About a month ago I found a shrivelled up ginger rhizome that I pulled up about a year ago and didn't use all of, but I thought I'd try growing it again. Didn't even soak it, just put it in some nice compost and put it indoors next to a sunny window. It's already about a metre tall with four stems. So the moral of the story is, even if you don't do everything right, the chances are it may still grow nicely.
I did this with a little piece, too. It grew fantastic, the greens came out quickley I had a nice plant. But something must have gone wrong. Maybe not enough water, but the plant didn't show it. When it came to autumn, I had to move, so I decided to harvest my Ginger for having less wheight to take with me. I found the original piece of ginger, fresh and tasty, but it had grown not a Millimeter. So I found a way for Ginger Storage. Better than nothing ;-)
in australia i had to chop overgrowing gingers away and one species flowers were filled with kind of a soapy water and you could use it as natural shampoo - best my hair ever felt! that was amazing
The reason I am watching this is because I had a ginger that I bought from a grocery store and a bud started growing on its own in my kitchen so I decided to try to plant it since it’s already growing on its own
Thank you Ben. After about 6 attempts at growing my own ginger i tried once more after watching this video. My ginger is now growing well in the uk winter . Best wishes Wendy
I’ve had ups and downs, trying to grow/re-grow ginger. Out of my many attempts, I’ve gotten it to grow a couple times, this makes me want to try again!
Depending on where you are, I'd suggest that when the emp gets under 55 degrees F stop watering it - it'll go dormant. You'll lose all the shoots but it'll sprout again when the weather warms. I've heard if you're not in the Pacific/South Pacific or tropical zones it probably won't flower. BTW - I brought it indoors during the winter because we do get a hard freeze. It started to grow again at the beginning of spring, still indoors, but no watering. When the temperature was safely back above 55 degrees I moved it back outside. Looks like I'll be bringing it back indoors soon.
I used to get cold sores, now I slice ginger and put the slices into the freezer. When I can fell a cold sore coming, I take out a slice and put it on as often as possible and change the slice often. Now I can avoid getting really bad cold sores, very impressive.
@@janinemillirons2927 Plant chemistry. Planet has been doing this chem for a long time. And we have only scratched the surface of the biome. More power to the Gardens and horticurlturalists.!
Yes, he is so inspirational. I've tried several times but the f Gill picture i is now revealed. I'll be going out to get a large ginger to begin. Thank you
FIRST plant I ever grew was a ginger plant from a scrap of leftover ginger. Stuck it in a pot of garden soil and put it on the kitchen window (not much light) grew to top of the 4ft high window and curved along the top. Had a great scent as well. Going to try again for sure. Great video!
It's encouraged that not just to get close to mother nature but to grow ur own veggies knowing that it's all 100% organic vs da chemical induced crap in stores is pleasure to the soul ! Healthy veggies & fruits from ur garden is a pleasure that only equates to feeling the lines of a classic car ! It's mentally orgasmic ! Talk to plants , encourage flower plants when they bloom - it's therapy !
I forgot I had some ginger wrapped up in a bag in the kitchen. Was about to throw it out then saw it has a stem growing nicely, so I guess I'm planting my very first ginger. Thanks for this very helpful video!
I brought some ginger home from the organic food store with the intention of growing it to put into herbal tea. I was hoping it was an exotic orchid like plant and couldn't believe the wild-grass-like stem and if I didn't see the sprout on the rhizome that produced the "grass" I wouldn't believe it! The grass has a lovely ginger smell!
My uncle was one of the original growers of ginger in AUS and I have fond memories of sitting in his tiny farm shed trimming the roots and shoots of the armfuls of metre+ tall ginger plants that we had just pulled from the rich red earth in Qld. The aroma in the shed was wonderful. Yes, my uncle use to cover his ginger plot (acre) in hardwood sawdust inches deep, which the ginger root grew into, so kept the tubers very clean. Of course the roots went deep and into the good red earth !
I live in Spain and am growing both ginger and tumeric for the first time. I found this video super useful! I didn't realise that I could keep the plants going, I thought I had to dig them up and then start again next year
I've grown ginger for several years, having started it from a store-bought revisions that was misplaced. When I found out, it had several green shots starting to form, so I decided to plant it, and have been growing it ever since.
Wow, growing ginger isn't as tricky as I thought, and the freeze-and-grate-idea is a life saver in dealing with a chonker of a ginger root! You have me convinced, I'm gonna go for it next season!
Great video! I started growing ginger a year ago, after people told me I couldn’t grow ginger on Cape Cod. Yes I can, and I did! It grows quite well in fact, and I got a large yield out of a bottomless 32” diameter container. My big mistake was in not processing it quickly enough - cleaned and put in the fridge temporarily, and when I took it out to cut up and freeze, half had already gone moldy. I was heartbroken. I didn’t make that mistake this year. Smaller yield this year because I grew turmeric in with it, and the turmeric did very well too, despite the short season. It didn’t get that rich yellow color though, so probably isn’t worth growing again (at least for food - the foliage alone was quite beautiful). Sometimes you just have to give it a shot. Ginger fresh from the garden is extraordinary!
Have you tried peanuts? My brother can grow almost anything. But a good peanut crop in Southern Ontario is his great white whale. Currently I have three good size ginger stems in a pot. I may have found some plant that I can keep alive. I once started cacti from seed. They could survive anything. Except being forgotten on a balcony over winter in Toronto.
I haven't bought ginger in a few years. I grow it every year (I'm in USA on the mid-Atlantic coast). I love it. Even so, your video gave me a few new tips! Thanks!
I grew ginger this past summer, wasn't sure how/when to harvest, so this is perfect timing! I had dusted a root from the grocery with rooting hormone to give it a boost at starting. As mine is in a quite small pot right now, I think I'll both harvest AND up-pot it, so I can get a better harvest next year! Thanks!
