Ginger
For residents of mid-latitudes, this name is associated with a juicy, oddly shaped root vegetable that can be purchased in any supermarket. Ginger root has a pleasant sweet but pungent taste; it is used as a seasoning in cooking, and its properties are highly valued by cosmetologists.
Since the plant contains many useful microelements and vitamins and has bactericidal properties, it is used as a folk remedy for the treatment of many inflammatory diseases.
Industrial cultivation of ginger is carried out by residents of the countries of Southeast Asia, India, China, Japan, and Vietnam.
Growing ginger on a windowsill: when and how to plant
Since seed formation does not occur as a result of flowering, store-bought rhizomes are used to propagate ginger. To obtain a full-fledged plant it will be enough plant cuttings of rhizomesFor planting, use areas where buds are present.
The best container option is a wide and fairly deep container. Its bottom will need to be lined with a layer of drainage, which can be used as coarse river sand or gravel. Rhizomes are planted in late March - early February.
Growing ginger in open ground
Considering that the ideal conditions for growing the plant are subtropics, it is easy to conclude that the plant loves a humid and hot climate. However, it may suffer from exposure to direct sunlight.
Recreate such conditions at your summer cottage, in the open ground, is quite difficult, so for amateur gardeners, a more acceptable option is to grow ginger in a greenhouse or greenhouse.
Rules of care
Although ginger cannot be called capricious, without complying with all the requirements for caring for it, you will not be able to get a healthy, strong plant.
Care consists of:
- in systematic watering, the earthen ball must be constantly moistened
- mandatory thorough, frequent loosening of the soil
- spraying the leaves with warm, settled water, once or twice a day
- Protect stems and leaves from direct sunlight
- protection from wind and drafts
If you carefully comply with all the conditions for the content, you may be lucky enough to see how ginger blooms at home conditions.
Harvesting occurs after the leaves wither and turn yellow. The rhizomes extracted from the soil are dried and a refrigerator is used for storage.
