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- From the tuber to the ginger flower
- Fresh and strong tubers
- Pay attention to a nutrient-rich soil substrate
- Culture time to ginger blossom in your own garden
- Extend the ginger season in favor of flowering
- Tips & Tricks
From the tuber to the ginger flower
Ginger has evolved in recent years to a major spice in the kitchens in this country. Regardless of its use as a spice, the cultivation of ginger in the bucket is worthwhile, as it is due to the decorative flowers of the ginger.
Fresh and strong tubers
You can get the tubers you need to grow ginger in the supermarket almost all year round. If you buy ginger tubers for a culture in your own garden, you should choose especially fresh and strong pieces of tuber. This is how you lay the foundation for optimal development of the ginger plants grown in the bucket.
Pay attention to a nutrient-rich soil substrate
In order for the ginger to reach its peak during the local ginger season, it must be ensured that it has sufficient nutrients. For example, the ginger roll should be placed in a bucket with a loose and humusous plant substrate. Light fertilizer over the summer favor with proper dosage the formation of the typical inflorescences of ginger.
Culture time to ginger blossom in your own garden
From exposure of the ginger tubers to the harvest of the ginger in autumn, it usually takes about 250 days. It is not always during this time to form the decorative inflorescences. When positioning the potted ginger in a sufficiently warm and sunlit situation, chances are good that you will see the yellow, violet or purple flowers of the ginger in your own garden.
Extend the ginger season in favor of flowering
If you put the ginger tubers later than in March for the sprouting in the garden, it could be scarce with a flower before the onset of winter. In this case, you can also simply bring your ginger plant into the house, in order to still enjoy the ginger blossoms. Watch for a timely move to warm before the first cold autumn days, otherwise the leaves of the ginger will turn yellow and die.
Tips & Tricks
As a food ingredient, the inflorescences of the ginger usually play no role, although they are not toxic. But you can also wait for flowering ginger pulled the flower and then still harvest the aromatic tubers.