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Absolutely! I really glad you liked it and I hope it helps you out as well. If you have any questions, just let me know!

Thank you you! I’m really glad you liked it and I hope it helps you out as well. If you have any questions, just let me know!

Thank you for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate that! It was my pleasure to share and if you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask!

It was my pleasure to share! And there’s absolutely no shame in that at all! Getting started where you’re at the best time to get started. A lot of things make it feel like you have so much to learn so quick, but I always find it helpful to take things in small chunks. Don’t try to do everything a little bit. Try to do a couple things really well and then add to it! Thank you so much for your kind comment, and if you have any questions or thoughts, don’t hesitate to reach out!

It was my pleasure! I’m glad you liked it and I hope it helps you out as well. If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to help wherever I can!

That’s fantastic! Truth be told it could be a short is four years before it starts to fruit it really just depends on what you have. You’re right it’s hard to say what kind of lemon you’ll get or citrus. I guess I should say. The good news is is that I’ve heard of many people getting very interesting and tasty results from doing exactly what you’re doing! Sounds like a really fun experiment and I’d love to hear how it goes and if you get fruit early! Yeah, that rooster is something else! He’s always gotta get his two cents in! 🤣

Thank you so much I appreciate that! Same to you and I really hope that video helps you out as well!

That’s a great question! In a zone like yours, I would definitely recommend starting your plants in the fall indoors with a little bit of warmth to keep the temperature of the soil around 75 to 80° until it grows about 6 inches tall in a pot. Keep the soil damp, but only slightly, you don’t wanna overwater it or it will rot. You probably have to lightly water it every day to every other day depending on how dry the air is inside where it’s been grown. Also make sure it gets about six hours of light, if it’s supplemental light make sure it’s not too intense. You can tell that it’s getting too much light because the leaves will really get crispy on the ends. If you’re saying yellowing leaves, it’s probably too much water. At that point, it should be beginning to warm up enough outside to plant it out. If it’s not, and it’s starting to really grow in the pot, you might consider gently potting it up to a larger container. At that point, I would suggest planting it in the ground, but make sure it doesn’t get too much really harsh sunlight. Just like before too much sun definitely during the heat of the summer will slow down the growth and you wanna keep it growing as well as possible in a shorter season. As it gets closer to winter and your first freeze, get ready to harvest it all, and take one or two pieces or however, many plants you wanna grow of what your harvesting and plant them in pots again and start the process all over again. I would definitely recommend growing multiple plants as the growing season will only get about halfway through to 2/3 of the way through in the ground. By having more plants, you’ll get more harvest. I hope that helps and if you give it a try, I’d love to hear how it turns out or if you have any problems just reach out here. I’d love to help out!

@TexasGardenDoc thank you so much I'll definitely read this to my mom you got her interested when she watched the video since it's my account and we was watching it on our anon box she didn't know how to ask so I had to on my phone I appreciate your help 😊

It was my pleasure! That’s great that you helped your mom out. I appreciate both of you. For her taking the time to ask, and you taking the time to help her out. That’s excellent!

@@TexasGardenDoc mom said thank you and that we have to figure out if we can do it or not cause we don't exactly keep the house that warm she also wants to know if you have any tips for garlic.... Inside and/or outside

@AnimeGamerCrew yes that could be the whole thing that makes it tough. However, really you don’t have to keep it too warm you just gotta keep it warm long enough for it to sprout and grow get a little taller and then it can cool off. Also, it’s not too expensive to get a small heat mat if you’re not going to do a couple pots, but some people would rather not do that so it’s just kind of a decision. I think you have to make. Hopefully you guys find a way to do it. I think she would enjoy it!

It definitely can’t help a lot! For me in the summer, it kind of is a double edged sword. It definitely helps retain the water and keeps the plants roots way cooler, but where I am and also brings the crickets and grasshoppers. They love to nest down in that stuff. So I usually put it down and take it off as quickly as I can!

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. I really hope it helps you out as well. If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask!

lol! He definitely got his scratch that day! I do have a video up on how I generally preserve my ginger. I have powdered a lot of things over the years, but I never really tried the leaves or the stems. They’re very fibrous, but I suppose it could still be done. I’ll have to give it a try! I don’t currently have any fresh leaves or stems right now, but that would be something interesting to try out for sure! My medicinal garden is something I’m slowly working on as well, as I narrow down my varieties of planting a little bit of the time until I know how I want it all laid out. That’s awesome that you have your own apothecary going already! And the ginger is really amazing. You should definitely give it a try!

