Boron Elgar wrote:
> 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

Thank you. Another 10-inch dormant pot in the house in the winter would be
a bit much I think. . .I currently have 4 of them in the house overwintering
my tuberroses. If I can find some good hands, I think I will freeze them.
Janet