Zingiber officinale (Ginger) Plant

Description

Zingiber officinale, known as Ginger, is a flowering plant with a rhizome widely used as a spice. It is a herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems about 1 meter tall, bearing narrow leaf blades. The rhizomes multiply within the earth, providing an endless source of medicinal benefits.

Our Ginger plants come from sprouted rhizomes, ready to be planted in your garden to provide fresh Ginger for years to come. While you can use ginger purchased from the local supermarket to grow a plant, the results are often unreliable.

Grocery store ginger is usually sprayed with a growth inhibitor to prevent it from sprouting before purchase, which also inhibits sprouting when planted.

Medicinal Uses

Gingerol, a natural component of ginger root, benefits gastrointestinal motility, helping food move efficiently through the digestive system. Eating ginger encourages efficient digestion, preventing food from lingering in the gut, and it is an excellent remedy for nausea.

• Specifications.

50mm Pot Size
Divided Plant

Ideal Growing Conditions.

Ginger does not require much watering. Best to water well, then allow to dry out completely before watering well again. Prefers a sunny position with room for the rhizome to multiple. The green tops will die as the weather cools, do not water the dormant rhizome during Winter, watering will cause rot. It will re-shoot once warmer weather starts.

Pests and Diseases: Not susceptible to pests.

Soil: You need a high quality potting mix, not a pre-bagged product such as you find at Bunnings etc, try a landscaping place. However, as I am not local to you I still can’t say if they have good quality or not. You are looking for well composted pine bark and large particles. This ensures air flow to the roots and good drainage. We recommend Yates Nutricote Standard Black 270 Day for a fertiliser, which can be found in our store, however any good quality slow release fertiliser will do. When time to re-pot, select a pot one size up ONLY and ensure it has many holes for good drainage.

Fertiliser: 

Yates Nutricote Standard Black 270 Day Controlled Release Fertiliser

The Plant Runner Indoor Plant Food

We cannot send plants to Western Australia & Tasmania due to restrictions.

We strongly recommended to select Express Post shipping for all plant orders to minimise the transit time.

Interested in other species from the Ginger family? Try these

Alpinia galanga (Greater Galangal) Plant

Zingiber spectabile (Beehive Ginger) Plant