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21 Dec 23, (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)

Read the notes here about growing them or do some google searches.

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28 Nov 23, Arthur Brown (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Can ginger grow effectively in Johannesburg South that gets a summer rainfall?

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06 Nov 23, Bridget kor (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

My ginger was growing well after getting a piece of my neighbours established plant. We have had a very wet winter and after dieing right back it has not resprouted. Neither had the neighbours. Did the wet do this? Should I lift the bulbs and replant it?

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01 Sep 23, Marlene (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in Perth WA. I planted my ginger over a year ago. The leaves are turning yellow. I have quite a few healthy plants in a half barrel pot. My question is:Do I need to dig up the whole lot or can I cut off a piece and replant the rest of the rhizomes? We are moving into summer.

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06 Sep 23, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Read the notes here about harvesting it.

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28 Jul 23, dz (USA - Zone 10a climate)

the guide says for Zone 10A to plant ginger in Feb, but sometimes you just have to adapt as things occur. A couple of weeks ago (July), my wife handed me a piece of store bought ginger that had started to grow a shoot, so I put it in a small clean snack cup, added about 1/2" of water, and checked it daily, adding and/or changing water as needed, and in a couple weeks it had grown a lot of roots, and the shoot grew to about 4 inches and opened its third leaf, so this morning I planted it outside in a 5-gallon bucket and will continue to monitor it closely.

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10 Nov 23, Eric (USA - Zone 10b climate)

I have a newly started piece of ginger growing. I am in zone 10 B and was wondering if it would do well through the winter outside or if I should bring it inside. Any insight is appreciated.

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26 Feb 24, dz (USA - Zone 10a climate)

Eric, my ginger grew very well in the 5-gallon bucket and three additional shoots grew up, which I think means new root (rhizome) lobes have grown, and I've been leaving it alone during the winter to see how it does. We had minor frost a couple of nights in January and a lot of my more tropical / warm climate plants took some damage, including the ginger. As of today, the green growth has all died off, so I'll need to carefully check to see if the roots are still solid and not rotting from wet weather. My Taro root in a bucket next to the ginger also died down from the frost but has quickly recovered and is starting to grow some new leaves, so hopefully the ginger starts growing again soon.

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22 Jul 23, (USA - Zone 9b climate)

It also says it will not grow in 9a/b which are warm climates.

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27 Jul 23, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Try it then.

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