I'm Asian, Malaysian actually. I have several types of ginger, galangal and tumeric. Currently ready to get another variety, it has fragrant rhizome that our people use to make ulam (kinda like salad)
@@rawhoney2199 i live in Malaysia, so it is hot all year around. But one of them, Zingiber zerumbet do have a period of dormancy and prefer shady and slightly damp earth
@@stevenbeeston5098 if you like Thai food, galangal is something you want to plant. It is from ginger family, i grow 2 types of galangal, they unlike ginger, must be young if you want to cook with them. Kinda hard to identify the young part from the mature and so hard to dig out too
i found a nice plump rhizome in the supermarket, about 3 weeks ago and once planted it's grown about a centimeter a day. It was outside for a couple of weeks, but is now doing nicely in a quiet corner of the house. Waiting for spring now!
I've been growing my own ginger indoors for a couple of years amongst other grow indoors projects like lychee bonsai. but over this time I have been sharing my knowledge, so others can enjoy growing their own.
I tried growing ginger last year. Started in January. Kept it indoors and started harding off in April until May where I left it out doors. It had quite a tough time. It faced a variety of extreme weather from droughts around 30°C, to just non-stop heavy rain, to storms, and it even suffered from pests during the early spring. I had constantly yellowing leaves no matter what I did but despite all that, I still got back triple the amount that I planted! Back then I used standard grocery store potting mix, with clay balls on the bottom of my container. And for the container I used one of those balcony/fence hanging rectangle shaped containers. I'll try again this year but this time I'll indeed mix it with bark like you did because that is a good idea!
I cannot get enough of your wonderful videos. The information is comprehensive and easy to understand, but not at all "wordy". Your enthusiasm for each topic is what I really appreciate. Your presentations are fascinating and I learn so much. Thank you.
I'll grow ginger for sure this 2nd season in my plot. My garlic has been sown in November, so I can put them together. Good to know.Thanks for the video Ben.
Everybody I know pronounces turmeric as Choormeric, but it’s great for cooking whichever way you pronounce it. The young ginger can be cooked and preserved in a sugar syrup. It’s commonly known as stem ginger, but it’s just the young rhizome. If you get sea sick, taking ginger beforehand works a charm. I have ginger and turmeric growing in the garden here in Queensland Australia. It grown like a weed as long as you keep the water up to it.
Great video !!! Based in Perth, Australia here. Two days before spring, 30th August, Bought supermarket ginger today. Soaking overnight and planting tomorrow. Gonna do shed loads of ginger this year !!!
I'm totally growing ginger and garlic in 2024. You blew my mind with the freezing and grating tip! Also I didn't realise you could grate with the skin on - that's going to save me a lot of time. I always use ginger, garlic and turmeric in a vegan version of keema aloo, so looking forward to trying that dish with home grown ingredients!
Thank you for taking us all to the Royal Botanic Garden, it's so beautiful, I could stay there all week. I'm looking forward to starting some ginger. North Texas gets pretty hot, but I will protect them. I appreciate you!
Brilliant! I used to grow and train bonsai plants. I no longer grow them, but I still have many of the pots. They are wide and shallow, and will work great for ginger to spread their tentacles in. I’ll try growing some under grow lights on my dining room window ledge. You inspired me once again. I am a better gardener because of you. Thanks from an elderly Yank living in the US Pacific Northwest, originally from the UK. Near the white cliffs of Dover and attended the Duke of York‘s Royal Military School from 11 to 15 years old, near Dover castle. I lived in Lord Kitchener‘s house, and we enjoyed our community vegetable garden. I remember laughing at all the crooked and distorted, carrots we harvested. Cheers. 🍻
Thanks so much for watching! I used to go to school in Kent (Westgate-on-Sea, near Margate). We used to play Duke of York school at sports! (Not very successfully it has to be said!). Great to read your comment. :-)
😆 Yes, our Duke of York‘s school teams were pretty good and won often. I was on the school, rugby team, field and track and the gym team. It was fun because we got to go and play outside of our school grounds. We were restricted from leaving the school grounds except on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Wednesday afternoons was when our teams would visit neighboring schools to play sports. You’re too young to have played a game against me. But isn’t it a small world after all, though. 👍👍 😄
Wow. I started to grow some ginger just last month. I did not understand what I was doing, but accidentally did the right thing. When I spotted a small group of ginger that was growing, I dropped it into a dish of water until I could find a pot and soil to plant it. The next day, I planted it a dish full of good compost and set it into my master bath on the backside of the tub under the window. It is actually growing well. Now I find out what I did and was pleased. But I did not know everything else about caring for ginger. Thanks, Ben, for this wonderfully informative video. You are great! 😉
I bought $10 worth of ginger, dried it and ground it up, which amounted to just a little bit. I need way more so I'm going to have to give this a try. Love your videos. You make me want to be a better gardener!
OMG - well inspirational, once again. I'm going to try growing ginger this fall and see what happens. Thanks so much for this video. I look forward to Sundays (when I get the email notice) each week. Always something to learn!
What an absolute find this kind of content is! Perfect length of the video, answered all questions that I asked myself throughout watching. Now I know why my ginger experiments never worked, I always used chunks which were too small and the soil didn’t have enough drainage. Thanks!
