Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
A few months ago I thought what the heck, and planted a sprouting
piece of ginger root in the conservatory. Since then I've had a bit of a job with keeping red spider mite off it, have been treated to several rather tall wispy stems of leaves, and it's just started to grow yet more. I wasn't expecting it to grow a huge flower bud, but it has! Anyone else had this experience? I shall be taking photos when it opens, for sure... -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
#2
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]() A few months ago I thought what the heck, and planted a sprouting piece of ginger root in the conservatory. Since then I've had a bit of a job with keeping red spider mite off it, have been treated to several rather tall wispy stems of leaves, and it's just started to grow yet more. I wasn't expecting it to grow a huge flower bud, but it has! Anyone else had this experience? I shall be taking photos when it opens, for sure... I did plant a couple of supermarket ginger roots. Both sprouted very uninteresting looking shoots. I gave one to a friend who said his just keeled over and died. Mine did the same a couple of months later - just seemed to rot near soil level and the whole shoot fell over - so not a great deal of success! |
#3
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
"datsy" wrote:
A few months ago I thought what the heck, and planted a sprouting piece of ginger root in the conservatory. Snip grow yet more. I wasn't expecting it to grow a huge flower bud, but it has! I did plant a couple of supermarket ginger roots. Both sprouted very uninteresting looking shoots. I gave one to a friend who said his just keeled over and died. Mine did the same a couple of months later - just seemed to rot near soil level and the whole shoot fell over - so not a great deal of success! There's merely a curiosity value attached to growing common root ginger. Despite its many values from a herballistic and culinary point of view, it must be one of the least attractive members of an otherwise fascinating and often highly ornamental family of plants. The most commonly sold form has thin, weak stems to less than 1m. high, bearing narrow, grassy leaves of little or no merit. Flowers are infrequently produced towards the end of the growing season and are yellowish tinged dull purple. They appear between the rather tightly packed bracts of a greenish, cone-like inflorescence which is carried on a short stem. Root ginger is best grown in large pots containing a well drained, loam-based compost and watered only lightly until growing strongly. Once a good amount of foliage has developed, watering can be increased and the plant will benefit from occasional liquid feeds. Direct sun will burn the foliage, but too much shade will cause the plants to eventually keel over. Common root ginger is naturally deciduous and will die down in autumn. It is at this time that the roots are dug up and dried in the sun to ripen them and improve keeping qualities. Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
#4
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
jane wrote or quoted:
A few months ago I thought what the heck, and planted a sprouting piece of ginger root in the conservatory. Since then I've had a bit of a job with keeping red spider mite off it, have been treated to several rather tall wispy stems of leaves, and it's just started to grow yet more. I wasn't expecting it to grow a huge flower bud, but it has! Interesting ;-) Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? http://timtyler.freeshell.org/cr/pro...turmeric_1.jpg http://timtyler.freeshell.org/cr/pro...s/galangal.jpg http://timtyler.freeshell.org/cr/pro...ts/karachi.jpg -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
#5
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote:
Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? Can't tell you anything about karachi root, but judging by the rhizomes (upside down in the pic) I suspect it may be a form of ginger as are the other two. Turmeric - Curcuma longa (syn. domestica) is a very handsome plant with ornamental foliage and very attractive 12 - 18" high spikes of long lasting bracts that are vivid pink fading to green, each surrounding a rather ephemeral translucent white flower. Now is not the time to start trying to grow it because it is naturally deciduous in winter and needs a long warm growing season. Plant in pots of multi-purpose compost during Feb/early March making sure that the rhizomes are plump, healthy with obviously live buds. Barely cover the rhizomes, water lightly and place in a very warm position (about 22-25C is fine). Water only when virtually dry and do not water regularly until new leaves have started to expand. Once growing strongly, keep the plants very moist and feed weekly with a balanced fertiliser. Galangal is applied to 2 very different members of the ginger family - Kaempferia galanga & Alpinia officinarum (syn. A. galanga) , but the rhizomes you have pictured are from the Alpinia. This is a relatively easy plant to grow forming clumps of cane like stems to around 6 - 8 feet or more, clad in fine foliage and terminated by rather handsome spikes of fragrant white flowers. It needs warmth, but is possible as an imposing pot plant. This one you can pot up now. Place healthy rhizomes in a large pot of multi-purpose compost and water lightly until growing strongly. feed every 6 weeks in winter and every week in summer. Keep in good light and maintain temperatures above 16C. Alpinias do not have a true resting season and continue growing as long as reasonable temperatures are maintained. Both of the above plants are susceptible to red spider if kept in a very dry atmosphere and appreciate good humidity if they are to grow well. A light misting of the foliage daily will keep them happy. They can be stood out of doors during the warmer summer months - Curcuma preferring light shade whereas Alpinia will be happiest in full sun. HTH Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
