Ginger - the plant is quite common. In food use the root as a seasoning for vegetable, meat dishes, in baking, make from it useful drinks. Most often buy in the markets or in stores ginger, how to grow it in suburban areas and houses on the windowsill, do not know everything. The technology of growing this plant is simple. Ginger shoots externally resemble bamboo.
Grow ginger at home on the window quite easily
First we go to the market and buy fresh ginger root. It should clearly see the eyes, of which later shoots will develop. The root should be divided into little pieces, each should have 2-3 eyes, you can plant it with one eye, but the bush will develop longer and the window will look weak. Sections should be powdered with wood ash and dried. If there is no ash, then you can do without it. Next, we plant the roots in a nutrient mixture, any soil will do, well, if it contains humus. In the pot must be a drainage hole, on the bottom it is desirable to pour some sand. After planting ginger, how to grow it, you can not worry. Now we must wait for the roots to grow the root system, only after this shoots will go into growth. It is only necessary to periodically water the earth, so that it does not dry out much, keep it in a slightly wet state. Fill should not, otherwise the roots can rot. The first shoots will appear about a month later and will continue to grow very quickly. In winter, watering is needed in moderate, in spring and in summer - abundant. If the shoots begin to bend under their own weight, they should be supported. If necessary, transplant ginger into a pot of larger diameter (if the roots of the drainage hole protrude). By the next spring, ginger will blossom, there is no special decorativeness in flowers, but it's still nice when your pets feel good. The root of the ginger after flowering will ripen in 1-2 months, and it will be possible to harvest the first crop, if this is not done, the pot may crack. The plant is shaken out of the pot and a piece of 2-3 shoots is cut off from the rhizome. Him Can be planted in a new nutrient mixture, and the rest of the root is used for food. Wonderful plant ginger! How to grow it at home, we figured out. Now let's go further, we'll plant it on the bed.
Useful ginger - growing in the country
We buy fresh ginger root and just like in the first case, cut it into several pieces, sprinkle the slices with ashes and dry it. Now we plant ginger in the dacha section. How to grow - we will consider further. Planting should be carried out as early as possible, it resembles the planting of potatoes. Ideally, this is the beginning of March, but this is possible only in warm regions. In the rest at this time, snow still lies on the sites, so we put the ginger planting on the beginning or middle of April. We plant to a depth of about 15 cm in well-fertilized soil humus. Next you need to weed, loosen, if necessary, water. It is better if the area where ginger grows will be light and protected from the wind. After a while there will be shoots, and by July it will blossom with "red whiskers" of reddish color. The harvest is excavated in the autumn, at the end of September - in October, in the southern regions you can leave the tubers in the ground until December.