Ben there is no one on utube who teaches like you I love watching your videos your a mountain off information thank you so much my friend good luck from nireland 🤝
Howdy, Ben! That was a cool road trip. 👍 And as always, you've made a great tutorial. 👍Thanks for the cool tip on freezing ginger before grating. I grow turmeric as well as ginger and didn't know turmeric is a form of ginger...cool!😃 One should know you can overwinter your ginger and turmeric by wrapping the pieces you wish to grow in newspaper or just leaving them out on the counter in my case. They will spring to life when potted up! Also, in hotter regions, you may want to plant smaller pieces. In Central Texas, we get plenty of heat and a long growing season, so my plants spread a lot in their pots. Thanks, Ben and crew!💕
This is my second year growing unused nubbins of ginger and with great success, I never covered them with compost, only ever half submerged and they live happily in the kitchen. Thank you for your wonderful video, might look at turmeric next
@@GrowVeg lovely to hear from you, the lashing of rain, Is something I look forward to, mostly weird by my other contemporary educators, I have to laugh, but I love it 👍
I have just bought a piece of ginger and I noticed it had the growing tips you showed. I have laid mine on the top of the compost as I thought that was the way to do it. I will now place a little more compost on top. I didn’t mix mine though with wood chips, so perhaps I will do that. I have noticed a couple of my growing tips have got larger and at the moment it is in the unheated greenhouse, it is now getting cooler so perhaps soon I will bring the pot into the kitchen. It gets a little sunshine in the afternoon. Fingers crossed! Thanks for the tips.
I’m soaking a piece of organic ginger right now. I didn’t get to garden this year past overwintered spring crops, but now I’m in the mood as we get into our low sun frequently overcast and raining zone 8b Oregon fall/winter.
Hi Ben ~ I just planted my ginger only I broke off the sprouts' sections instead of planting the whole rhizome. I hope I didn't kill them already! This is a fabulous video, I thank you for posting it. I always learn a lot from you!
Yes it will grow, more susceptible to rot though. But dats how I grow mine in d caribbean. I cut off a couple sections only where the eyes are and plant those sections. Some people leave it to scab first then plant it.
I live in Indonesia (Southeast Asia) every day I consume rhizome plants such as ginger, turmeric, galangal for cooking spices and drinks. after watching this, I appreciate them more and will plant more even though we can easily buy them at the market.
Such a jolly video to watch as the weather cools. Ive had several unsuccessful attempts at growing ginger but youve inspired me to have one more go. Loved the section at the botanic gardens too and appreciated the ginger coordinating outfit!
"what the hell?" thought I, and followed your instructions when this video came out 2 months ago. Now there is a 5' tall ginger plant in my bathroom!!!! The leaves are so beautifully fragrant.
Fantastic video, thanks Ben. Starting a project in 2024 with our local council to try new crops that we don't normally grow here in Ireland, including ginger. Now I am inspired to try turmeric too!
Wow! Definitely going to try this! Love fresh ginger and what I get at the store is awful. We're taking a trip to UK later this year and want to visit the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh!!! Can't wait to get started.
Thank you for this video! Love learning about the personality of the plant, loved learning about over wintering. Im excited to continue too see the ginger i planted grow
Starting some ginger inside now and hoping for the best next year. Also going to plant outside next spring because I use ginger guite a bit and always have a good supply. Thanks for the info.
I"ve tried growing ginger and turmeric, but didn't get a great harvest. In fact my ginger rotted away last season. I'll definitely try your tips to hopefully be more successful. Thanks for sharing.
Really great video. I've grown ginger a couple of times and harvest the pink young rhizomes. Never thought to bring it indoors over winter. Thanks for the additional tips on using it in the kitchen.
I grew galangal in NorCal for many years and it was gargantuan. Also gave a beautiful subtropical feel to my garden. I gave so much of it away. Wonderful plants to grow:) thank you for your lovely video.
Perfect timing! I have a ginger plant that I started last winter and was wondering what I needed to do with it during our Texas winter that will be coming in a month or two. Problem solved! Thank you for your interesting and thorough explanation.
Was so excited to harvest about 5 litre bucket of turmeric after 2 years of trial and error s ( used a wicking bed, in a greenhouse, temperate climate in Autralia). I scrubbed tubers with brush & put through a rotary grater & then fermented in brine (1.5 tsp salt/cup water) about 5 days, then refrigerated. Did start to brown (oxidise) on top so put layer of olive oil over top. Been using it now for several months, keeping well, so convenient. And being fermented its a probiotic food
Finally the best video on growing ginger I have seen. I have learnt so much from this thank you Ben once again some of the best advice on growing your own. I planted ginger earlier this year, but have not potted them on as they grew so they are in quite narrow pots. Growing in wider pots makes sense to the way they grow. I hope I can keep mine going over winter and then get a good harvest next year now. And who knew there were so many sorts of ginger. The piece at the Botanic Gardens was great. I would love to give Turmeric ago next year too.
Another brilliant video Ben thank you! I have a big piece of ginger in the kitchen that I’m now going to plant! Best tip was freezing ginger then grating fantastic! ☘️ ☘️ ☘️
I never cared for ginger either, but in my adulthood I have learned to love it. I mince it and place it in my drinking water with honey and lemon slices. (I never cared for water until my daughter introduced me to this. But, the reason I am responding to your comment is that the health benefits that I have experienced since using ginger have been phenomenal. Over 30 years of visiting doctors and it appears that ginger and turmeric (a species of the ginger family) have helped me more than I could ever have hoped for. Please, give it a try every so often. ❤️
Thank you so much! Ginger is one of the plants I can't wait to grow once I have a suitable space for it and this video is very helpful, especially since I live in a cooler climate as well. 😄
I'm growing my first gingers now. Two pots just like you showed but i used a mix of potting mix and compost. I didn't soak them so they were very late sprouting but im looking forward to next year when I should get my first harvest. Oh, and I'm now on ny second year of garlic 😁
Couple points: (1) If you think of it as a foliage plant, you can justify planting it more (and overwintering in the house). Ginger and Turmeric really add a tropical feel. Good mixed with Bromeliads and Orchids. (2) I grate fresh ginger - easy enough - and then squeeze it and the fibrous pulp in my fingers to add the juice to the dish. No freezing required. (3) I've had great success with turmeric here in the Bay Area, CA, but it needs patience in spring. It takes a while to emerge. Ginger, for me, usually starts taking off only late in the season, probably because I havent bothered to establish a perennial patch yet. So, I think its important to remember these are long-term, perennial plants. Overall, I would grow them in a greenhouse as ornamentals and pick some as a fragrant crop, rather than think of these as a way to grow your own and save some money. But obviously in a tropical climate, they would make great garden plants for permaculture.
