How to Grow Ginger

Imagine, if you don't have to buy ginger from the grocery store anymore! When you have to use it in the tea or some recipes, all you have to do is, run to the ginger plant, dig a little soil, and grab that fresh piece of ginger root. All natural, all organic. Isn't it amazing? Growing ginger is not that difficult a task. If you already have some experience with your kitchen garden then, how to plant ginger should be an easy question with ready answers for you. But if not, then too, you do not have to worry as this article will tell you how to grow ginger at home, be it the backyard of your house, a terrace garden, or a pot.

How to Grow Ginger Indoors?

Given below are some of the simple steps that would help you in growing ginger right in your own home, that too very easily. Take a look...

First gather the following material and tools:

A big pot or a container, ginger roots, potting soil, compost makers, fertilizers
Bypass Pruner.

• Now proceed with a process of growing ginger root. Go to the nearby grocery store and buy fresh ginger roots. Check that the ginger looks fresh, shiny, and clean.
• After bringing it home, though ginger looks clean, wash it once again thoroughly under the running water.
• Now, take a bowl and fill it with room temperature water and soak the cleaned ginger in it for one night.
• Next morning, take a pot in which you wish to plant the ginger. Make sure that pot is of the significant size. Around fourteen inch wide and deep pot is ideal for growing ginger.
• Start preparing the pot for planting. Add loose soil and compost to the pot. The compost should be at least twenty to thirty percent of the total potting soil. More than that is welcome.
• Take a water in the jar or mug and add it to the pot. Make sure you do not water the plant excessively. You need to just wet the soil properly.
• Now remove the soaked ginger roots from the bowl and place them just below the surface of the soil. Do not plant them too deep or too close to each other. Also make sure that the bud opening or an 'eye' of the ginger should face the sky.
• Once the pot is ready with ginger plantation, water it moderately again and place it in the light shade. The temperature should be around 75 to 85 F.
• You need to water the plant regularly but initially water the plant lightly and slowly, when the shoots appear on the soil surface prominently, you can water them frequently.
• Continue watering and composting regularly and within 10 to 12 months the plant will mature for you to remove the ginger root from below the soil surface.
• If you wish to grow more ginger in other plants then dig up the new sprouts around the main plant and replant them in other pots using the same procedure.

The process may be time-consuming but I am sure you will feel proud when you will use your own natural ginger.

Tips on Ginger Plant Care

Given below are some of the tips that will help you in better ginger plant care:

• Choose a pot that drains well.
• Ginger plant requires a lot of moisture when it is actively growing.
• Till the plant is establishing, water it moderately or lightly.
• You do not have to water the plant everyday. An occasional deep watering is also beneficial.
• Do not water too heavily in the winter.
• Do not use harsh chemical filled fertilizers. Use balanced organic fertilizers once a month for the plant.
• Do not keep the ginger plant outside in the winters as it is not frost tolerant. It will die in excessive winter.
• Do not also keep the plant under the direct sunlight or do not expose it to excessive temperature. A light shade is ideal for ginger plant.

With the above tips, it is possible to grow fresh, plump, and organic ginger plant at your home. It will allow you to enjoy all the ginger health benefits with ease.