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HOW TO GROW GINGER IN POT

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We've already talked about the many nutritional properties of ginger, a plant aromatic-medicinal perfect for flavoring dishes and to make delicious herbal tea. Today we'll explain how to grow it in pots instead of the balcony.

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The procedure is quite simple: ginger, in fact, is a plant that requires no special care but only some small measure for its cultivation. It 'important that the temperature never drops below 15 degrees and that the plant has available to filtered sun, heat, humidity and rich soil, provided, however, that in the jar to avoid creating stagnant water.

THE USEFUL FOR THE GROWING GINGER - Let's see how to proceed, step by step:

     To start cultivation you have to arrange a rhizome, so are called the roots of the ginger, with some bud;

     It is always good to choose organic rhizomes: the ones you find at the supermarket may have been treated with substances which retard sprouting; coe cultivate ginger in jar

     If the rhizome has more sprouts growth can also cut into several pieces, each with at least one pair of shoots, and thus obtain more plants from a single tuber;

     The right time to start cultivating ginger goes from late winter until early summer;

     Get a pot large enough and deep as the roots need space for their development and fill of clayey soil well drained and composed of 50 per cent from a good compost, while the latter provides the plant with the nutrients it needs , the clay allows you to retain moisture;

     Underground rhizomes of ginger to a few centimeters from the surface of the soil with the shoots of upward growth. A vase of 35-40 cm in diameter can accommodate up to three plants, all duly spaced about 15-20 inches apart;

     Watered on a regular basis, at least once a day, preferably in the evening, however, trying to avoid water stagnation;

     Proceed in the same way even when the seedling will be grown;

     You can pick up the ginger after about five to six months from the start of cultivation although the best time for harvesting will be one in which you will notice that the leaves of the plant are now dry. In any case, once the plant is flowering, remove stems and flowers so as not to steal nutrients to the rhizome;

     Choose a few pieces to replant crops: the rhizomes re-buried not require water or special care at least until temperature rises;

     During the summer keep the ginger in pots on the balcony and then carry it into the house warm during the winter months. When the temperatures begin to fall will also lower the water.
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