We grew a non-edible ginger in New Orleans in our courtyard. The height of the plants approached eight feet. And they were very cold sensitive although they came back after a freeze of 20F.

This may or may not translate to a different species/cultivar. But if you try it, get a really large wide pot.

I keep hoping that a US grown ginger will be on market maybe from California or Tampa.

Thank you! I love eating ginger and like to grow things I eat a lot. Do you know if edible ginger grows like the non-edible kind?

How does it taste? Does it taste like store bought ginger? Could you post any pictures? Thank you so much!

I haven't eaten any of mine yet and I don't have any pics sorry. all I can say is to give it a try and check out the videos on youtube.

I just went to a Garden Show and they had some new plants sold as a 3 pack. I don't see company name except for " A Blend of Goodness". The package was called Asian Spice Box and had Ginger zingiber officinale, Black Pepper piper nigrum, and Bay Leaf laurus nobilis. Another was Barista Box with Tea camellia sinensis, Coffee coffee arabica, and Sugar Cane saccharum officinarum.

In small 4in pots, but each boxed set of plants was less than $25. We are in zone 7a, so I guess these will be on market everywhere soon.

That is awesome. Look forward to hearing how it grows.

Update.

I saw the same plant sets end of April on FGT for 2x the money and then they stopped carrying a month later. Nobody has them anywhere now.

I struggled to keep them alive being weird weather in NY for Spring. The coffee and tea are not doing well but the sugarcane has grown leaps and bounds once I got right plant mix.

The ginger grew and then temp change made it think it was over and the tops died back. I removed the clump yesterday and still has strong roots so maybe I can trick it back into production. Any suggestions on how to do that? Both the ginger and the sugar cane appeared to be a dwarf variety because the pieces forming roots and stems were so small when I transplanted, I was surprised. But it did say can grow on windowsill.

Oh also the bay leaf has showed significant growth but the black pepper got scorched and died too.

My neighbor gave me some ginger that he had put on a window sill and several had sprouted. I dropped one and the node with a stem broke off so I rooted in in a small pot. Another one of the ginger pieces had a stem about 4 inches tall. I planted them in a raised bed and the one with the stem is still green but none of the others has sprouted above the ground. I may dig them up and check soon since its been at least three weeks. Hope they didn't rot...

Finally got some pics of my ginger plant. This is my ginger I started last summer and over wintered in the house. I just left it in the dirt and didn't water it all winter. I didn't think it would come back out this year but it resprouted

I live in Mooresburg, Tn in Upper East Tennessee zone 6.

Finally got some pics of my ginger plant. This is my ginger I started last summer and over wintered in the house. I just left it in the dirt and didn't water it all winter. I didn't think it would come back out this year but it resprouted

I live in Mooresburg, Tn in Upper East Tennessee zone 6.

I can't get the pic to post. Don't know what I'm doing wrong.

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I took the root from the "spicebox" ginger out and let dry a couple days then put some moist peat under and it re-sprouted, but see how tiny the original cluster is next to quarter. No wonder they said it can grow indoors on windowsill. I hope this time it grows bigger, it only got 6in tall before.

My ginger. Hope the pic post this time.

A close up of the ginger root peeking out of the soil. You don't bury it very deep. This is the 2nd year this root has sprouted. It died back last winter. I took it in the house and didn't water it this spring I started watering and it resprouted. I've not tried to eat any of it so I don't know how it tastes.

I really like the leaves on that. I bought some grocery store ginger to supplement the other so I can actually harvest more than just a "taste" when the time comes.

Any suggestions on soil mix or fertilizer?

If you like the look of the leaves, you'll love the strangeness of the blooms. In NOLA the blooms were multiple, on stalks, yellow with red polkadots.4th photo down on the page below were the common ones in NOLA

I just used regular potting soil. You just barely bury the ginger in the dirt. Make sure when you buy some to get some that looks like it starting to get sprouts coming out on it. They do better.

This is the first time I've ever noticed a bit on growing ginger, as well as more formal names of several gingers. It might help.
Note on Ginger growing