I believe someone on here mentioned that it might be good for migraines in the comments at some point. I’m not 100% sure. I wish I could say I’ve tested it, but I am thankful that I’ve only ever had one migraine, those things are debilitating! It’s strange too because I always thought it was a bad headache. I get it. It’s not fun. Until I had one and I went. Oh, this is a whole different thing! Let me know if it does work. I would love to find out, and if it does, I’d love to know how you used it as well. That’s very interesting! Fingers crossed it helps out in a huge way!

You are very kind, I appreciate that. I hope your buddy stays with you as happy and healthy and as long as possible! It is tough, but in the end I don’t think they would want us to feel so sad after they are gone… but still, it’s difficult. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment, it means the world to me, and thank you for the sun too! Hopefully I’ll see you around more in the future! Best wishes to you and your bestess!

That stinks! I have the same problem here organic ginger is very hard to find. And if you do find it, it’s crazy expensive! I haven’t tried sprouting it from grocery store bought ginger in a couple of years now, I might give it a go again just to see if we have the same problem in our area still. Have you tried any of the other methods that people share like sprouting in water or soaking it things like that? That never worked for me. I think actually because the inhibitors were so bad. I always just ended up with a bunch of mush. I don’t know if it would help to try that method or not, if you haven’t. But thought I’d throw it out there for you. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, and I think you are probably 100% correct about that too!

@TexasGardenDoc I've tried the water method, exposed in soil, soilless, deeper soil, soggy soil, moist paper towel, etc. Years ago i did just the exposed in soil method and it grew in no time in my crappy apartment. No heat mats or special lights or anything!

Yeah, that’s really frustrating! The organic ginger you can definitely grow in the soil if you’re careful. I found some organic ginger on Etsy before, but unfortunately, some of those suppliers are very sketchy so it’s hard to say whether that’s a trusted source or not.

It was my pleasure to share, and thank you so much for stopping by! I hope the video helps you out and if you have any questions at all, I’m always here to help so don’t hesitate to ask!

This year was actually the first year that my ginger bloomed as well. I left enough of it in the ground that is sprouted off of the same plant in the spring, so I was really excited to get a flower or two this year, and you’re right, they do smell amazing!

Thank you for the kind words, I truly appreciate that. I hope the video helps you out and if you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always here to help!

It was my pleasure. I’m glad you liked it and I hope it helps you out as well! If you have any questions at all, just let me know!

Howdy from Texas and welcome to the channel! Australia is one of the few places in the world that I think I would love to live in if I didn’t live in Texas! It’s so diverse in its landscape and really has some great people living in it too! In fact, it sounds like where you’re at pretty close to mine. I think maybe the only difference is that our autumn‘s only last about a week or two maybe as much as a month, and the same with spring. I definitely don’t mind the fall in the winter And summers are fine too, but it gets really hot! I’m glad you like the video, and I really hope it helps you out as well. Thank you for taking the time to share and it’s great to have you here!

It’s great to hear from you again! That’s a great idea! I love the idea of proportioning things, especially when they’re frozen. Makes it really easy to use them down the road! This is a great one to share. Thank you so much!

​@TexasGardenDoc of course! Hope you are doing well!

We are thank you! This crazy winter weather made a little bit difficult this year, but we made it through just fine! Hope you are well also!

I’m glad you found it helpful! I tried all the other ‘wet’ methods myself when I was first trying to grow it. All I ended up with was a mushy gross mess. Even just planting it directly, I got the same thing. I think the growth inhibitors where I am are strange, so that might have been the cause. Luckily I found a piece of ginger I’d forgotten on the counter that sprouted, and that’s how I got here. Hopefully it works really well for you too! If you have any questions or issues along the way, just reach out here. I’d be glad to help where I can!

John, that’s great! We have a lot of people from Vegas in here that have done very well growing it out there. I think the biggest take aways for you are humidity, which you mentioned. Spritzing the leaves in the cooler part of the evenings and covering the plant lightly will give it some good humidity. Also,watch out for the scorching hit in the summer. When the sun is really hot it doesn’t like it too much. Mine get shade from about 12:30 until about 4;00 each day. They get sun from about 10:00 am until 1:30 and from 4:00 until about 6:00. That seams to be the sweet spot for me during the summer. Once the summer heat has passed, the growth will start picking up again. Let me know if you have any questions along the way. I’m always here to help!

I feel like a lot of people are in the same boat. The only reason I even thought to start looking into using them was a good friend told me their grandparents always used them in stir fry and soups. I love the tea from the leaves the most. It’s very mellow and delicious in my opinion. You should definitely give it a try!

They weren’t bad! I had to pull them a little early so I don’t think they developed as well as they could have. I like the idea of the Christmas lights. I’ve used them quite a bit on landscape plants over other years so I bet they would really help a lot in this case. I have not tried that variety,but I do have two otherwise be growing this next season, lacatan and Gran Nain so I’ll be curious how they do and taste!

