I am hoping to get something going like you have now. Our trees are still young, I’m experimenting to see what can grow as carefree herbal companions around their drip line. Calendula is working well so far. Chamomile reseeds readily in our big raised beds but I am not sure it would make it around the trees—but I’m going to try.
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Do you cook them or eat raw? Mostly the young leaves?
Yep, they do indeed grow like ginger. Plant some and you’ll get a plant with a bunch of little fingers of tumeric
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I mostly chop them up real thinly and add them to beans, quinoa, grains, etc. I eat them raw, because I think that most Americans hardly eat anything raw and it harms our health. Many medical professionals suggest that. Raw veg is said to be better if you want to get thinner, and I definitely want to get thinner.
John S
PDX OR
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I think that both ginger and turmeric are subtropical and grow best in really hot places. Since I live in PNW, I buy them.
John S
PDX OR
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they are in the same family. I’ve grown them out in the garden from June until early oct. i basicly quadrupled my harvest in 4 months. i harvest just before a frost and store them in slightly moist sawdust in the unheated spare room. i get mine through esty.
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Great info. I might try that myself.
John S
PDX OR
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You’re in northern Maine? Do you get good summer heat? Very curious about your ginger / turmeric experience, as I too was under the (mistaken) impression that one requires a more tropical clime for those plants.
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a warmer , longer summer will get you better results but i at least quadruple my plantings with good soil and a lot of moisture. we rarely see 80 and 90 is even rarer but the last 10yrs. has seen that steadily increase. our days in summer up here average 16-18hrs so that also helps. i don’t plant them until mid June and only in raised beds where the soil is close to 70f by then. in your climate they should be a perennial.
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Ginger is easy to grow here if you get it started inside early. You leave it as long as you can in the fall…usually sometime in October. Our summers are hot and humid so that helps.
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I have this lb of organic yellow ginger, i’m going to break apart and start soaking this week. I’ll be growing it in #5 nursey pots.
I’ve never tried to grow ginger before, I might need some advice.
Thanks
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i break mine into fingers a few days before planting. letting the breaks dry up some before potting up. i put them just under the soil about 4in. apart. by oct they have filled in the spaces.
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Great info, thanks