How to Grow Ginger - Complete Growing Guide

Ginger is super rewarding and easy to grow! Just a few things to consider to get it right. We will talk about container choices, soil, where to get ginger, fertilizer, watering, temperature, sun exposure, and more.
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[stephaniehanuman-dale]

I planted ginger for the first time this year in containers in my greenhouse. I planted them on April 18th and I found little sprouts poking through the soil today🌱💚🤗

[jamesbarisitz]

Garlic and ginger should be in every garden. Fact filled tutorial on the plant. Excellent presentation as usual. ✌😃

[dianamueller]

I learned why my ginger did not grow last year. I planted it vertically. Thank you for this wonderful information!!

[Lcurtx]

I need to get mine planted. I bought ginger from grocery store. Organic, It looks really good right now.

[beckycucchi]

I also do the same with Turmeric. Trying Horseradish this year after I saw your video on it last week.

[mcastanedajones]

With your video I just learned how to harvest it!!... Once a 2 inch piece sprouted in my kitchen and I tossed on rectangular plastic container, weeks later I pulled the whole plant out and it was a HUGE, MASSIVE root! I didn't know you can brake pieces of it while leaving the rest on the container, thank you for that very useful information.

[tonyjenkins]

Thanks for the video! Someone at my son-in-law's workplace today sat out a grocery bag of ginger for fellow workers. Daughter said that's great, because fresh ginger isn't all that cheap, or plentiful, in today's world. We immediately started talking about whether we should look into growing our own. Bam! Found your video. Tanks, again.

[theheritagehousesc]

I leave mine in the ground and harvest as needed. It comes back year after year. I grew it in full sun, morning sun and afternoon sun areas and grew just as great in all. It likes moist soil the best. I never fertilize mine and the soil i plant it is just garden soil with no amendments and does great! It dies down to the ground in winter and comes back in spring and multiplies like crazy! The only care it gets is some staking to protect the stacks from falling.

[victoriajohnson]

I grew ginger and turmeric in my window sill over the winter! Took several months before i saw any above ground growth. Be really patient!

[weblizard]

Hi- excited to try growing ginger, but I have to correct something in your video. Ginger “root” is a rhizome, a horizontal underground stem. The growth comes from nodes on the stem, as a white potato “eye” is also a node.
That’s why they grow horizontally- it’s a stem.
I don’t mean to be rude; I just covered this in class, and I often mention food & gardening stuff with botany.
Thanks!

[SowViableGardens]

Nice video. In south Florida I have found they love to be mulched. This helps them stay moist in between waterings and it helps keep them insulated during our winters which aren’t very cold .

[stephanygates]

I just started my first ever ginger eyes on wet paper towel and find this! The eyes perked up in a couple of days, and I’m planning on overwintering indoors, like my orange tree. So container, definitely. Good to know I can expect a good harvest in 2023!

[PharMamaUSA]

Not sure why I felt intimidated to grow ginger. Can’t wait to grow in my sterilite self watering tub. Thank you for showing us how easy it is

[eriklane]

This is my first year growing ginger. Thanks for the tips, Luke.
Have a great growing season!

[Bluegreen-vv]

I had mine in a moist paper towel in a Ziploc bag for 5 months. ( I forgot about it til I did spring cleaning!🤣)
Anyways it had some very long good and strong roots coming off of the rhizome/tuber itself.
He is correct on all the rest!♥️
I really appreciate your content! So informational and you present it in a friendly, easy going way. 💐Fantastic!💐
🌻 I use your videos for my grandsons to watch and learn. They really enjoy your teaching and communication style. It's simple and engaging!
🌹After they watch one of your videos then they get to do hands on gardening and use the knowledge!♥️
I think it is important for them to learn gardening from other than just me!😉 It's great to watch them listening and learning and putting it to action! They are so proud of themselves! Thankyou so very much!🥰🥰

[jamestan]

Very clear to understand your video. Great help. And your experience. Bless you. From Malaysia.

[AlissaPaige]

Can you do a video on harvesting, storing, uses, and benefits of ginger? I just planted mine today eventhough I'm not a huge ginger person. I've been having alot of health issues (GI and extremely low BP w/a high pulse) I'm trying to think of every natural thing I can do to help possibly. ❤❤❤❤

[imover]

I am down in Ohio, zone 6b, so your videos are very relatable to me. Really appreciate this upload cause I always thought I couldn't grow ginger here! I love ginger so much and eat lots of it, so I'm going out to get some roots today. Thanks for posting this.

[rrbb]

Have you ever looked into fertilizing with comfrey?
I stopped buying fertilizer 2 yrs ago. Since I have horses, rabbits and chickens, I compost the manure they produce, but I also fertilize with my homegrown comfrey. And if I didn’t have the animals, comfrey is so amazing, I would use it exclusively.

[beckycucchi]

I live in S. FL and grew so much last year that I didn't harvest it all leaving it to come up again this year. I use 7 gallon grow bags and on bag with 2 small pieces that I started inside. one bag had 4 1/2 lbs and was so tight in the bag I had to cut the bag up to get it out as they put out massive amount of fine and finger size roots. I do the