Ginger is
used in many dishes, and my wife uses it more often than turmeric, which is the
plant that I have at the moment. So, she
told me one time to also plant this. And
that is when this project began.
I started
the project last September 23, 2017. I
took two pieces of garlic that already have those protruding things where
leaves would grow on them, and planted them in a pot. Finish!
Actually,
my wife gave it to me, she has a couple of ginger that she bought a few days or
weeks ago, and they were starting to have this ‘eye’ (that greenish thing), or
the eyes are starting to grow. These
are the ones that I planted.
(Picture September 23, 2017)
(Picture September 23, 2017)
I read that
if you have a good rich nutritious soil, you can already harvest some in four months,
but for better taste and greater yield, ginger is harvested after ten (10)
months. Same as that of a turmeric.
Above is
how my ginger plant looks like, more than two (2) months after planting.
(Picture November 17, 2017)
These are
the ginger planted by one of the maintenance guys in the building where I am
working. He planted it at the back of
the building, in a broken aquarium. I
have been seeing this for a long time, and they said that they have already
harvested many gingers from it.
I think
that this is one of those plants that after planting, you can just leave it and
tend to it come harvest time, it does not need much care, we may just need to
water it a few times a week.
For the
ginger in the office, the one who planted it said that he only watered it once,
on the day he planted it. He never
watered it again. It is rainy season now
in the Philippines, so, the only water that the plant is getting is from the
rain. Maybe in summer, he will need to
water it, when it gets too dry.
Some more
information on ginger:
The
scientific name of ginger is Zingiber
officinale it is a rhizome (like turmeric), it is an underground stem (not
a root) that sends roots to the ground and shoots above. Besides giving that pungent smell that gives
a pleasant aroma to the food, it also has lots of medicinal properties. It is known to combat all kinds of stomach
ailments and it also has anti-inflammatory properties that treat muscle and
joint pains. Ginger also stimulates
metabolism and has a good effect on our blood sugar levels. So it is good for people with diabetes to
control their blood sugar and it can also burn fat because it increases
metabolism.
Will update
if I learn some more things about it.
I will try
to plant some more in a container this November 23, (after two months of planting the first
one), and will try to have a two-month
interval in planting, hoping that I can also harvest every other month so that
we won’t buy ginger anymore.
So this is
it, for now, will report on this project in a couple of months to see its
progress.
