A Meager Ginger Harvest In the Northeast: Increasing the Yield Means Warming the Soil in Spring

Ginger will grow in the northeast but I wanted a bigger yield. After seeing how it did... the bottom line is really warming the soil up in March and April when it gets planted. Ginger needs a good 6 months of warms soil, not just ambient (air) temperatures. Warm soil is key.
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[@Ckeese75]

I also planted ginger this last April. Got very small sprouts. My plantings unfortunately failed. I did some research and one step I forgot to follow was to make sure the ends I cut dried well before planting. If you cut and plant them immediately they will rot from the cut end. Just a quick tip for anyone who wants to do this in the future. Need at least 3 healthy eyes and at least 3 inch long rhizome for a good plant (I learned from a ginger growing class online at fruition seeds) Also, I would try and find some organic ginger as a planting stock. Good luck, happy planting everyone 👍🏻 thanks Gary, always great videos and always time relevant!!!!

[@nancyd.2881]

Thank you for this great tip

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Good to know. I havent had issue but it is true. I might sulfur them just to be safe. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@lindamills9412]

I love the ginger indoors it's a great house plant and produces loads

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks. Ill be growing some. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@cjd5255]

It is very pretty. I would take the leaves and put them in my water bottle..since Corolla still around 🤷‍♀️ Also I have had a celery plant growing in my bathroom window..almost a yr! She is gorgeous. Obvi wont eat stalk and ruin her. But every once in a while I'll pull a leaf and grab a taste just to say thank you lol. I can keep a celery plant in house baby'n for almost a year but my tomatoes in garden 🙈😭 I just have problems every year here in Jersey.

[@cjd5255]

Oh btw what size planter are u using. 1st time trying to grow ginger. I used um maybe 1' wide and maybe 4" deep of soil. I'm thinking maybe more like 6-8" deep 🤔 this summer.

[@kele1264]

I've wanted to grow ginger for years. Next year or two I'll start. Thanks for that light bulb moment - WARM THE SOIL! Just waiting for relatively warm air after last frost date is not enough. Gary, I do believe you've made a huge positive difference for my future gardens!. Thank you very very much for this!!!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Glad to share. Ill be covering mine with something for several weeks. And Ill be starting it indoors, some, to see how that helps. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

That is about how well my plants did in 7a, although I was very late getting them transplanted outside (June!) We have to bring them indoors in the winter here, too.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Yep. I plant to start some indoors this year. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@greenranger3000]

Honestly I really love the information on this channel . Thanks for the help.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Very glad to share. Im starting ginger right now indoors. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs: www.therustedgarden.com

[@lindahipple4817]

Hi Gary, I've been growing ginger in pots, squat 5 gal size, for several years and I bring it in in their pots and allow them to finish under a grow light, I harvest all the ginger I need and give alot away. I use Pro-mix container mix, water lightly until sprouts appear, then when 1st leaves unferrel then give liquid fertilizer once a month, and compost tea once a month, so about every 2 wks they are fed. Remember that the postal system xrays packages and that can damage some tubers. I also grow Tumeric same method bc its' a cousin to ginger. This year my Tumeric bloomed beautiful white orchid type flowers in September. Real surprise to me...both Ginger and Tumeric like morning sun, and dapled sun rest of the day. Give your rhyzomes another leg of growth in your pots then store rhyzomes in new contain mix thats' barely damp, don't allow to dry out. Plant your ginger out when you have good consistant soil warmth. Can't wait to see your solution..you always have good ideas to try. Blessings.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks. Any issues with insects coming in. I am also going to be starting it indoors to go along with warming the soil. I use so much of it. And the plant that did best had more of shading then others. We will see.. come 2021.

[@lindahipple4817]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN no bugs, but I spray with pyethrin water mix, then change out the older container mix to fresh bagged mix. Reuse older container mix next season in my grow bags.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Good to know. Thanks

[@cjd5255]

Wow that last one at 4:00 real nice! Was my 1st yr. I learned because of the cold and they love the heat to plant in shallow pot. Which I did. Um..it was a bit too shallow. I still got a harvest but maybe 4 servings after months of waiting lol. I started late as I decided last minute I wanted to try growing ginger for 1st time. So this year I will try slightly deeper. I know the 5g buckets absolutely do not work by seeing other gardeners experiments. The dirt just doesn't get warm enough.

[@jaxcougle8744]

Hi Gary! Also from MD (Balto Co) Just finished the Master Ginger Course from Fruition Seed Co. Good course! Learned a lot and I'm starting my seed ginger this wkd and getting some more from them first of the year. The owner seems very well educated on ginger root. Starting indoor with heat mats, type of soil. and harvesting. I presently have 2 experimental root growths of about 1.5 ft hi inside a hoop house and starting a tray inside a greenhouse in a cpl of days

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks. I will start some indoors too and see how it compares going into soil. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Hi Gary, I didn't see your starting video but what I've been doing the past couple years is starting them in a container so that they are ready to put in the ground when the weather warms up. I'm in zone 7B in North Carolina. Curtis Stone did a video on someone growing Ginger Canada. He would pull the Sprouts off the rhizome and plant those down a row. That was super cool 2

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks for the info. Ill be doing some indoor starting too. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@KimmysKitchenandGarden]

Amazing!!!