#6
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
Dave Poole wrote or quoted:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote: Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? Can't tell you anything about karachi root, but judging by the rhizomes (upside down in the pic) I suspect it may be a form of ginger as are the other two. My spelling might have helped: Boesenbergia pandurata - krachai/finger root I can confirm it a member of Zingiberaceae (the ginger family). Thanks for the comprehensive post ;-) I'll have a go with some of these. The freshest turmeric I can get hold of comes from a fridge - I hope it's still viable. -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
#7
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote:
Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? I find the powder just turns in to a paste and never sprouts. ;-) -- Tim C. |
#8
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
Tim Challenger wrote or quoted:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote: Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? I find the powder just turns in to a paste and never sprouts. ;-) The powder is a pale shadow of the real thing. If you have a local chinese market, check it out. -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
#9
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote:
Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? So far my ginger has sprouted - but my Turmeric and Karachi have not shown any signs of life. I will persist... -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
#10
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
The message
from Tim Tyler contains these words: On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote: Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? So far my ginger has sprouted - but my Turmeric and Karachi have not shown any signs of life. I will persist... I can't remember what it was, but i have a rhizomey-thing with pointy fingers which grow downwards from it. I planted it this spring, and it has only just begun sprouting a rather ginger-ish appearing leaf, so, don't despair... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
#11
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
Tim Tyler wrote:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote: Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? So far my ginger has sprouted - but my Turmeric and Karachi have not shown any signs of life. I will persist... -- I planted a piece of ginger in my allotment back in July - nothing at all sprouted. Last weekend I decided to dig it up - there was only the outer skin left and nothing at all inside. I tried years ago to grow it in a pot also without much luck - didn't rot, but didn't grow either. What am I doing wrong? Do you put a whole piece with a few buds? How deep? Should it be done in spring? Griz |
#12
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]() "Tim Tyler" wrote in message ... On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote: Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? So far my ginger has sprouted - but my Turmeric and Karachi have not shown any signs of life. I will persist... -- I picked up a tuber type thing from a tropical food stall in the market down near London Bridge this spring. It's grown - buts it's totally boring, about 2ft high, green 'floppy' leaves all the way up the stem. It shows no sign of flowering or doing anything else interesting ! I've no idea what it is.......:~)) Jenny |
#13
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote or quoted:
from Tim Tyler contains these words: So far my ginger has sprouted - but my Turmeric and Karachi have not shown any signs of life. I will persist... I can't remember what it was, but i have a rhizomey-thing with pointy fingers which grow downwards from it. Did it perhaps look like an upside down version of this? http://timtyler.freeshell.org/cr/pro...ts/karachi.jpg -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
#14
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
Tim Tyler wrote or quoted:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote: Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in the UK? So far my ginger has sprouted - but my Turmeric and Karachi have not shown any signs of life. I will persist... Hah! First signs of life from the Turmeric too! I just hope I don't find these plants as disappointing as people say ;-) -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. |
#15
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:09:07 +0100, griz wrote:
~Tim Tyler wrote: ~ ~ On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote: ~ ~ Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in ~ the UK? ~ ~ So far my ginger has sprouted - but my Turmeric and Karachi have not ~ shown any signs of life. I will persist... ~ -- ~ ~I planted a piece of ginger in my allotment back in July - nothing at all ~sprouted. ~Last weekend I decided to dig it up - there was only the outer skin left ~and nothing at all inside. ~ ~I tried years ago to grow it in a pot also without much luck - didn't rot, ~but didn't grow either. What am I doing wrong? Do you put a whole piece ~with a few buds? How deep? Should it be done in spring? ~ I mentioned on urg a few weeks ago that I'd had quite some success with my experimental ginger. I planted a 4" length root from the local supermarket with a couple of shoots on it. I now have loads of shoots and some 5 flower cones too! I am waiting for it to die back naturally before I dig it up and see how big my root is now. Hopefully 3-4 x as big as it was. I only used a 7" pot so it might not be as big as it could have been... I grew it in a humid and hot conservatory, and it got hammered by red spider mite. But it survived. -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Grow ginger from "root" | Gardening | |||
Growing root ginger | United Kingdom | |||
Growing root ginger | United Kingdom | |||
Growing root ginger | United Kingdom | |||
Ginger, glorious ginger | Gardening |