GINGER QLD

Botanical Name: Zingiber officinale

Description

Hardy ginger variety. Aromatic perennial plant with a pungent rhizome that is used as a spice, flavouring, food, and medicine. Excellent pot plant and easy to harvest all year round by digging fresh tubers as you need them. The leafy stems of ginger grow about a meter high.

Price	Avail.	Propagation	Size	Buy Options
$1.95	19	Rhizome (Bare Root)	Medium	*$9.75 for a pack of 5 planting pieces
$14.90	0	Rhizome	Small
$12.90	0	Rhizome	Medium

Extra Images & Youtube Videos - Click to view full size

Planting Guide

Plant Information or Specifications

Preferred Climate

Tropical, Subtropical
Learn About Climate Zones

Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions)

0-1m

Plants required to Pollinate

1 (Self Pollinating)
Learn about Pollination

Can it Handle Frosts?

Sometimes

Amount of leaves in Winter?

No Leaves (Deciduous)

Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas

Suitability in Pots

Yes with 35L+ Pot

Water Requirements

Moderate Watering

Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest

First Year

Sun or Shade

Part (Sun:50-80%)

Preferred Soil Type

Good Drainage

Soil pH

Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)

Fruiting/Harvest Months

July, August, September

Customer Comments on Ginger QLD

Tree Information on growing, planting, pruning, maintenance, ripening, taste, pick or bonsai tips. But mainly how to grow a Ginger QLD Share Your Advice or ask questions on our Forum

Ginger

All gingers prefer filtered light, rich, deep, fertile soils with plenty of organic matter, good water and warm climates. Poor soils and cooler climes are tolerated but root yield is subsequently poorer. All have beautiful flowers. | David White - Newcastle, NSW 28-May-2006

Ginger

Buy a root leave it in a dark cupboard for 2-3 weeks then plant | Millie Greg - Pechuzonia, PI 08-Mar-2008

Customer Feedback
Create Your Own My Edible Backyard Page and your feedback will appear here.

Ginger QLD

Kathy2's Edible Fruits
Update: 2057 days 2hrs

Comments: -

Likes a fair bit of water and shadey places. Once you find somewhere that it likes it is very easy to grow. The leaves remind me of bamboo. I have mind mixed in with a bed full of mint basil and native violets... kinda makes it a bit hard to dig up the rhizomes!

DOES NOT like to be moved while it has leaves (all of the leaves will die back) - so wait until it naturally dies back in winter and just move the rhizomes.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 10

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Pest Control: I haven't noticed anything that particularly bothers them which is nice!

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
17 of 19 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD (Cutting) ^7/10

Treetopsdreaming's Edible Fruits
Update: 1644 days 17hrs

Comments: -

Fresh ginger tea is a real treat! Ours plants are still getting established...

Please visit our website at www.treetopsdreaming.com.au to learn about our family's slow journey towards a more self sufficient, sustainable and creative lifestyle, Enjoy!

Planted: 2012

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: No

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
3 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD (Cutting)

VF1's Edible Fruits
Update: 1972 days 12hrs

Comments: -

I use regularly in making curry pastes, herbal tea and stir-frys - delicious!

Height 55 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: General all-purpose feed

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Pest Control:

None required.

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
2 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD (Seedling) ^9/10

Bizibee's Edible Fruits
Update: 2116 days 21hrs

Comments: -

Got the root at the supermarket 4 years ago. Planted it in a large pot and is doing very well. The leaves and flowers die of in winter and start coming back every spring.

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
1 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD (Cutting) ^7/10

HappyEarth's Edible Fruits
Update: 2079 days 4hrs

Comments: - Great in stir-frys :)

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD

Rev 's Edible Fruits
Update: 2982 days 8hrs

Comments: -

Good summer crop

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD

DavidB's Edible Fruits
Update: 989 days 8hrs

Comments: -

nextto taro and arrowroot and growing

Planted: 2009

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report

Comments

DavidB says... [2661 days 1hrs ago]

Grew this from a root left over from purchased ginger. now in a pot.

* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD ^10/10

Hayden's Edible Fruits
Update: 2318 days 2hrs

Comments: -

grown from shop bought ginger.

growing like crazy!

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

squash them.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

when do i harvest it?

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD (Cutting) ^8/10

MiltonT's Edible Fruits
Update: 2047 days 2hrs

Comments: -

Fresh Ginger is great and it keeps well in any case idf you take the old stuff

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD (Cutting)

Kath's Edible Fruits
Update: 2038 days 12hrs

Comments: -

Added to my spice garden

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
0 of 1 people found this review useful

Ginger QLD

Kath's Edible Fruits
Update: 1679 days 12hrs

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report

Ginger QLD

Wampa's Edible Fruits
Update: 753 days 5hrs

Comments: - So easy to grow and harvest.

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD ^8/10

Slicko's Edible Fruits
Update: 459 days 3hrs

Comments: -

This has been grown from ginger bought from the grocer. It didn't do much last year in its first season and we had no crop. However this year it is growing reallly well and we should have some for the kitchen.

April 2015: There has been a lot of new growth this year and several flower heads are emerging. I don't know how these will affect the plant as this is the first time I have grown ginger.

Planted: 2014

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD

Perrumba1's Edible Fruits
Update: 625 days 22hrs

Comments: - Not suited to climate - frost affected

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD (Cutting) ^7/10

StaceysGarden's Edible Fruits
Update: 347 days 6hrs

Comments: - I love to make my own spice pastes so growing my own spices is even better! Its a perfect plant for my area.

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Ginger QLD

Matt's Edible Fruits
Update: 1028 days 9hrs

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute ^{Quick & Easy}

Your Tip on: Ginger QLD
My Full Name:
Suburb/City:
My State
My Email: (Kept Private)
	Tips Policy & Guide