Ginger and Turmeric Growing at Home - Part 2

Intact First part The theme was breeding in the spring until shortly before the last Ice Saints in May. At that time, the plants on the windowsill had already grown quite large. I had to plant them there in larger pots than I had planned.

Then, after the last frost, I planted the plants again in larger pots and brought them into the garden. Unknowing what a dry summer is ahead of us, I have already created an automatic watering from the beginning. That was a good decision with the high temperatures and the little precipitation.

The location was chosen so that the plants had sun from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. For the next season I would probably try a slightly sunnier place. But they all developed very nicely and now in autumn a small jungle had emerged 😊

The harvest was exciting. Among ginger plants, the largest plant was also the one with the largest rhizome. I already knew that from last year. The ginger grows flat apart, not into the depths, and then drifts out again and again. Beneath each shoot is a new segment of the rhizome.

Since I have never grown turmeric, I was particularly interested in this one.
Even though the rhizomes of both plants look very similar in the store and are also very similar in breeding, the tubers grow very differently in the soil.
In turmeric, it is a web of roots that grow downwards. Parts of these roots (and possibly most of them with a longer summer) then thicken from the leafline to the tubers we know from the supermarket.



These “fingers” can then be broken off.
Excitingly, I also found that the largest of the plants had not formed the most tubers below. I think next year, as already mentioned, I will try a sunnier place. And let one or the other plant stand until all leaves are dead. Maybe I’ll get more tubers.

But I find the yield this year already quite good and look forward to the harvest 😎

Together with the chillis (some of which unfortunately did not mature) a nice picture emerges. And for the winter also the anticipation to cook with your own ingredients 😉

Have fun growing your own plants :