Growing Ginger

23 Jul 25 Jen (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hello calling COOL CLIMATE growers..... YES interested in growing GINGER>>>>> INDOORS....Is there anyone that can give some tips from experience??? Last year have 1st time planted a couple of broken off sprouting pieces of ginger...on the laundry bench north window... not knowing HOW long it takes... branches were going brown... Qld family suggested this time to harvest>>>? QUITE small harvest but at least organic....... so not sure IF my growing time must be longer OR what Organic fertiliser should I add more too>>>> ANY local info much appreciated... Thank you all...
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02 Sep 25 Brian (Australia - cool/mountain climate): We live in Gippsland, cold wet, fog and frost, planted a root purchased from the supermarket a couple of years ago to see how it would go, it's in a shallow 40cm. plastic pot on a clear laze light covered veranda with a north and west exposure. The ginger grows slower than up north but it grows. It's had a couple of years to settle in, just liquid fed and watered, this year we will harvest half and see how it goes.
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