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Post by andy on Oct 29, 2008 17:25:14 GMT
Yeah OM but only the supermarket types...the ornamental ones seem to thrive outside if conditions favour them.
I wouldn't try a supermarket "hand" until spring either !
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 29, 2008 17:33:02 GMT
Well, I saw a sprouting supermarket lump around the place recently... if it hasn't been used or chucked away, maybe I'll bung it in under an improvised cloche and see what happens!
OM.
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Post by jean on Oct 29, 2008 22:10:35 GMT
I've recently been given a huge tuber from Maderia  No idea what colour it is so I will have to wait and see. Saw a yellow one in flower a month ago (also from Maderia) and it was amazing |
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 2, 2008 17:55:27 GMT
Ooooh I'm envious Andy, that perfume I'm wondering wether to move mine into the summer house for the winter, it's got loads of lush growth but no sign of flowers. It will be frost free in there because the walls are insulated and there would be a small amount of warmth from the hot tub motor and also any sun that hits the side with the glass roof  Good luck JL and OM. JL a read somewhere about splitting tubers, if I recall you need a knobbly bit on each bit you'd like to grow. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 4, 2008 14:57:35 GMT
I planted two bits of ginger yesterday and put the pots on the kitchen windowsill. I remember last time that they took a fair time to come through and I hope that I can keep them in the small pots until it is warm enough to put outside in bigger pots....
RF
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Post by Tig on Nov 4, 2008 15:28:41 GMT
Good luck RF - I've tried and failed with shop bought ginger  Mine has been hit by frost in the mini-growhouse - I'll let the leaves die down before I trim them and keep the soil just moist - fingers crossed |
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Post by Rosefriend on Nov 4, 2008 16:10:30 GMT
Thanks Tig - I have already done it once but I didn't know what to do in the autumn as I just didn't have anywhere to put the pot. I was actually amazed how quickly they grow, once they start.
If these come through I think they could go on the windowsill in the bedroom - there is never any heat on there, and the windows are always open (at night anyway) but it is frost free and the German system is such that radiators spring on if the temperature in a room falls under so many degrees.
RF
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Post by andy on Nov 8, 2008 16:20:56 GMT
Red gingers now in flower....pic as promised  |
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Post by Tig on Nov 10, 2008 20:30:54 GMT
Thanks Andy - I thought they would have been an elongated flower like the others, but those are far more dainty - hope they too have a delightful scent  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 3, 2009 12:12:44 GMT
My shop bought gingers are sprouting - 2 months after I planted them...well at least they have appeared.
RF
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Post by andy on Jan 3, 2009 13:19:27 GMT
Nice one RF
One question for you ginger experts....what do you do with the flowering stems after they've flowered. Mine are throwing up new shoots from where the flowers were. Should i cut them back to ground level and allow the new shoots to come up ?
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 15, 2009 9:05:22 GMT
They really seem to be happy now, don't they.....  RF |
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Post by maggy on Jan 29, 2009 21:53:28 GMT
Well you live and learn I had no idea that my Hedychium was the same as the kind you eat!! So if I was to knock it out of its pot I would find edible ginger? |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 30, 2009 7:50:08 GMT
Mmm that is one thing that I would like to know as well. If I leave my supermarket gingers growing for a year or two I am assuming (rightly/wrongly??) that the "tubers" will increase in size.
Can I at some point take them out and eat them then??
RF
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Post by purplejulia on Jan 30, 2009 18:10:22 GMT
I have enjoyed reading this thread so when I came across a "bulb" in Wilkinsons I thought I would give it a go. It is a Hedychium Aurantiacum, a ginger red. Says in the instructions plant between April-May. But impatient me wants to plant it now.  |
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Post by Tig on Jan 30, 2009 20:04:21 GMT
That is the one I grew last year PJ It didn't flower though, and I hope it isn't rotting in the mini-growhouse! RF your shop bought ginger should be Zingiber officinale, so the roots should be fine to use. All other gingers though should not be eaten unless you have thoroughly researched the named variety you are growing. There are lots of types which are not edible!! Be warned  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 31, 2009 9:24:26 GMT
That is the one I grew last year PJ It didn't flower though, and I hope it isn't rotting in the mini-growhouse! RF your shop bought ginger should be Zingiber officinale, so the roots should be fine to use. All other gingers though should not be eaten unless you have thoroughly researched the named variety you are growing. There are lots of types which are not edible!! Be warned x Tig Thanks Tig - it is the should that makes me uneasy but I did buy it in a farm shop so surely they won't be selling stuff that isn't OK. RF |
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Post by Tig on Jan 31, 2009 11:13:29 GMT
Nah, folk would have been ill by now! Only the mad English woman has grown hers rather than eaten it ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 31, 2009 13:00:03 GMT
Yep - mad is right. A neighbour came in yesterday, and as I was upstairs she came up and stood at my bedroom door as I was watering the Geraniums, Fuchsia's and Gingers on the windowsill. She asked what they were and I told her. Then she had a look outside and saw the Fatsia (Zimmer (Room) Aralie here) and just looked at me and then asked what was the thing was all wrapped up with fleece - passion flower...
She didn't say anything for a minute and then came out with a very well known saying in Germany - "do you know, you don't tick properly!!
RF
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Post by Ladygardener on Jan 31, 2009 13:53:17 GMT
;D
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Post by maggy on Jan 31, 2009 14:21:37 GMT
I have enjoyed reading this thread so when I came across a "bulb" in Wilkinsons I thought I would give it a go. It is a Hedychium Aurantiacum, a ginger red. Says in the instructions plant between April-May. But impatient me wants to plant it now. That instruction would be for planting outside ! I would think, there is nothing stopping you from planting it now in a pot and planting it outside when the weather wams up. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2009 16:26:18 GMT
I have been looking at the jungleplants catalogue Andy and I have found a ginger that can do minus 17.8deg. The only thing is that jungleplants don't deliver here, of course. Lovely looking plants though. www.floridata.com/ref/C/cost_spe.cfmRF |
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Post by andy on Feb 19, 2009 17:26:48 GMT
Don't really know much about sending stuff abroad RF but if you want to order anything, i'll happily take it here then send it on to you. Don't know whether all the postage costs will be prohibitive though.
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2009 17:31:35 GMT
Thanks Andy - I think the cost of sending a plant from the UK would be too much tbh. Seeds and tubers are OK but earth is heavy stuff isn't it.
RF
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Post by Tig on Feb 19, 2009 19:53:45 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2009 20:13:18 GMT
You clever thing....
RF
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Post by Tig on Feb 19, 2009 20:14:52 GMT
I have found an order form and can send off for some, minimum order £10 plus p & p ;D My list seems to have passed the £10 mark x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 19, 2009 20:43:07 GMT
It happens very quickly, doesn't it. I have a system these days - I don't look but there is always someone that comes along (mentioning no names of course, andy) that posts a link to a fabulous site...
RF
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Post by Tig on Feb 20, 2009 0:06:41 GMT
Do you want to give him a thick ear RF - or shall I do it?  Order is done and ready to post tomorrow - not many seeds, but as long as 1 germinates ;D x Tig |
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Post by andy on Feb 20, 2009 6:42:07 GMT
What did you order Tig ?....luckily, i don't have a credit card so can't spend what i don't have but i could go seiously mad on that website if i had the money |
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No idea what colour it is so I will have to wait and see. Saw a yellow one in flower a month ago (also from Maderia) and it was amazing 