I am moving into my new home, the house is not new only new to me, and I am looking forward to growing all sorts of things, ginger included. Thank you for your informative video.
That was a very good and comprehensive introduction to ginger. I grew ginger (from the grocery shop) some years ago on the window sill in a rather cool house, actually. Got many plants about 2-3 feet high. I didn't harvest in the first year, but unfortunately, they went to mush over winter. I just tried it out without any guidance whatsoever (pre internet). Up to the point of loosing them when overwintering, they were the easiest thing to grow.
Hi .I live in an apartment. We have a balcony that is south facing. A communal gardens where we have a small raised bed. This we grew potatoes, onions carrots and beetroot. At the moment I have put herbs in the bed. I was thinking of growing ginger next year in a pot on the balcony. It seems easy to grow. So I will be giving it a go.
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About a month ago I found a shrivelled up ginger rhizome that I pulled up about a year ago and didn't use all of, but I thought I'd try growing it again. Didn't even soak it, just put it in some nice compost and put it indoors next to a sunny window. It's already about a metre tall with four stems. So the moral of the story is, even if you don't do everything right, the chances are it may still grow nicely.
That's fantastic! :-)
I have a desperate dried up "foot" that got lost in my fall winter counter clutter(culture)! I can try again anyway.
Oh thank you for your story. I could only find horrible looking ginger this year. I'm going to plant it and give it a go.
I did this with a little piece, too.
It grew fantastic, the greens came out quickley I had a nice plant.
But something must have gone wrong. Maybe not enough water, but the plant didn't show it.
When it came to autumn, I had to move, so I decided to harvest my Ginger for having less wheight to take with me.
I found the original piece of ginger, fresh and tasty, but it had grown not a Millimeter.
So I found a way for Ginger Storage.
Better than nothing ;-)
Good for you somehow you must have a deep green thumb! I tried growing ginger from beautiful rhizomes from the organic store and none of them grew 😭
A master class in ginger! You really can't ask for more in a tutorial. Excellent work! Thank you!
I agree!
Thank you so much! :-)
Worth a go !
in australia i had to chop overgrowing gingers away
and one species flowers were filled with kind of a soapy water
and you could use it as natural shampoo - best my hair ever felt! that was amazing
What a great use for it! :-)
What species is that?
@@jhersongutierrez305 shampoo ginger,awapuhi
What State in Australia. Im in Victoria and mine took ages but got 1 kg from one pot.
@@jhersongutierrez305 Any ginger; even from the supermarket !
The reason I am watching this is because I had a ginger that I bought from a grocery store and a bud started growing on its own in my kitchen so I decided to try to plant it since it’s already growing on its own
Thank you for charing from South Africa
Yes, you should grow it, in warmth, on a sunny northerly aspect Like us, you in Sth Hemis, with overhead cover to keep the cold night temps moderated.
@@linmal2242
Thank you Ben. After about 6 attempts at growing my own ginger i tried once more after watching this video. My ginger is now growing well in the uk winter . Best wishes Wendy
That’s really amazing to hear Wendy. Great job! :-)
Oh, the freezing and grating is genius! Thanks for that!
I’ve had ups and downs, trying to grow/re-grow ginger. Out of my many attempts, I’ve gotten it to grow a couple times, this makes me want to try again!
Definitely try it again! :-)
Depending on where you are, I'd suggest that when the emp gets under 55 degrees F stop watering it - it'll go dormant. You'll lose all the shoots but it'll sprout again when the weather warms. I've heard if you're not in the Pacific/South Pacific or tropical zones it probably won't flower.
BTW - I brought it indoors during the winter because we do get a hard freeze. It started to grow again at the beginning of spring, still indoors, but no watering. When the temperature was safely back above 55 degrees I moved it back outside. Looks like I'll be bringing it back indoors soon.
@@GrowVegI'll keep trying until I die.😂
Me too, and I may try turmeric and galingale too now.
May you give us English subtaired please Your video is very interesting for me I need more understanding your tutorial
Just harvesting my very first batch of ginger I started growing from store bought pieces. It's soooooo tasty. Thank you!
Great to hear! Happy Gardening!
I used to get cold sores, now I slice ginger and put the slices into the freezer. When I can fell a cold sore coming, I take out a slice and put it on as often as possible and change the slice often. Now I can avoid getting really bad cold sores, very impressive.
Put it on where?
Brilliant - thank you for that great tip!
If you don't have ginger use hexane free castor oil. That stuff is amazing.
@@southboundfreighttrain On the cold sore!
@@janinemillirons2927 Plant chemistry. Planet has been doing this chem for a long time. And we have only scratched the surface of the biome. More power to the Gardens and horticurlturalists.!
You have no idea how inspiring your videos are. Thank you for all the info that you share , love your energy ❤
That is so lovely of you to say - thank you!
Yes, he is so inspirational. I've tried several times but the f Gill picture i is now revealed. I'll be going out to get a large ginger to begin. Thank you
Exactly!
FIRST plant I ever grew was a ginger plant from a scrap of leftover ginger. Stuck it in a pot of garden soil and put it on the kitchen window (not much light) grew to top of the 4ft high window and curved along the top. Had a great scent as well. Going to try again for sure. Great video!
That's really great to hear. :-)
this is my first year growing ginger, now i'm even more excited. great video
Yey! Great stuff - hope you get a good harvest.
