ginger crop 5/5/09

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Comment by christopher zane hart on June 7, 2009 at 8:41am

i just store them in a wire barsket above my kitchen cabnets , as long as they are dry and cool they will go for a good 6 mounths .

Comment by Garry Sharman on June 6, 2009 at 6:07pm

its a great crop, how do you store it longer term?

Comment by christopher zane hart on May 21, 2009 at 4:51pm

hi Amanda , you can let it winter over , but this is a bit of a waste as you only need the buds to grow the next crop and if the conditions are bad (that is wet ) the Quality will drop . it is by far better to harvest once the leaves have startted to go yellow and die off, you get a crop and make space for a more productive crop over winter .

Comment by Amanda on May 20, 2009 at 5:13pm

Beautiful Chris.

Should all ginger be lifted now or will it be right in the ground over winter to regrow next spring?

Comment by Lotte on May 18, 2009 at 7:41pm

Redlands haven't been covered up by houses? I thought it had :-P

Comment by Scarlett Patrick on May 10, 2009 at 6:57pm

someone said the other day at work that redlands has the probably the last good agricultural soil around Brisbane that hasn't been covered up by houses

Comment by christopher zane hart on May 7, 2009 at 3:37pm

Thanks to everyone for your positive comments . Cassandra , a sandy loam would be ideal for Ginger , just add as much compost /well broken down manure as you can . dont water to heavily untill they are up and growing.plant your piece,s of rhizome in early spring, you can harvest fresh green rhizomes after about 5 months growth { late summer} leave the main crop until the leaves begin to yellow , late autumn even mid winter here on the coast, more like early autumn inland.

Comment by Trinette on May 7, 2009 at 8:06am

That is awesome Chris :-)

Comment by Lotte on May 6, 2009 at 9:00pm

Wow! So impressive!

Comment by Cassandra on May 6, 2009 at 6:49pm

so beautiful. What conditions do ginger like to grow in? i have very sandy soil. we found out there was a pool in out backyard and we have put our vegie garden right on top of a sand pit. we have built it up but would this be ok? does it need much water?