucumbers. I tried it again this year, but changed the location to where I planted my cucumbers so they don’t get any sun until about 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Now I understand this is not ideal. I’d rather them get morning sun and not as much afternoon sun, but that’s just the way my garden is set up. This year I’ve got so many cucumbers. I don’t know what to do with them even with this heat. So if both of those were one of those matches was going on with you, I would definitely suggest trying one of these methods. The first being just allow your plan to grow a little bit longer, but given the fact you were all experiencing a heat wave it may need some shade. Now I have to admit, I have not grown zucchini or squash and several years of the squash vine. Borer and other squash, zucchini bugs that absolutely devastate all of my plants. I do grow pumpkins, butternut squash, and cucumbers, and I don’t seem to have a problem with them, but if I plant a regular cooked neck or zucchini in the garden, they’re sure to be overrun with borers within a few weeks. However, for the most part, the same principles applied to those plants as well. Let me know if one of these situations are both of them apply to your situation. I know it can be very frustrating getting started. You look online and everybody’s growing this or that and their gardens look so beautiful and you’re struggling just to get something to fruit. I want you to know that everyone struggles with that. A lot of it is about timing. A lot of it’s about variety, and a lot of it’s about not growing certain things because the bugs are just too much for the heat is just wrong. But don’t give up if you want to grow zucchini and cucumbers, we can help you do that. Let me know and I’ll be more than happy to help you out further. Best of luck and I hope this helps and someway!

I’ve also heard that watering very well overhead and during a light frost works very well. I do remember trying it maybe 10 years ago or maybe more, but I honestly can’t remember what the outcome was. I don’t think it got as cold as expected that night. Hopefully the messages are working well for you, and you’re finding some success with it. So much about doing this is about experimentation. What works for one person doesn’t necessarily work for the other just because climates are so different and microclimates can make a huge difference!

Hi again! The year that this video is made was the same year. We had the really hard freezes, the subsequent year. We also had a very hard freeze. In both instances Ginger did survive the winner. I placed a large pile of mulch over the area as I do each year in the area I have a growing in the garden. He grows very, very well, but if it starts on its own, it takes a while for it to get growing in the spring for the same reasons. It just doesn’t heat up quite as quickly as other areas as it shaded, most of the day during the summer. So if I don’t pre-sprout over the winter to plant out in the spring as soon as it warms up, I don’t get white as long of a growing season and quite as big of a harvest. Every since it comes back on its own where I’ve left a few pieces in the ground. It’s important to note that the ginger root freezes. It will not grow back. I do lose quite a few pieces to freeze over the winter however, the mulch helps a lot. I always always make sure to leave more than a few pieces in the ground for this reason!

I really love that guys channel! I’m pretty sure I saw one of his very first two videos when he put them up! I’m not sure if you’re saying we shouldn’t have bio char or we should? Having places for nutrients to be stored, as well as microorganisms to hang out in the soil is always really good, however, there seems to be a lot of questions when it comes to what makes actual bio char and what makes just charcoal and if it makes a difference or not. The truth is if we don’t replenish the soil as we go and in as natural way as possible, you’re right, we don’t have a great foundation for growing food. I do have some biochar in small portions and some of my on ground beds I can’t say it’s made a huge difference, but I also didn’t do it within intent I just watched to see what happened. Using chopping drop methods and those that mimic nature can definitely be helpful to replenish as we go. Building good soil definitely takes some time and lots of organic matter that’s for sure! You make a very good point!

​​@@TexasGardenDocthank you for your fast reply. I would definitely use biochar! And a great book I found was bread from stones, it also is yet another way to get the nutrients and minerals into the soil. Have a good one .

I have not heard that book before, I’ll definitely have to check it out! Bio charge is one of those very simple things that can be done pretty easily by most, does it really be done at a larger scale as well, but it’s so easily ignored. I’ve seen some research that have conflicting information. Or at least they claim you should never use biochar. What I find interesting about it is that in that instance of this particular piece of information, the bio chart that was used was not pre-charged. Meaning that they simply added biochar into the garden, and the plants struggled for the first year or so. That makes complete sense to me! when you don’t charge biochar up before putting it into the garden, it will suck a lot of the nitrogen and other good stuff out of the soil until it’s full. Then it was slow release that same stuff the next year as it’s recharging. So I don’t think it’s actually conflicting information. I think it’s not full information. I agree biochar can be very very helpful!

I’m glad you liked it and I hope it helped out as well! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always here to help!

You make a very good point! I actually did drill more holes in the bottom during the video. It seems like I did throw more holes in the bottom of both pots that I have, but it’s been so long now I can’t remember and it’s so heavy and full of plants. I don’t want to pick them up and turn them on the sides! So far, the monsoon rains that we’ve had, they’ve done really well! But I definitely should’ve made that more clear in the video because it is quite a vital point and making sure that citrus does not get too wet for too long. Absolutely great point!

I’m glad you liked it, and I hope you found it helpful too! It was my pleasure to share. If you have any questions at all or have any suggestions I’d love to hear them!

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I’m glad you liked it and it was my pleasure to share. I hope it helps you out if you have any questions just let me know!

It really does resemble bamboo quite a bit! The leaf texture and the very vertical growth habit. Very similar looking!