It's encouraged that not just to get close to mother nature but to grow ur own veggies knowing that it's all 100% organic vs da chemical induced crap in stores is pleasure to the soul ! Healthy veggies & fruits from ur garden is a pleasure that only equates to feeling the lines of a classic car ! It's mentally orgasmic ! Talk to plants , encourage flower plants when they bloom - it's therapy !
i keep my ginger near the shower it's nice and moist and warm on a regular basis and It just loves it in there!
Great idea. :-)
I had a plant growing in the bathroom area. Bugs came out of the soil. never again.
I’ve been learning so much from you. My gardening has has gone from a bad 2 to a solid 8 I’d say since finding your channel. Thank you
That's really lovely to hear! You'll be a resounding 10 before long I'm sure! :-)
You're as cool as the other side of the pillow!!
Thank you a thousand fold for your master's expertise😊
I grew ginger as a houseplant on a windowsill in a long sill box. It was very successful and I got a great harvest from it! Plus it looks lovely
Attempting to grow ginger for the first time in Locust, North Carolina, USA.
I forgot I had some ginger wrapped up in a bag in the kitchen. Was about to throw it out then saw it has a stem growing nicely, so I guess I'm planting my very first ginger. Thanks for this very helpful video!
That's really great to hear - I hope you enjoy a good harvest from it. :-)
I brought some ginger home from the organic food store with the intention of growing it to put into herbal tea. I was hoping it was an exotic orchid like plant and couldn't believe the wild-grass-like stem and if I didn't see the sprout on the rhizome that produced the "grass" I wouldn't believe it! The grass has a lovely ginger smell!
My uncle was one of the original growers of ginger in AUS and I have fond memories of sitting in his tiny farm shed trimming the roots and shoots of the armfuls of metre+ tall ginger plants that we had just pulled from the rich red earth in Qld. The aroma in the shed was wonderful.
Yes, my uncle use to cover his ginger plot (acre) in hardwood sawdust inches deep, which the ginger root grew into, so kept the tubers very clean. Of course the roots went deep and into the good red earth !
I live in Spain and am growing both ginger and tumeric for the first time. I found this video super useful! I didn't realise that I could keep the plants going, I thought I had to dig them up and then start again next year
So pleased you found this video useful. :-)
I've grown ginger for several years, having started it from a store-bought revisions that was misplaced. When I found out, it had several green shots starting to form, so I decided to plant it, and have been growing it ever since.
Watching these videos just make me will to move away from big cities and live closer to nature.
Wow, growing ginger isn't as tricky as I thought, and the freeze-and-grate-idea is a life saver in dealing with a chonker of a ginger root!
You have me convinced, I'm gonna go for it next season!
That's really fab to hear David! :-)
Great video! I started growing ginger a year ago, after people told me I couldn’t grow ginger on Cape Cod. Yes I can, and I did! It grows quite well in fact, and I got a large yield out of a bottomless 32” diameter container. My big mistake was in not processing it quickly enough - cleaned and put in the fridge temporarily, and when I took it out to cut up and freeze, half had already gone moldy. I was heartbroken. I didn’t make that mistake this year. Smaller yield this year because I grew turmeric in with it, and the turmeric did very well too, despite the short season. It didn’t get that rich yellow color though, so probably isn’t worth growing again (at least for food - the foliage alone was quite beautiful). Sometimes you just have to give it a shot. Ginger fresh from the garden is extraordinary!
It's quite a thrill to grow edibles like this - quite unexpected so all the more satisfying!
@@GrowVeg yes! Perfectly said! 😃
Have you tried peanuts?
My brother can grow almost anything. But a good peanut crop in Southern Ontario is his great white whale.
Currently I have three good size ginger stems in a pot. I may have found some plant that I can keep alive.
I once started cacti from seed. They could survive anything. Except being forgotten on a balcony over winter in Toronto.
I haven't bought ginger in a few years. I grow it every year (I'm in USA on the mid-Atlantic coast). I love it. Even so, your video gave me a few new tips! Thanks!
I grew ginger this past summer, wasn't sure how/when to harvest, so this is perfect timing! I had dusted a root from the grocery with rooting hormone to give it a boost at starting. As mine is in a quite small pot right now, I think I'll both harvest AND up-pot it, so I can get a better harvest next year! Thanks!
Sounds like a plan! Hope you have got a good harvest from it. :-)
I’m so excited to grow ginger AND turmeric this year! It helps me so much through cold and flu season. Love ginger shots 👍
Absolutely! :-)
I'm Asian, Malaysian actually. I have several types of ginger, galangal and tumeric. Currently ready to get another variety, it has fragrant rhizome that our people use to make ulam (kinda like salad)
I bet ulam is totally delicious - I love Malaysian cuisine!
Did all that grow in cold or hot weather?
@@rawhoney2199 i live in Malaysia, so it is hot all year around. But one of them, Zingiber zerumbet do have a period of dormancy and prefer shady and slightly damp earth
hi he mention the name of the ginger is galangal the best ginger to grow from NZ
@@stevenbeeston5098 if you like Thai food, galangal is something you want to plant. It is from ginger family, i grow 2 types of galangal, they unlike ginger, must be young if you want to cook with them. Kinda hard to identify the young part from the mature and so hard to dig out too
i found a nice plump rhizome in the supermarket, about 3 weeks ago and once planted it's grown about a centimeter a day. It was outside for a couple of weeks, but is now doing nicely in a quiet corner of the house. Waiting for spring now!
I've been growing my own ginger indoors for a couple of years amongst other grow indoors projects like lychee bonsai.
but over this time I have been sharing my knowledge, so others can enjoy growing their own.
Great to share knowledge like that. 😀
I tried growing ginger last year. Started in January. Kept it indoors and started harding off in April until May where I left it out doors. It had quite a tough time. It faced a variety of extreme weather from droughts around 30°C, to just non-stop heavy rain, to storms, and it even suffered from pests during the early spring. I had constantly yellowing leaves no matter what I did but despite all that, I still got back triple the amount that I planted!