Thank you so much for the kind words. I appreciate that! I hope it helped you out and if you have any questions, just let me know!

I’m sorry to hear your first attempt failed, but I’m glad this video gives you some hope! If you have any questions or issues along the way, just reach out here. I’d love to help you be successful this time. Best wishes in growing your own!

That’s fantastic! Always love hearing that. Thank you for the kind words, and once you get started if you have any questions or issues, I’m always here to help so don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to hear how it turns out for you as well!

Lol, yes, he’s quite a fun bird, he loves to get his 15 seconds in! Thank you so much. I really appreciate the kind words and I hope it helps you out as well. If you ever have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Allie! It’s great to hear from you again! Yes, the bucket experiment was the most surprising to me. I’ve actually already used it once for the first freeze a few weeks back, but on a much larger scale. It’s working pretty well. It looks like this next week will test that though as we’re gonna get down too much colder temperature or something closer to the low teens. So fingers crossed! That’s great you got your raised beds resting as well! I currently only have one endless call it a half raised bed resting at the moment. And truth be told that’s only because I ran out of compost to top it up and refresh it! Lol, but it’s just fine given the cold weather like you said I really can’t plant anything else out until it warms up a tiny bit or at least stops going into the sub freezing temperatures. Fingers crossed yours do well through this next round of real cold as well!

Hi Doc, I watched the video again and looked at the weather forecast for our area. Starting Saturday night temperatures are in the low 20's. 🥶 After that, some nights are in the teens. Daytime Temps are in the 40's or lower So, I decided to cover my cabbage and lettuce with a 2nd layer of freeze cloth. Hopefully, this will work. 😊

Yep, it looks like we’re looking at very similar temps. I’ll probably spend Saturday getting everything ready to go just in case. Right now I haven’t had anything covered since it quit going below freezing for a week. Luckily I don’t have to cover too much really only my lettuce is and a couple of other tender things that are just a little too young to be able to take the cold for long. I hope everything stays nice and cozy under the frost cloth and comes out the other side looking amazing!

I always love hearing that! Once you get started, if you have any questions at all or problems along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to help you out wherever I can!

Thank you so much you are very kind. It’s funny because I haven’t spent most of my life worried about what other people think which is a good thing. I think it can also be bad as well. I just think sometimes you find yourself in a spot of life where things that shouldn’t bother you do. You’re absolutely right they are everywhere keyboard warrior. They’re a Dime-A-dozen! The last part is definitely the hardest and thankfully it’s a ways behind me now and although it’s still hurts, it’s now sort of turned to fond memories. I had the same discussion with my family about whether we wanted to bring another animal into our life for the same reason , knowing that there’s going to be lost ultimately it’s what we do, and it’s just part of life for everyone. I truly appreciate the encouragement and so thankful to have you here seeing you in the comment brightens my day!

Howdy again! I think it actually helps quite a bit. It just depends on the type of plant you have growing and the temperatures is going to get down to. A lot of stuff I do the same just kind of throw up bedsheets over things were a frost cloth. I’m trying to get to the point where I don’t plant things that need to be covered. That way it’ll have to stress about it so much and I can just enjoy what’s in the garden. But if I have to throw an occasional bed sheet or a frost cloth or something, it’s not too bad! So far so good we’re looking at another really cold three or four days next week!

​@TexasGardenDoc what you did seems like a success to me! I am prone to growing plants that's not suitable for my climate! 😂 Stay warm!

I’m the same way for the most part exclamation point lol I’ve tried to avoid it, but there’s still something inside me that wants to grow certain things at certain times of the year that shouldn’t grow here. I’m working on a solution for that too to just appease myself, but trying to grow things that are more appropriate definitely makes it easier!

​@TexasGardenDoc it's funny that I said we don't have much freezing weather often, and they just forecasted mid 20's for next week's lows. I guess I just jinxed it. 😂 Time to throw more sheets over my plants!

lol it’s been a little crazy for sure! We hit mid low 20’s last night and are looking to go the same or lower throughout the week and even snow! Hope you guys are staying warm and your plants are too!

Absolutely! Ginger is really great at so many things in the rhizome itself definitely has the most potent dose of the good stuff! So is this basket or holder that you put in your kettle? Is this something that came with the kettle or something you just added to it to keep it suspended? It sounds very cool!

Yeah, that’s pretty chilly! For me at least it seems to deep mulch is one of the biggest things that you can do or just completely topping greens as far as protecting those things that can make it through cold but maybe not extreme cold. Hopefully you’re waking up today Two lots of plants still looking great!

It’s good to hear that works so well for you especially with the amount of cold you guys got the last few weeks. This last round I had an old piece of metal building insulation that I suspended over my lettuce bed and it worked really well again. I’m thinking about putting something together. That’ll make it easier to take often put on. The hoops definitely make it easier to put frost cloth on or plastic on, and keeping that stuff up off the plant is definitely a win. I’d love to hear how it goes this next round. I’m already getting ready for it myself!

