PlantFiles: Ginger, Common Ginger, Cooking Ginger, Canton
Zingiber officinale

I grew this from organic store bought rhizomes and moved it from the original location after about six months. I threw a bit of root that didn't look healthy into a wooded edge behind my house too, and now have it coming up in all three spots! All in sandy soil, two enriched with composted dairy cow manure and in the wood edge enriched by leaf litter (this latter plant is in poison ivy, so won't be harvesting it!).
It really seems happier in a site with less ammendment, almost pure sand, and as of July 2012 (after record rainfalls for a month) it is flowering!!!! We harvest by pulling soil away from the root and cutting off as much as needed, then push the soil back onto the plant

I am still trying to grow it. I did notice that it tends to grow in swampy areas in Hong Kong and Asia... around the edges of ponds etc.
We have a problem with severely hot summers in Western Australia and no rain and tap water is rationed. I am considering moving it to an old bath tub and keeping the soil continually wet in it.
regards
W:)

If i plant this in zone 7 would the cold stop it from being invasive if i missed a rhizome after harvest?

I started this plant several years ago in a sheltered position in Zone 6b. It comes up every year, each time over a larger area, but dies back to the ground in the winter. Nice looking foliage plus you get your own ginger.

I grow this plant on the north side of my home between the wall and a concrete curb. I'm glad that it's contained because I gave some to a neighbor who planted it in the open and it took off like a rocket. After a lot of Roundup, digging and a bunch of blue words he finall got rid of it.
Plant it only where it can be contained!
It's a beautiful plant but it dies back in December/January, leaving a lot of dead stalks laying on the ground which have to be cut off to be disposed of.
Got my start from a root I bought in the store, wanted to make sure I got the edible kind and was safe to use.

I grew Ginger as an annual in a pot on our deck last year. It didn't bloom, of course, but the foliage is very pretty and asian-looking. We had about five plants in one pot. Just get a fresh hand of ginger with a bud or two and plant very shallow, as in the pictures. Very cool plant!

Freshly grated flesh of the rhizome into a cup of hot water is great if you are feeling cold - warms you up

The area where I live is surrounded with small fields of ginger. Even though our rainfall average is one of the highest in the world, the ginger seems to thrive here. During harvest time you can see the farm trucks of all sizes, loaded up to the gills with plastic laundry baskets or crates of ginger being taken to be shipped.

I have grown some ginger in my yard just for the fun of it, but since it is so cheaply and readily available here, with neighbors even sharing some of theirs with us, I don't grow it for use.

The taste of the very tender, just dug, when the skin is still slightly pinkish ginger is undescribable.

Last summer I noticed that an old wizened piece of ginger had a bud, so I slapped it into a pot with some of my best compost, and it has rewarded me with a very fine plant. This is the sort of thing that children might like to do...

I like to grow this -it is easy and very reliable-the blooms are small but very nice-it has few pests and if grown in real dirt,it will always taste much better than chemicaly grown supermarket gingers-this is very prolific,and can be grown in containers-or in a well lighted window.if grown in the house the smell is wonderful esp. when in bloom. Michael-[Florida-32182]