How to grow ginger at home from a root tuber with photos and videos

Ginger is a useful plant. First of all, its root is valued, which is used in medicine and cooking. But the plant itself will delight with beautiful flowering, if you create suitable conditions for it, since it will not be possible to grow ginger at home without this. Before growing ginger at home, you need to study the conditions of its natural growth.

Pot and soil

For a plant like ginger, growing at home involves both planting in a pot and planting in open ground.When growing in a pot, a wide container is chosen, since a spicy tuber needs a large space to grow. But for plant cultivation only for decorative purposes, a deep and narrow container is suitable.

Ginger needs good drainage. Expanded clay or river gravel up to 5 cm high is poured onto the bottom of the pot. The layer of earth that is covered on top does not need to be crushed.

To plant a healing tuber in a pot, you can purchase ready-made soil. Best of all, this plant takes root in the soil for vegetable crops or citrus fruits. But you can prepare the soil yourself by mixing earth, sand and humus in equal parts. The same composition is suitable for planting ginger in the garden. Also, the soil should be soft, loose and breathable so that the sprouts make their way up unhindered.

How to grow ginger from a root, root tuber?

Ginger is a heat-loving plant, so it can be planted in open ground only in the southern part of Russia. In other regions of our country, growing ginger from the root at home is best done in a pot.

This is a plant with tuberous roots, so it reproduces vegetatively. The rhizome of ginger is tuberous, develops horizontally. 1 tuber is enough for planting.

Preparation

Preparing a plant for planting in a pot begins with the selection of a tuber. Planting material must not be dry or damaged. A good copy is a thick milky yellow root with branches. The more "eyes" (shooting buds) on the tuber, the higher the chance of germination. Moreover, such kidneys should be located on all parts of the root.

Before planting shoot buds must be activated.To do this, the tubers are immersed in warm water for 3-4 hours. You can add a little potassium permanganate to the water to disinfect the tubers. This procedure is performed immediately after the acquisition of planting material. You can also put the tubers in a dark, cool place for 2-3 weeks.

Large roots are cut into several pieces along the lintels. The cut is sprinkled with ash. The main rule when dividing tubers is that each part must have at least 1 "eye". Dividing larger tubers is essential as plantings may be too dense.

How to plant ginger root?

Planting tubers begin in February-March. However, before planting ginger at home, you need to find a suitable place for it. At home in the tropics, this medicinal plant prefers shady places, but in a temperate climate without sun, ginger will freeze.

Although the pot for planting a tropical plant is large, the tubers are not buried deep. They are laid out on the surface of the soil so that the kidneys look up. Then sprinkled on top with a damp substrate. The thickness of the top layer should not exceed 3 cm.

Seedlings put in a warm sunny place. Indoors, it is best to place the pot on a south-facing windowsill, and move it to a cooler spot in the summer. However, fast shoots should not be expected. The first sprouts appear 2 weeks after planting.

Ginger care at home

The homeland of the healing root is the south-eastern countries of Asia with a tropical climate. There, this perennial plant can reach a height of 1 m. To grow the same plant in Russian conditions, you will have to try, because you need to carefully care for ginger.

Temperature

Ginger loves a warm climate, so the acceptable temperature for it is +18… +24 °C. If the root crop is planted on the street, then the landing site should be protected both from wind and strong shading, and from excessive direct sunlight.

In order for the care of ginger at home to quickly lead to flowering, the pot with the plant should be in a warm and bright place. But you need to make sure that the soil does not dry out, and the leaves do not burn in the sun.

Lighting

The best place to grow ginger is a plot next to garden trees. So the beds with a divorced root crop will be located in a small shade, however, they will have enough sunlight.

Indoors, a pot with a root crop is placed near the window. In summer, during the period of bright daytime sun, it is better to remove the container deep into the room or move it to a window facing the northwest side.

Irrigation

Healing plant loves moisture, however, before the appearance of the first buds, it needs moderate watering. Water should not stagnate in a pot, but the soil should not be allowed to dry out. If the air temperature is high, then watering is increased.

When the temperature drops, the plant needs less moisture. To keep the soil moist, you can take the pot outside in a shady place in the heat.

Growing perennial loves daily spraying. To prevent burns on the leaves, spraying from a spray bottle is best done in the morning and evening. Features of growing ginger require constant care of the soil. After each watering, the soil should be loosened so that air enters the roots.

Fertilizer

Growing ginger at home, like any greenery used to growing in other climatic conditions, is not an easy task. Therefore, one cannot do without dressings that ensure the normal growth of a spicy tuber. Feeding, loosening and moisture are what ginger loves.

At the beginning of growth, you can feed the soil with potash fertilizers. During active growth, complex mineral fertilizers are used for root crops. Six months after planting, organic and potash supplements alternate. Fertilizers are applied to the soil once a week.

Pests and diseases

Since the "tropical doctor" in unusual climatic conditions for him most often grows indoors, many natural pests are not afraid of him. However, when taking the pot outside in the summer, the plant can be attacked by a spider mite. The pest can be identified by the characteristic accumulation of small yellow dots on the leaves. Pest control is simple:

Once a week, the leaves and stem are treated with a fungicide until the spider mite disappears;
spray regularly, and then cover the ground part of the plant with a plastic bag, creating a greenhouse effect that is detrimental to the spider mite;
carry out preventive measures to help prevent the appearance of pests on the leaves.

But most often the diseases of a tropical root crop are associated with improper care of it. Due to the lack of air and direct sunlight during the hot period, the leaves turn yellow and fade. Due to the lack of moisture, the leaves begin to dry quickly.

Harvesting

Ginger grows slowly even in its usual tropics. In cool climates, its growth slows down even more. The first fruits should be expected a year after planting, since the roots begin to ripen only in the middle of autumn. And to enjoy the wonderful flowering of the "tropical doctor", it is better to wait another 1 year. To do this, you just need to leave the roots in the soil.

The signal for harvesting ginger grown in the apartment is the withering of the ground part. Most often this happens in the middle of winter. As soon as the ground part begins to turn slightly yellow and droop, watering is stopped. After 3-4 days, you can dig up the roots and send them to dry and store.Harvesting root crops can be started in the fall, but in this case you will not have to expect a good harvest.

How to properly store tubers? The root crop is placed in a dark cool place. A cellar or refrigerator is best suited for this. If long-term storage is foreseen, then the root crop should be wrapped in paper. However, when stored for more than 6 months, it begins to lose its healing properties, but it can again be used as planting material.