Ginger plants in Perth (forum)

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Hi all
Does anyone know where the buy ginger plants (common edible variety) in Perth? I've tried planting fresh rhizomes with no luck. Also WA quarantine prevents mail orders of giner into WA.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers

Time: 27th August 2010 10:49am

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About the Author TokyoJ
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Evo says...
Could I suggest you have another go at the rhizomes? I've done successfully here in Melbourne. Just wait till you get good shoots off it before you plant it out. I did mine in Summer and it took really well.

Time: 27th August 2010 8:23pm

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Rev says...
Yes do try again
Ginger takes a while before it wakes up, but have grown it in WA before

You need a good soil. gnger is a hungry crop
Plenty of Calcium, Magnesium, phosphate and well rotted organic matter. Moderate nitrogen

poor soil makes small rhizomes. and ecah year they get smaller and smaller.
i suspect a well aged compost based on chicken litter and leaves, with some dolomite and charcoal added would be good for ginger

best soil ever for growng ginger was red basalt derived soils near Millaa millaa in nth qld. just added mulch and dolimte and a pinch of NPK, and each knob turned into kilo ++ clusters in my absence. amazing.

You can help force a young plant by planting in a pot and putting pot in a shoppng bag igloo, for extra heat and humdity
They wake up late, like Turmeric, because ( i suspect) the tropical wet doesnt relly get going till december and goes till april
Basically 3 months out from your wet season, almost opposite

Itll like a sheleterd spot with summer irrigaton
but its probably worth it
Ginger jumped from being 8.99-16.99 one year here (2008), and the foloowing year its 16.99-25/kg?
WT? should have bought ginger futures!
looks fishy to me.. like supermarket middleman fiddling..

also good because you can try young ginger when its still pink - you cant buy that freshness
and alsu use the foliage
Try steaming a whole chook stuffed with ginger stem and basted in light soy. good :)

Time: 28th August 2010 5:36pm

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