Back then I used standard grocery store potting mix, with clay balls on the bottom of my container. And for the container I used one of those balcony/fence hanging rectangle shaped containers.
I'll try again this year but this time I'll indeed mix it with bark like you did because that is a good idea!
Hope you get a superb harvest this year. :-)
I LOVE ginger! Sipping on my ginger tea as I'm typing this. Can't wait to grow my own next spring. Thanks for the freezing ginger before grating tip.
Gingers so good in so many ways! :-)
I cannot get enough of your wonderful videos. The information is comprehensive and easy to understand, but not at all "wordy". Your enthusiasm for each topic is what I really appreciate. Your presentations are fascinating and I learn so much. Thank you.
I'll grow ginger for sure this 2nd season in my plot. My garlic has been sown in November, so I can put them together. Good to know.Thanks for the video Ben.
Everybody I know pronounces turmeric as Choormeric, but it’s great for cooking whichever way you pronounce it. The young ginger can be cooked and preserved in a sugar syrup. It’s commonly known as stem ginger, but it’s just the young rhizome. If you get sea sick, taking ginger beforehand works a charm. I have ginger and turmeric growing in the garden here in Queensland Australia. It grown like a weed as long as you keep the water up to it.
Ginger tea as strong as you can make it, cures your sore throat!!
Great video !!! Based in Perth, Australia here. Two days before spring, 30th August, Bought supermarket ginger today. Soaking overnight and planting tomorrow. Gonna do shed loads of ginger this year !!!
I'm totally growing ginger and garlic in 2024. You blew my mind with the freezing and grating tip! Also I didn't realise you could grate with the skin on - that's going to save me a lot of time. I always use ginger, garlic and turmeric in a vegan version of keema aloo, so looking forward to trying that dish with home grown ingredients!
The vegan keema aloo sounds like a very delicious dish! :-)
Thank you for taking us all to the Royal Botanic Garden, it's so beautiful, I could stay there all week. I'm looking forward to starting some ginger.
North Texas gets pretty hot, but I will protect them.
I appreciate you!
Hope you manage to get your ginger started soon. Enjoy! :-)
I'd no idea it was possible to grow ginger in colder climates! I'm doing this now...I ❤ ginger
The warmer the better !
The countryside looks so calm and perfect for farming.
I’ve always been reluctant to try to grow ginger but after seeing how easy it can be I think I’ll give it a try! Thanks Ben
That's really fab to hear. It's a really rewarding project. :-)
Thanks to you, I feel more confident and putting this ginger into the ground! Thank you for all of your tips
Brilliant! I used to grow and train bonsai plants. I no longer grow them, but I still have many of the pots. They are wide and shallow, and will work great for ginger to spread their tentacles in. I’ll try growing some under grow lights on my dining room window ledge. You inspired me once again. I am a better gardener because of you. Thanks from an elderly Yank living in the US Pacific Northwest, originally from the UK. Near the white cliffs of Dover and attended the Duke of York‘s Royal Military School from 11 to 15 years old, near Dover castle. I lived in Lord Kitchener‘s house, and we enjoyed our community vegetable garden. I remember laughing at all the crooked and distorted, carrots we harvested. Cheers. 🍻
Thanks so much for watching! I used to go to school in Kent (Westgate-on-Sea, near Margate). We used to play Duke of York school at sports! (Not very successfully it has to be said!). Great to read your comment. :-)
😆 Yes, our Duke of York‘s school teams were pretty good and won often. I was on the school, rugby team, field and track and the gym team. It was fun because we got to go and play outside of our school grounds. We were restricted from leaving the school grounds except on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Wednesday afternoons was when our teams would visit neighboring schools to play sports. You’re too young to have played a game against me. But isn’t it a small world after all, though. 👍👍 😄
By the way, I found two types of ginger at my local Asian market. They both have many nodes that I hope will sprout.
Interesting😂 my sons are currently at the Duke of York in Dover. Still going strong and they enjoy it ❤
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Yes, I am starting to grow ginger which is why I am watching you video. Thanks for the info.
I loved the tip about freezing the ginger.
Wow. I started to grow some ginger just last month. I did not understand what I was doing, but accidentally did the right thing. When I spotted a small group of ginger that was growing, I dropped it into a dish of water until I could find a pot and soil to plant it. The next day, I planted it a dish full of good compost and set it into my master bath on the backside of the tub under the window. It is actually growing well. Now I find out what I did and was pleased. But I did not know everything else about caring for ginger. Thanks, Ben, for this wonderfully informative video. You are great! 😉
Thanks so much Sandra. So pleased your ginger's doing great! :-)
timely and comprehensive as usual! I am planning to grow ginger and this was immensely helpful - THANK YOU
So pleased! Hope it grows well for you. :-)
I bought $10 worth of ginger, dried it and ground it up, which amounted to just a little bit. I need way more so I'm going to have to give this a try.
Love your videos. You make me want to be a better gardener!
OMG - well inspirational, once again. I'm going to try growing ginger this fall and see what happens. Thanks so much for this video. I look forward to Sundays (when I get the email notice) each week. Always something to learn!
So pleased you look forward to these videos. It's so rewarding making them when we know they're so warmly received. Happy gardening! :-)
What an absolute find this kind of content is! Perfect length of the video, answered all questions that I asked myself throughout watching. Now I know why my ginger experiments never worked, I always used chunks which were too small and the soil didn’t have enough drainage. Thanks!
So pleased you've found this video useful. Happy gardening! :-)
Ben there is no one on utube who teaches like you I love watching your videos your a mountain off information thank you so much my friend good luck from nireland 🤝
That's so kind of you to say - thanks so much for watching! :-)
Have a plant growing now and need to overwinter. Now i know what to do. Thank you for all the great info.
