Ginger root is an incredible addition to almost all styles of cuisine, and it’s surprisingly easy to grow. There are a few different methods you can use, all of which work well. Some people just cut pieces of ginger, making sure a few eyes are on each piece and plant directly.
In this video, we are going to be growing ginger from the store by starting it off in bowls of water. Once new shoots and roots start developing from the growth nodes, we can either plant them directly in the soil, or snap them off and plant those pieces directly into the soil.
Growing ginger in containers is easy, too – it loves a nutrient-rich, moist soil and plenty of sun. So long as you give it those two things, it’ll grow vigorously and will be ready to harvest about ~4 months from planting.
In a perfect world, you’d plant ginger in the spring for a fall harvest, but depending on your climate you can get away with either a shorter or longer growing season.
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Efficient video! Good camerawork.
Great video? I just need to know how long does ginger take to grow?
I stole some ginger. I'll try to grow it myself. I don't even like ginger
What kind of water should I be using? Is tap water ok, or do I need to use distilled perhaps? It seems like tap water made my rhizome rot last time I tried a year or so ago.
well done! thank you!
Hey, question! What is the wood hand tool you're using to make holes called? My Dad does woodworking, mills his own wood too, and I'd love to have him make me one!
Amazing video. I do have a question though because I’m wanting to try this. Do I fully submerge the ginger or just give it a little in the bowl? Thanks for your help! ☺️
Roots down stems up that's the way we like to plant.
Please provide a video with timelapse if possible so we enjoy that journey of depth information
Thanks for the video! What is the name of that wooden mallet with the pointed end called?
I’m a new planter of things…. What soil do I use??
Really enjoy your videos: direct, to the point, great advice & visuals.
Does this really work? My ginger has been in water for 3 weeks and nothings happening.
Thank you for the information. Does this work for turmeric as well?
Love the video and it inspired me to grow my ginger as well. Now I have 4 to 5 foot shoots Which is nice but I don’t understand when should I expect to have some ginger.
I originally took old ginger root and put it in some soil. I started getting my shoots so I decided to re-plant in a larger container and when I did that I snapped the original ginger off just so I have the shoots and the roots. How do I know when to unearth the new Ginger? is there any way to know when you actually have new ginger roots growing that can be used Without destroying the plant to get to it?
How do you know when its ready to harvest?
I live in the Northeast. Can I plant ginger in the fall for spring?
I'm making a funny birthday comic for my friend, who loves ginger ale. In this comic, her pop has actual ginger something inside, to make her spit it out in disgust. It's for a pun Any advice? What part of ginger doesn't go inside the pop? I know this is random, but let's forget that.
Love the video straight to the point
It will snow here where I live, will ginger survive in the winter?
I love ginger I am so happy you put this out there for me to try it I definitely will be doing it today and let you know I’ll give you an update
I forgot about a piece of ginger I purchased on my pantry shelf and when I cleaned the shelf I found that a big huge green sprout had punched its way through the plastic bag. So without knowing what would happen I put the whole root in water and left it in my sunniest window sill and I went back to it two weeks later and its got 3 new sprouts and a mass of roots growing. I wasn't sure what to do at this stage but your video helped me..although the roots are all attached to the big piece of ginger, so should I cut that part off and just plant the roots and sprouts or will that damage it?
Daghang salamat sir,,may ask??what kind of water I put to Ginger to incourage leaves of ginger?
Can I still root the ginger even if its already peeled?
I really hate to say this to you. But, I believe that you are planting you Ginger shoots way to close together. You should spread them apart a lot further apart because when the Ginger root is mature it will be butting against each other for soil in your pot.
Didn't work that way on my ginger, the roots were on the rhizome and nowhere near the shoots and not connected to them either.