How To Grow Ginger At Home?

It is recommended to plant ginger in spring or summer, as it loves heat. The roots will take about ten months to grow. Then the rhizomes will be ready to eat.

You surely know the great healing properties of the wonderful ginger. Few medicinal plants have such a rich therapeutic history as this root. Interested in growing ginger at home? We will explain how to do it! 

Why is it interesting to grow ginger at home?

1. It’s easy

You might be one of the people who thinks that ginger is an exotic plant that only grows in the East. In fact, it is not a plant but a rhizome that can be planted inside a house.

A simple tuber that is easy to grow. You can thus use it in your salads, in your sauces, in your garnishes and in your infusions.

2. It has excellent therapeutic properties

• Ginger is a great anti-inflammatory. It is indeed ideal for example for pre-menstrual syndrome. It relieves water retention and is a good relaxant, which also relieves pain.
• Ginger also helps us better absorb nutrients from the foods we eat.
• It is a great digestif.
• Also, if you eat a little bit of ginger with honey, it will help you reduce nausea, stomach gas, and get rid of stomach cramps. A wonder.
• Ginger tea will relieve your sore throat, cold symptoms and even the flu. It is very effective.
• Taking a bath with ginger essential oil will also help reduce pain in the joints.

How to grow ginger at home?

1. It’s so easy, it will surprise you. What you need to do is go to the supermarket and choose a ginger root that seems to be the most puffy and firm. Without a lot of wrinkles or damaged parts. Above all, it must be well bloated. The skin should also be shiny and light beige in color.

2. Next, prepare the ground for the flowerpot. The latter must be wide. You should know that ginger grows in low light, almost between sun and shade. The soil should be moist.

3. The earth should be fluid and contain one dose of sand for every three doses of earth. On the ground of the pot, put stones so that the water can drain well. Mix well and fill the pot with soil up to three quarters.

4. Now make a hole in the earth and put half a ginger root in it. Look for the ginger buds: they are the ones that must be plunged into the earth.

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5. Once this is ready, put the pot in shade and sun, or in indirect light. Remember that ginger likes heat, so it’s best to plant it in the spring or summer.

6. Make sure you have good drainage, so that you can water the ginger a little each day, being careful not to drown it.

7. Ginger roots take more or less 10 months to grow, when they will be edible. The important thing is to let the plant grow for another two weeks from the time the stems and leaves appear. After the time is up, you can see if the rhizomes have emerged in the soil. They will surely be small but ready to be eaten.

8. You can plant as much ginger as you want. With a soft, warm light and a little water every day, you will have, in a year, this tasty and tangy root. You will not be disappointed.