Detailed Explanation of Key Points for Growing Ginger at Home
Ginger is an indispensable ingredient in everyone's daily kitchen cooking, capable of removing fishy odors and reducing coldness.Ginger is cultivated in many parts of our country, and it has a relatively strong adaptability to the environment. The common cultivation methods are greenhouse and open-field planting. Today let's take a look together at what are the key points for growing ginger at home?
1. When is ginger generally planted?
The sowing time for ginger is generally from late April to early May.
Before sowing ginger, the seed ginger must be carefully selected, removing moldy, rotten, shriveled, diseased and weak ginger pieces. For seed ginger, it is best to choose ginger pieces of 50 to 100 grams with 1 to 2 strong buds. Larger ginger pieces can also be sown, but the seed quantity required is large and the cost is high. They can be cut with a knife or broken apart by hand, but the wounds should be disinfected with plant ash or lime before sowing.
Before sowing ginger, it is best to soak the seeds in a chemical solution to promote sprouting. The method is to spread the seed ginger out to dry in the sun for 1 to 2 days, then soak the seeds in a 1:1:120 Bordeaux mixture for 10 minutes. After that, take out the seed ginger, stack it layer by layer with moist sand, and cover it with plastic film, with a thickness of about 30 to 40 cm, keeping the temperature at 20 to 30°C. Buds will appear in 8 to 10 days. Sow according to the size and strength of the buds, grading them for sowing. The seed quantity used per mu is 300 to 500 kg.
2. What are the key points for growing ginger at home?
Ginger does not like cold growing environments and is better suited to warm and humid environments. It is shade-tolerant, does not like strong light, and fears waterlogging. The soil is suitable if it is loose, fertile, sandy soil. It is grown relatively more in the southern part of our country and in the Shandong region.
1. Seed selection
If there is leftover ginger at home that cannot be finished, sprouted ginger is even better. There is no need to plant the whole piece. Just use a sharp knife to cut off a small piece, a tuber containing 2 to 3 buds is enough.
2. Soil requirements
The cultivation soil for ginger does not need special preparation, as long as it is sufficiently fertile. If one must be particular, then slightly acidic sandy soil is best, as long as ventilation and water permeability are maintained.
3. Planting method
Plant the ginger into the soil, covering it with about 2 to 3 cm of soil, and place the buds facing upward. Then water thoroughly, keep the soil moist, and place it in a sunny spot.
4. Topdressing and earthing up
After about 2 weeks, the buds will sprout. At this time, appropriate topdressing and earthing up can be done. After that, apply topdressing once every month and earth up appropriately.
5. Indoor care
Ginger grown indoors will grow to a height of more than 50 cm, and some can even grow to about 1 m. Because it is in a pot, it does not take up too much space, is suitable for growing on a windowsill, and looks much more beautiful than other ornamental bamboos.
6. Harvesting
In spring, in March and April, around Qingming, is the best time to plant ginger, and it can generally be harvested in late October. At harvest time, it can be a little later, because ginger harvested this way is better matured and tastes fuller when eaten. If it cannot all be eaten at once, we can also bury it in sand for storage and take out only as much as we eat.