I’ve never grown ginger before and don’t really know if zone 9 in Bakersfield, California is a successful area to cultivate the stuff; but my brother gave me some rhizomes to try. They aren’t fat, full rhizomes either. The odds may be against me. I’ve looked at a few ways to try growing them and it looks fairly easy. My thought is to plant them out with a bed of daylilies. Sunny, warm/hot location in well drained soil that gets watered daily.
According to Botanical.com: Naturalized in America after the discovery of that country by the Spaniards. Francisco de Mendosa transplanted it from the East Indies into Spain, where Spanish-Americans cultivated it vigorously, so that in 1547 they exported 22,053 cwt. into Europe.
I’ll give it a shot and plant some tomorrow. In the meantime, if anyone has any words of advice please post them in the comments section. Thanks
4 comments:
I bet it would do fine. I'm growing it for the first time and it has survived our hot, dryyyyy summer.
Love the title of your post. :)
Everything is worth a try. It's funny how some things aren't "supposed" to grow in a zone and then do. Wow, we are close. I'm in Frazier Park!
I used to work in a produce department, and we got the most beautiful ginger from Alabama, so I'm sure you can do it. Good luck!
I'm growing some inside in a pot. The ginger is plump and shiny .. with one long green shoot. I'm thinking it likes my dining room, and if I've done nothing other that semi-preserve the rhizome, that can me used later, I've succeeded. Soon I will unearth most of the plant and take a look see.
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