Howdy, Ben! That was a cool road trip. 👍 And as always, you've made a great tutorial. 👍Thanks for the cool tip on freezing ginger before grating.
I grow turmeric as well as ginger and didn't know turmeric is a form of ginger...cool!😃
One should know you can overwinter your ginger and turmeric by wrapping the pieces you wish to grow in newspaper or just leaving them out on the counter in my case. They will spring to life when potted up!
Also, in hotter regions, you may want to plant smaller pieces. In Central Texas, we get plenty of heat and a long growing season, so my plants spread a lot in their pots.
Thanks, Ben and crew!💕
That's a really helpful tip - thanks so much for that Valorie. :-)
Do you take the skin off before freezing?
The freezing and grating is amazing! Thank you
I always enjoy your videos. This one has certainly inspired me to grow ginger for the first time!
That's really fab to hear! :-)
Me too, I'm going to grow turmeric too, start this year in my porch garden room as I'm in the northwest uk and too cold outside.
Perfect timing! Started ginger on a whim in the spring and just moved it indoors for the winter. Looks like it's probably time to pot it on too...
So plead this video helped. :-)
I'm excited to start growing ginger and turmeric since both are used medicinally. Turmeric is great for inflammation and isn't just a fad.
Agreed, it's a potent medicinal that we should all know how to use. Not a hipster fad. I'm too old to be a hipster! LOL
Yeah I mean all those „hipsters“ in India thousands of years ago probably had a point 😂👍🏼
Lol😂😅 🌱🪷🌿🕉
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You are delightful. My son was excited to learn about ginger and this was the PERFECT video. THANK YOU!
I have some growing now and have been trying to decide when to do what with it for the winter. Thanks for the tips!
So pleased you found the video helpful. :-)
This is my second year growing unused nubbins of ginger and with great success, I never covered them with compost, only ever half submerged and they live happily in the kitchen.
Thank you for your wonderful video, might look at turmeric next
That's really great to hear - clearly they thrive with your green fingers and thumbs! :-)
When I hear the rain, I'm a happy gardener ❤️👍
It is a wonderful sound in the summer months. :-)
@@GrowVeg lovely to hear from you, the lashing of rain,
Is something I look forward to, mostly weird by my other contemporary educators, I have to laugh, but I love it 👍
My Dad was an engineer and worked on the forklifts, the smell of diesel was a bit of a bind, but we loved working on the land ❤️👍
@@GrowVeg I'm a consultant grower l, so it's always lovely to hear from you ❤️👍
I have just bought a piece of ginger and I noticed it had the growing tips you showed. I have laid mine on the top of the compost as I thought that was the way to do it. I will now place a little more compost on top. I didn’t mix mine though with wood chips, so perhaps I will do that. I have noticed a couple of my growing tips have got larger and at the moment it is in the unheated greenhouse, it is now getting cooler so perhaps soon I will bring the pot into the kitchen. It gets a little sunshine in the afternoon. Fingers crossed! Thanks for the tips.
I’m soaking a piece of organic ginger right now.
I didn’t get to garden this year past overwintered spring crops, but now I’m in the mood as we get into our low sun frequently overcast and raining zone 8b Oregon fall/winter.
Hope your ginger does well. :-)
Grew some last year and am doing it again this year, Now I will hopefully let it go to flower and have a taste, Thanks
Hi Ben ~ I just planted my ginger only I broke off the sprouts' sections instead of planting the whole rhizome. I hope I didn't kill them already! This is a fabulous video, I thank you for posting it. I always learn a lot from you!
Thanks for the kind words. Hopefully your ginger will thrive. :-)
Yes it will grow, more susceptible to rot though. But dats how I grow mine in d caribbean. I cut off a couple sections only where the eyes are and plant those sections. Some people leave it to scab first then plant it.
I live in Indonesia (Southeast Asia) every day I consume rhizome plants such as ginger, turmeric, galangal for cooking spices and drinks. after watching this, I appreciate them more and will plant more even though we can easily buy them at the market.
Such a jolly video to watch as the weather cools. Ive had several unsuccessful attempts at growing ginger but youve inspired me to have one more go. Loved the section at the botanic gardens too and appreciated the ginger coordinating outfit!
Glad the ginger outfit was noticed and appreciated! :-)
I am looking forward to harvesting my first harvest of ginger soon. Thanks for al the tips!
"what the hell?" thought I, and followed your instructions when this video came out 2 months ago. Now there is a 5' tall ginger plant in my bathroom!!!! The leaves are so beautifully fragrant.
That is an absolute joy to hear! I’m so pleased it has done well for you.
I love watching your videos -informative, motivating, funny, and just the right amount of over the top. Appreciate you!
Wow,im always exited when you post!
Thanks for watching. 😀
Thank you for the ginger growing tutorial. I have just planted my first ginger rhizome today. Thanks.
Fantastic video, thanks Ben. Starting a project in 2024 with our local council to try new crops that we don't normally grow here in Ireland, including ginger. Now I am inspired to try turmeric too!
That's wonderful to hear! I hope your project really works well. :-)
Lovely to hear, Good Luck with your Project 👍
Easily explained lots of information easy to understand no drama thank you
Wow! Definitely going to try this! Love fresh ginger and what I get at the store is awful. We're taking a trip to UK later this year and want to visit the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh!!! Can't wait to get started.
You will love the Royal botanic garden in Edinburgh. So inspirational! Enjoy your trip over to the UK.
Visit Kew Gardens in West London, wonderful day out.
Thank you for this video! Love learning about the personality of the plant, loved learning about over wintering. Im excited to continue too see the ginger i planted grow
Starting some ginger inside now and hoping for the best next year. Also going to plant outside next spring because I use ginger guite a bit and always have a good supply. Thanks for the info.
