On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:57:25 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 06:28:20 -0600, "Janet Bostwick"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> Are you experiencing a shortage of ginger root in your area? Two
>>>> weeks ago I couldn't find any in the stores, this week all I could
>>>> find was tiny bits and pieces. Did something happen to damage the
>>>> crop? Janet
>>> Thanks for your replies, folks. You all live around me, so here in
>>> Idaho we should be getting ginger as well. Unless there is a great
>>> conspiracy?? Janet
>>>
>>
>> I haven't bought ginger in ages. I keep some growing in a pot and just
>> dig up a bit when I need it.
>>
>> Boron
>
>I was just about to ask directions for that. Please? Big pot? What kind
>of plant pops up? Do you plant several pieces? C'mon, give Boron.
>Details, details.
>Janet
>

At least an 10" pot, regular to slightly sandy soil. Pick a piece of
ginger that seems to have eyes on it. Place at least a 3-4" chunk of
it in the pot and keep it in the shade. Bright, but indirect light is
fine, though. It'll burn in the sun.

Long, thin green leaves will sprout up like a green leaf fountain and
grow from spring to late fall, then die back over the winter. It'll
still be alive and grow again the next year.

Any time you want ginger, just reach down, find a piece of new growth
and cut it off, returning the rest to the pot.

Right now I have ginger, galangal and turmeric growing like that. Of
course, I am insane...I am probably the only person in northern New
Jersey with an Arbequina olive tree about to bloom, too. I swear I
will get that sucker to fruit.

And I am growing a giant sequoia in a pot, too.

Boron