Umm no. Why would cutting off the part of the plant providing food (aka photosynthesis) cause it to grow faster?

As I said in my first post, I'm new to the rhizome growing issue.. That being said, with normal plants (of which I've grown many.......mainly pepper plants over the years), when you trim them at the top, the energy goes into other parts of the plant, usually making them more bushy.. So, my thinking was along those lines.......and in the case of rhizomes, I was hoping the energy would go to the root/rhizome area...........but I had no idea really.. I'm here for answers about this stuff, not further questions (please note in the future).. That all being said, I've trimmed them anyway at the very top, and my ginger is growing great right now.....!

Ok, let me give you a quick lesson. The green stuff is there to produce sugars by a process known as photosynthesis. Removing the green stuff is never a positive gain for the plant's energy store.

Sometimes we pinch the tips of growing things to cause them to branch, but it doesn't cause some miraculous production of energy to go to other parts of the plant. The plant *may* branch due to reduction of a chemical that causes apical dominance, allowing side branches to develop.

It is possible (depending on the plants response) that the net sugars long term may be greater following branching.

Ok, that wasn't a question..the first question was to get you to think. Evidently it failed.

By the way, I have a degree in biological sciences.

Well then! I don't have a degree in biological sciences but I have been gardening for years. The short answer is no. Depending on where you are the gingers may go dormant for you, most of mine do and I'm in zone 9b. Feed them in the spring. The hotter the summer the more they seem to grow here. Good luck!