Grow Ginger in a Pot

There is a group of spices that are rich and healthy in taste and in nutrients, and ginger is one of them, it is a great vegetable root for soups, foods, and the special ginger bread.

Planting ginger can be done in a planting pot, container, or a polythene bag; just make sure is big enough to accommodate the spreading of the ginger during growth.

Asides from the container or pot, you will need soil, and also fertilizer (optional), water to wet the soil and chunky fresh ginger ensure this ginger has about 3 budding eyes that’s where the sprouting will start from.

Planting Process:

To start planting, empty the soil into the container, pot, or polythene nylon, if you have some fertilizer or compost, you can add it to the soil and mix it all together. Now right in the middle of the soil dig a 2 inches deep hole and place your ginger in it sideways, then cover it up with soil.

Wet the planted, do not soak the soil, just make it moist; in the next two to three weeks you should see it sprout, continue to wet it regularly then keep it outside but preferably under shade, this way the leaves won’t get burnt. You should have a bountiful harvest of ginger in the next six to eight months. 

Writer: Idowu Elizabeth

Editor (s): Idowu Elizabeth & Kabirat Awe

Publisher: Awe Olufunso