How do you use it then in cooking? Do you slice it or chop it like garlic? I have only used the dried powder I bought.

Hi Susannah

Turmeric is very easy to grow, just from one corm that I planted I get a lot of them to use it or share. The flower is very pretty usually around this time. But the real bargain is the Indian store in my area where I get almost a lifetime supply for less than a little jar at any of the local stores.
I have a small patch growing now close to the fence, they prefer some shade.

The flower

Silvia

wow Silvia. The flower is pretty. I haven't seen mine flower yet, but it's in an out of the way area of the yard, so it could have and I missed it. The larger of the two plants is still in the ground and undamaged.
Do they need a lot of water? That may be the issue. This is near the house, so it gets shade from the eaves, but that also probably cuts down on the rain it gets.

Yes they are easy to grow as Sylvia stated but curcumas do require consistent watering in zone 10.

I would like to plant some. Where do you find it? Thank

I would like to plant some. Where do you find it? Thank

Susannah, I do the same care as a ginger, mine get the water from the sprinkles in summer twice a week or when it rains.

Dclegg, look for turmeric root in the grocery store around the same area like gingers.

Silvia

No one has answered my question, how do you use it? Like you would garlic?

Thinking using fresh turmeric would be more like using fresh ginger�

Yep, the recipes I've read compare it ginger and suggest grating it.

I plant it under my banana trees so it gets lots of water and some shade it took a few years but its really took off ...

I find that Turmeric is easy to grow,it does like some shade and water twice a week at least like Silvia said. I plant both in pot and in ground. Also add some fertilizer.
Katkin, I do not use it to cook with but I use it to make tea for pain and inflammation.
I find that about an inch of Turmeric mashed in a cup of hot water let steep for 10 min. gives me relief from arthritis pain.
If you do a Google search on "How to cook with Turmeric" I'm sure you'l find a treasure trove of information.
Carmen

Thanks Carmen. I do use ground cumin for cooking, I just wasn't sure how to prepare fresh cumin. I'll have to try it for arthritis. I've got plenty of that. Now I just have to find some fresh.

Katkin!!!! good morning! Did you have your coffee yet LOL

We are talking 'turmeric' not 'Cumin' LOL OK one more cup should do it.
Blessings,
carmen

LOL, yes I had my tea, but still goofed up. I knew in my head turmeric, but somehow typed cumin. I have both and use both in my cooking. In fact we put turmeric in our scrambled eggs this morning.

Hi Katkin,
I grow tumeric & use it very often. Be careful when handling cut tumeric rhizomes, it stains your hands, apron, whatever porous. In Asia, tumeric is used to enhance the basic mix of shallots & garlic but not used on its own. It also goes well with lemongrass & onions. These combos are always chopped or mashed into paste & used as marinades or fried till fragrant then meat & veggies added to the pan.
Try Tumeric Fried Chicken, it's very basic. (I hope link works.)

Here is a link that might be useful: Tumeric Fried Chicken

Thanks LittleFern, I have plenty of lemongrass growing. The link worked and the chicken looks very good, I'll have to try it.

Hey Katkin, Maybe you were thinking about curcumin, It's the medicinal ingredient of Turmeric.

Silvia your photo in this post and a couple of other photos you posted recently don't show up for me. This is how your photo looks :( Everybody else's photo show up fine. As I always enjoy your photos I wonder what's up. Is it just me?

Hi Katkin! long time no see.. LOL I made a batch of candied turmeric and it came out just like candied ginger Loved it!! Try it recipe on goolgle

Hi Bea, my old photos don't show up for me either.:) The reason being that they were in the photobucket, remember the old forum and how we posted pictures? I had to delete some pictures because I was running out of space there. Now with Houzz we don't have that problem and posting pictures is easy!

Silvia

I'm about to plunge into growing turmeric in pots here in zone 6b, and apparently the orange rooted is the most popular species. I saw pictures of various species of turmeric in flower, and the flowers themselves are impressive, with great colors.

Are they all of similar culinary value, same taste, health benefits etc? I'm about to go buy the orange tubers at the local health food store, unless someone would like to put together a swap of some sort, or I could send postage.

Some people mentioned that they can take a season or two to become established. Is this always the case? In my northern zone, they'll probably need as much sun as possible.

Thanks,

Rick in CT

I bought a big pack of fresh turmeric roots at an Asian market last summer. Planted a bunch in my garden & forgot all about it. During the summer, this huge beautiful plant grew. I had no idea what it was until the fall when it looked dead. I ripped it out and was stunned to find a huge bunch of turmeric! What a nice surprise that was!

There's hope for me yet! What zone are you gardening in?

I'm 30 miles north of Orlando....9a?

I'm in 9a and my turmeric is in the ground and returns every year. It comes up in May some time, usually, along with the globba gingers. I grew turmeric in pots the first year and then just decided to stick it in the ground. I grow my globba gingers in pots still because I don't want anything to eat them lol.