You nailed it, not far out of houston!

@@TexasGardenDoc i fugured the vegitation and the give away the trees big giveaway the oaks and yopawns and no hills def great climate for Ginger 🫚

It definitely is! Only real issue is it gets a bit too hot during the summer, but some good shade during the day really helps a lot!

Hi there! I’m not sure which you’re asking if it’s how to preserve it for eating, or if it’s how to get it through the winter? If it’s how to preserve it, you can check out this video here that I did on Waze I like to do it ruclips.net/video/OE3_r5QT7-8/видео.htmlsi=KAtT3WGP6gEb0YbF If you’re asking about overwintering, if you don’t get hard ground freezes, there’s no reason to take it out of the ground. However, over the years, I always take a few pieces and put them in pots and bring them inside over the winter just as the odd deep freeze like we had in 2021. So far that is worked really well for me. Hope that helps!

That’s great advice! Unfortunately, I have very little success, growing garlic, but the combination can work very well as long as the gender does not crowd everything that’s for sure!

@@TexasGardenDoc as garnish or get creative and

Oh yes absolutely! It goes well with so many things and those flavors mix really well! Great point!

It is the perfect time! Yes, I mentioned in your reply to the other video. I had some very serious technical difficulties that caused the gingerbread video to be a major problem, actually several videos that haven’t been posted yet to be a problem… However, I think I feast enough together the ginger bug video. I’m hoping to have it out soon for you!

@@TexasGardenDoc . Great! Sorry for the technical problems. There are a lot of videos on how to make the ginger bug but you seem to know a lot about ginger so I’m interested in seeing how you make yours. And it surely was alive and well in the beer video! Tks Ooooh. I just saw your reply to my question previously. Had I seen that, I wouldn’t have asked again. Sorry. Sometimes I get behind or the answer doesn’t show up till later.

Thank you very much! It was quite active, and that batch was made over the fall and into the winter as well, so it was definitely cold in the house. Fingers crossed I’ll have everything going again soon!

Some people like explanations, some people don’t! Can’t win them all right!

Hi there! You can absolutely wait until the leaves die completely back, for me we tend to go from no freeze at all to hard freeze and so I always just go ahead and beat nature to the punch! There’s nothing wrong with harvesting early though even if you want to pick small pieces off your plant throughout the season. Although harvesting throughout the season, you have to be careful to make sure you don’t pull off too many of the younger roots or you won’t get all the way around. Absolutely a great idea to plant them! Worst case you get a young ginger harvest before the end of the year. No sense in letting any of that go to waste!

@@TexasGardenDoc . I didn’t know the leaves could be used so I’ll be making some changes in the future to take advantage of the leaves. It turns out the rhizome is firm. It’s just the skin that’s all wrinkled and separated from the rhizome. Or, the fact that I put them in a bowl with a bit of water last night may have firmed them up. In any case, the roots grew over night! I’m excited to grow these. They are from last years crop which was the first time I ever planted ginger and they were organic store bought. I totally forgot I saved some to plant this year. Opps! But, they’re going out today. I want to make your ginger beer! Thanks. You have a lot of videos I want to watch!

That’s excellent! And if it’s sprouted roots that quickly you should be in good shape! The ginger beer is actually fantastic. I unfortunately had some problems with technology and I have not yet been able to put the ginger bug video but I think I’ve pieced enough parts of the video back together from what was lost to be able to finish it soon as well!

@@TexasGardenDoc . I have last years ginger planted. It suffered through a long winter in the garage and then a hot spring and summer neglected. The four pieces that survived looked very anxious to grow so I’m giving them a chance! I have ginger in the freezer but none fresh. I hope to do a better job growing and storing this year. I’ll bring at least one pot in over the winter this year. Looking forward to making that ginger beer. It looked very delicious! I make ginger brandy.

Oh! Ginger, Brandy sounds delicious! It definitely can be more difficult to grow when you have to overwinter it. I could probably try to overwind her mind and get more yielded out of it, but for me, it’s a lot of work and I don’t have a lot of space overwinter to protect it. So I just leave it in the garden That works, but it doesn’t work for everybody, especially if you live somewhere where it’s very cold. It can definitely survive a single hard freeze or maybe a few that are spaced out or don’t last very long. It sounds to me like you’re doing just fine and on the right track!

Hi there! I was just in Austin last week! I have not gotten fully right bananas yet, but I have got bananas every year. I would have gotten actual ripe bananas last year, except I did not see the fruit forming it was hidden at the top and I accidentally cut it out! It’ll definitely be challenging in Austin but the Java do pretty well with cool weather so it’s very possible you could end up with some bananas if we get a little bit of a break with the weather this year!

I know exactly what you mean. I’m watching the weather closely to see what to do and what steps I need to take in the garden to protect what I have. I was talking to a subscriber through email about the very thing that you’re talking about. We’ve had kind of a very unfortunate spring of events. It made things very difficult even just in the garden. I think everybody kind of needs an update maybe in short format and talk about things that are simple and quick like these storms that don’t require a lot of resources. Maybe I can throw something together quick and post it up as just a short little video for that purpose. I appreciate your kind words and I really do hope to get things back to normal very soon! Thank you so much!