Edibable Ginger

Edibable Ginger Care

Zingiber Officinale - Roscoe.

What is the plant

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of leaves) about one meter tall bearing narrow leaf blades.

Ginger originated from Maritime Southeast Asia. It is a true cultigen and does not exist in its wild state.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Part Sun

Hardiness zone

min 7

Difficulty

Medium

Hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Ginger needs a lot of moisture while actively growing. The soil should never dry out. Don't overwater, though, because the water that drains away will take nutrients with it.
Pruning
Trim individual stems to the ground with loppers or hand pruners in early spring before new growth begins in frost-free zones if they flowered the previous summer. Stems that did not flower should still bloom. Ginger blooms on 2-year-old canes.
Fertilizer
Use a low-nitrogen fertilizer on ginger, like a 10-20-20. Too much nitrogen will cause ginger plants to grow excessive foliage, which will reduce rhizome yields. Discontinue the application of complete fertilizer when ginger plants begin to flower and then amend with a potassium fertilizer several times as the ginger plants mature in order to produce plump rhizomes.

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Temperature
Ginger plants begin to grow when the soil temperature is greater than 68 degrees Fahrenheit at a depth of 6 inches. Ginger grows best at temperatures around 77 degrees F.
Additional
An analysis of the science behind the toxicity of wild ginger, Asarum caudatum and Asarum canadense.
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