Isn’t it a great plan! I really love it too. It was my pleasure to share and I’m glad you learned something from it and I really hope it helps you out as well. If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Thank you for the kind words, and I hope it does help you out! If there’s anything you do or try that works really well. I’d love to hear about it too. Always love to hear from everyone and find out the different things they do that maybe I never thought of before!

I’m so glad to hear you’re gonna give it another try! I can tell you that’s the exact same problem I had early on. I tried a lot of the wet methods to sprout ginger above ground and all I ever really ended up with was mushy moldy rotted ginger. Also, whenever I bought it from the grocery store to try to go in pots if I planted it in the pot, it would just rot or it would come up a little bit and then shrivel up and die ! The reason I like this method so much is that you know you have a semi viable piece before you ever put it in the ground. Now that does mean that you need a little bit more ginger to make sure you get it started and sprouted well, but you know that something has the potential to grow at that point. From there on, if you decide to cut it into pieces like I did, I would suggest leaving the pieces as big as possible with a single eye on it or just planting the whole piece. That’s gonna give you the biggest chance of success. I’ve done this so many times now I can tell what piece is big enough when I cut it, but that takes a little bit of practice and trial and error. And unfortunately, knowing if your trial work means waiting another year to try again it didn’t! The other thing that could be happening if you’re actually getting it to sprout is that given your environment, the low humidity can be causing the pot to dry out quicker than you think it is, and if you’re getting it to sprout, the stocks are definitely drying out too quickly in most cases. I’ve got a few people in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada. They tried one of the things I suggested, which is the spritz the leaves in the evening with a water bottle and cover it lightly with a loose plastic cover. This seems to give the plant in enough humidity on its upper leaves to keep it growing well. Let me know exactly at what point you are when things are dying or not working, let’s see if we can figure out a way to make it work for you. I really want to help you be successful this go round!

​@TexasGardenDoc thank you! Well, I let a large piece sat on the counter until it formed an eye and started growing. Then I plant it out in a pot in spring. I managed to have it grow about a foot tall. But when summer arrived, it started to wither. Leave tips turning brown, so I watered it every day, but it continued to decay. 😢 It was planted with my pepper plants and received partial shade.

​@@TexasGardenDoc thank you for responding btw! Didn't realize this video was from two years ago!

Absolutely! I try to keep up with all my comments best I can. You never know when somebody’s gonna have a question from something that was from a while ago, and I could help them out! So if you’re planting them with your pepper plants, I would say they got way too much sun. Where I am when the summertime heat gets above 100° minor getting shaded from about 12 o’clock until about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. I realize now I probably should’ve put that information in the video cause it really would’ve helped a lot of people. When you see the tips start to get brown like that in almost all plants it means it doesn’t have enough water. However, with ginger that’s not always the case. My experience tells me that that is from too much sunlight And heat combined. So if you can remove it from direct sunlight during the hottest part of the day it should continue to grow for you. The heat is still gonna be an issue and that will slow down its growth. That happens to me every year as well. But once it starts to cool off again and you get it through those really hot months it takes off in the fall Again and really produces! Definitely give it a try again and see what you think. I would say planet in a pot, but pots are tricky so if you have a really shady area in the middle of the day under a Tree or beside the house that lets it get between four and six hours of sun in the morning, that should do the trick!

​@TexasGardenDoc thank you again! Definitely will try again with your suggestions! 😊

Thank you so much, I’m really proud of the garden right now and I was certainly proud of it then! I really appreciate your kind words!

lol. Thank you

Thank you! Truth be told the only time I ever had carriage freeze was and they were really really small so I think I’m probably OK with them all the way around now. In fact this year’s cold snap definitely seems to have proved that! It’s definitely way too cold though! Lol

Makes a lot of sense! I understand that a lot of local restaurant chefs are now trying to use them more too.

That sounds like a really great idea! I was very surprised how the bucket and the straw worked over the lettuce. I’ve been racking my brain how to do it on a bigger scale and I think you found a great way to do it! I’d love to hear how it turns out once the cold is gone away. That’s good to hear about the sun jokes! I suspected they would be OK. I was a little worried about the woods. They were near the surface, but they turned out fine too. After the seat I ordered and 21 came to me as a mushy mess from being frozen, I was concerned that maybe they were a little sensitive to the cold, but they are definitely not!

Thank you so much you’re very kind. I really hope it helps you out too. If you have to deal with it in your own garden! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out!

It can never hurt to have some laying around, that's for sure! Although if you get a frost or freeze, I'm done for! It'll be the 21 snow-pocalypse all over again! =)