Hope you get a bountiful harvest. :-)
I've struggled with ginger/galangal/turmeric, likely my climate just too dry, IDK. Zone 9a should be OK in terms of temperature.
I"ve tried growing ginger and turmeric, but didn't get a great harvest. In fact my ginger rotted away last season. I'll definitely try your tips to hopefully be more successful. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you get a good crop next time round.
Really great video. I've grown ginger a couple of times and harvest the pink young rhizomes. Never thought to bring it indoors over winter. Thanks for the additional tips on using it in the kitchen.
Thanks for the freezing before grating tip.
I grew galangal in NorCal for many years and it was gargantuan. Also gave a beautiful subtropical feel to my garden. I gave so much of it away. Wonderful plants to grow:) thank you for your lovely video.
Perfect timing! I have a ginger plant that I started last winter and was wondering what I needed to do with it during our Texas winter that will be coming in a month or two. Problem solved! Thank you for your interesting and thorough explanation.
So pleased this video helped. :-)
Was so excited to harvest about 5 litre bucket of turmeric after 2 years of trial and error s ( used a wicking bed, in a greenhouse, temperate climate in Autralia). I scrubbed tubers with brush & put through a rotary grater & then fermented in brine (1.5 tsp salt/cup water) about 5 days, then refrigerated. Did start to brown (oxidise) on top so put layer of olive oil over top. Been using it now for several months, keeping well, so convenient. And being fermented its a probiotic food
What a superb way to preserve it - great job!
Finally the best video on growing ginger I have seen. I have learnt so much from this thank you Ben once again some of the best advice on growing your own. I planted ginger earlier this year, but have not potted them on as they grew so they are in quite narrow pots. Growing in wider pots makes sense to the way they grow. I hope I can keep mine going over winter and then get a good harvest next year now. And who knew there were so many sorts of ginger. The piece at the Botanic Gardens was great. I would love to give Turmeric ago next year too.
So pleased you enjoyed the video Dawn, thanks for watching. Here's to a fab crop of ginger next year. :-)
Another brilliant video Ben thank you! I have a big piece of ginger in the kitchen that I’m now going to plant! Best tip was freezing ginger then grating fantastic! ☘️ ☘️ ☘️
Thanks so much Ben. Been wanting to try to grow ginger.
I am so excited. I will start growing ginger your way. Thanks so much
Excellent! :-)
I don’t care for ginger but I always enjoy watching your videos
Thanks so much. :-)
I never cared for ginger either, but in my adulthood I have learned to love it. I mince it and place it in my drinking water with honey and lemon slices. (I never cared for water until my daughter introduced me to this. But, the reason I am responding to your comment is that the health benefits that I have experienced since using ginger have been phenomenal. Over 30 years of visiting doctors and it appears that ginger and turmeric (a species of the ginger family) have helped me more than I could ever have hoped for. Please, give it a try every so often. ❤️
I make a tea from ginger turmeric clove .. it’s really good and not over powering just refreshing and very healthy
Wow! Had no idea there were so many kinds of ginger, amazing! Thank you so much for this truly excellent presentation!
Thanks for watching. :-)
Thank you so much! Ginger is one of the plants I can't wait to grow once I have a suitable space for it and this video is very helpful, especially since I live in a cooler climate as well. 😄
So pleased you found it useful. Hope you get to get some ginger started soon. :-)
I will be growing ginger to make ginger bugs to make my ferment sodas. Ginger Ale/Beer will be my number one soda.
I'm growing my first gingers now. Two pots just like you showed but i used a mix of potting mix and compost.
I didn't soak them so they were very late sprouting but im looking forward to next year when I should get my first harvest.
Oh, and I'm now on ny second year of garlic 😁
Great stuff - I'm sure you'll get a fab harvest of ginger. :-)
After watching this video I will be getting my pots and soil ready to grow ginger!!
Great stuff! :-)
Couple points: (1) If you think of it as a foliage plant, you can justify planting it more (and overwintering in the house). Ginger and Turmeric really add a tropical feel. Good mixed with Bromeliads and Orchids. (2) I grate fresh ginger - easy enough - and then squeeze it and the fibrous pulp in my fingers to add the juice to the dish. No freezing required. (3) I've had great success with turmeric here in the Bay Area, CA, but it needs patience in spring. It takes a while to emerge. Ginger, for me, usually starts taking off only late in the season, probably because I havent bothered to establish a perennial patch yet. So, I think its important to remember these are long-term, perennial plants. Overall, I would grow them in a greenhouse as ornamentals and pick some as a fragrant crop, rather than think of these as a way to grow your own and save some money. But obviously in a tropical climate, they would make great garden plants for permaculture.
Some really good points and tips here. Thanks so much for sharing. :-)
I am moving into my new home, the house is not new only new to me, and I am looking forward to growing all sorts of things, ginger included. Thank you for your informative video.
That was a very good and comprehensive introduction to ginger. I grew ginger (from the grocery shop) some years ago on the window sill in a rather cool house, actually. Got many plants about 2-3 feet high. I didn't harvest in the first year, but unfortunately, they went to mush over winter. I just tried it out without any guidance whatsoever (pre internet). Up to the point of loosing them when overwintering, they were the easiest thing to grow.
Hope you get to try them again. :-)
Hi .I live in an apartment. We have a balcony that is south facing. A communal gardens where we have a small raised bed. This we grew potatoes, onions carrots and beetroot. At the moment I have put herbs in the bed. I was thinking of growing ginger next year in a pot on the balcony. It seems easy to grow. So I will be giving it a go.
That's great to hear Elizabeth. Just be sure to protect it from the cold - perhaps bringing it inside on chilly nights. :-)
I will. Thank you.
Another brilliant episode! Thank you so much, I’ve learnt so much from you!😊
Thanks so much for watching. :-)