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

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[@AAHomeGardening]

I harvest two weeks ago, but started some more indoors last week

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[@AAHomeGardening]

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN will check out for any seeds I haven't got yet

[@pd6569]

Gary, thank you for this video. I also started ginger in April (not far from your area) but the leaves did not grow much (I assume neither did the ginger). I will try your dome idea next year. Also, I did not realize that you can take what you need and the ginger continues to grow.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

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[@adampetherick7836]

Good job

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[@melissabebak1513]

I've been growing my ginger in pots so I could keep them warm. I thought they were doing really well, but at one point during the summer I put a clear plastic sheeting type greenhouse over them and did they ever take off! I plan to keep them in it all season next year. Go for the poly cold frame, possibly all year, and I bet yours goes nuts.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Ah that good to know. That is where I am headed. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@project1003]

Any tips for storage of home-grown ginger once you harvest?

[@Elena-zm4fc]

I am also interested in it.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Well I use it quickly but I refrigerate it. Good for 6-8 weeks. After that it does lose moisture. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@cindywhalen5768]

I have put gutter or roof cable heaters I put them in a snake pattern in the bottom of a raised bed. Filled with soilless mix about 6 inches. This keep soil warm enough to raise snap dragons in winter outside temps of 0 degrees F at times. I wonder if that would help keep Ginger over winter or just warm ground in early spring? Thanks for showing us what you have done!🙂

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

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[@Pete.Ty1]

😊👍

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

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[@amysnipes4245]

Walls-of-water, warms soil, mimi greenhouse.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I worked it out. The harvest videos should be amazing for this year. Started it indoors and it got a solid 6 months if not 7 or growth outside. Lots of water. Check out our new Fall Gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com

[@michaelmorgan5714]

Hi Gary; This is Mike also from Maryland. Do you have anything on turmeric in your library. This is my second year growing it. I got it in the soil late spring 2018 and brought it in and stopped watering it last fall. This march I started watering them and it took till May, ( 6-7) weeks to see shoots so I put them outside and gave them a little fertilizer (osmacoat), they grew well , but no blossoms. I'm planning on re potting them this week and possibly keeping them watered and in a southern facing window till spring, I have kept them in partial shade (full morning 2-3 hrs and afternoon 3-4 hrs) over the last two summers. What do you think my best course of action might be?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Nothing on turmeric. I use that a lot too. Maybe Ill look into it. You have more experience than me right now. I would follow you. LOL Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@michaelmorgan5714]

No in person garden club meetings this year. So it's been difficult to communicate with some of the other local members. I just opened up my onion co-op to the Bowie Crofton garden club this past year and there is a lady (from India) who has said she has over wintered turmeric here and she is in the co-op so I have her number I'll let you know what I find out. Mean time I'll go ahead and bring some in and keep it alive over winter. I may pull some of them and put them in the garage as well. I've been experimenting with crossing tomato root stock I have one stabilized It reproduces consistently but with very vegetative characteristics (It grows like a weed) 10 ft tall if supported and up to 14 feet wide. I want to cross it with a more generative variety but I will try it as grafting stock this spring. I'll be using giant belgian as the sion (notoriously difficult to graft) and maybe some other heirloom types. Have a good weekend. Mike P.S. Johnny's seed has the best all around video on grafting I've seen.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

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[@nancyd.2881]

Where did you get your ginger seeds from?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

It wasnt seed. Organic rhizomes from a store. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@SuperKingslaw]

....or dare I say......use black plastic on the ground and plant the ginger through holes in the plastic. Then additionally cover with a Plastic dome of some sort.

[@masspyro5167]

Hi Gary. I ordered some stuff from your store a couple weeks ago. Question, what kind of soil do you use in your raised beds outside? Right now I have about 30 of those black containers that shrubs/tress come in and I also have a small 8'x12' in ground garden but I want to do raised beds next spring and would love some advice. Thanks.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Thanks so much! I make mine nowadays. Search container mix or filling raised beds on my channel. It will give lots of examples. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@thistledownz.2982]

Question: I planted ginger root because we use a lot of it. I picked it as the frost arrived. I took a bite and thought I had better write my will quickly. What did I do wrong? I thought I had poisoned myself.

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

That I dont know. I really wonder what happened. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@amysnipes4245]

How did the turmeric do?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

Not great. I didnt plant it this year but.... see my 2nd comment

[@colat1265]

does anyone know if i can keep my ginger in the dirt outside in zone 8a or if i NEED to harvest it all before it frosts?

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

You need to harvest before a hard freeze that would freeze the rhizome. You have time. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com

[@MinaZz1990]

how do you perserve these for several month？

[@THERUSTEDGARDEN]

I refrigerate them. It works. Get your Fall Garden Seeds & Spring Seed Starting Supplies at... Please Visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com