5 Steps to Grow a PILE of Ginger – From Planting to Harvest
This Video is from the Youtube channel: “Rob Bob’s Aquaponics & Backyard Farm”.Ā
G’Day Folks. Ginger is not only one of the most popular & healthy spices you can use in cooking but it’s also one of the easiest to grow if you follow these 5 basic steps & tips. Cool climate growing tips have been included so you folks on the colder regions can have a crack at growing some tasty ginger spice for yourself.
Ginger can also be grown in Aquaponic systems & you can check out the sort of yields we get growing with fish here: https://agroponicsguide.com/aquaponic-ginger-harvest/
Hope you enjoy this quick update & that your gardens are booming.
Cheers all. š š±š
Rob
Not only good tips Rob but I can see lots of work went into creating this video from the Growing through to editing/production – top stuff š
First thing I thought was “5 top tips to grow a ton of ginger”.
Thanks Mark. Lost a lot of the footage just after I spoke to you at the meet up so took a while to get new B roll to finish this one. Also had to re use a lot of old bits scattered around hard drives.
I think the next big job will be to index all clips I have & back them up on 2 new drives.
Cheers mate & hope the family’s doing well.
@Johann I thought the same thing – I’m sure Mark had a hand in suggesting this type of video! Will be interesting to see whether this video rates more highly than the norm as it did for @Self Sufficient Me!
“Listicles” always get more views so I’ve been told in all the YT training I’ve done so that’s why I did it, no Offence Mark. We even joked about it when we spoke. š
I was never happy with the other ginger clips I’ve posted & decided to use my new editing platform to good use to make the best one I could. I have taking a few pointers from Mark when it comes to pacing/cuts & thanked him for it when we met up. š You will probably notice it in other clips as well.
Interesting – I find the “listicles” style of video one of the least interesting to watch – present company excepted of course! At least that explains why there are so many videos on YT in that style.
Due to covid-19 I planted onions, garlic, papaya and mustard yesterday. After watching this video Iām inspired to plant ginger too. Nice video Rob š
Nice one Eunice šš Have been busy setting up some new beds here this week as well. It’s a bit late for us to be planting ginger though so it will have to wait until August.
Cheers & happy growing. š±š±
@Lee Lee Yeah but maybe she’ll become a little more self-sufficient and more environmentally-friendly along the way.
Hi Eunice, I did the same, though we started mid February with radish, carrots, and beets, and about the same time you did, we also planted garlic. How are yours doing? Did you plant theĀ
ginger?
@Lee Lee I doubt very much it will take several years to never to get a harvest.
You are making a difference in the world. Thanks for helping so many of us on how to grow ginger. You are an excellent teacher!
That’s very nice of you TT.š
Cheers & all the best with your own ginger crop. š±š±
Instead of wasting their lives away in Netflix and the like, people should start watching and implementing whats shown in these kind of videos. So well explained. Shows the considerable experience behind it all instead of just doing theory. At the end, the size of the harvest was a treat to see. I’ve not seen so much healthy looking ginger in one container.
Perhaps a follow up video on how to preserve all that goodness in the form of powdering, candying (other forms) and storing away so that it can last a longer time.
Ram Krishnaswamy you are right. This is amazing!
honestly I’m sure everyone has watched enough Netflix, Amazon, etc. to move on to how to vids.
It was one of our better harvests to tell you the truth but most aren’t far behind.
I do have a preserving clip if you’re interested,
https://youtu.be/OyRhS62HXIY
Cheers & happy growing my friend. š±š±
Ram Krishnaswamy if they can. I donāt have proper space, but I am going to figure out how to use containers around here
Thank you for making this video and sharing it with us. Your detailed explanation pre and post-harvest is on spot. Keep on making this type of video.
I try to put as much effort in most of my technical clips now. š
Cheers Yared & have a top one.
Wow!! This is the best ginger-growing video on the internet. The steps are clear, concise, and very detailed, complete with info about growing in the different zones. Plus, you were so friendly and supportive in delivering the info!! THANKS!!! (from San Francisco)
Thanks Arthouse Films. šš
Hope it helps you grow a load of fresh, spicy rhizome.
Cheers.
Thank you Rob for producing the Informative and inspiring video. The five steps growing process is very easy to follow. I am amazed by the high yield from just nine rhizomes. I enjoyed watching it very much.
Than ks Mohammed. Hope to have another decent harvest in a few months time. Not sure it will be as large as this one as I didn’t grow as many plants last season.
Cheers & happy growing.
Have always wanted to grow ginger and never realized how easy it is. Can’t wait to plant some and see if I can keep it growing! Great video– thanks.
Good luck Maureen & hope you get a great harvest. š
I live in Northern Nigeria (I’m Nigerian) and we plant ginger in April/May and start harvesting as early as September/October. Sometimes, some farmers cover the ginger with dry grass or fresh leaves and let it grow again for the second year instead of harvesting it. This triples or even quadruple the yield.
I’ve found that we get a better crop if we leave it grow as well. I’m still harvesting from a patch that was planted out a tear before this batch. š
Cheers & all the best Daniel.
Here in Bali people cover them up with more soil.
Thanks for sharing now I know better.
I like your idea. I should try laying down straw and see what happens.
How do you do that. Plnning to do it in the Philippines
Watched a few videos on growing ginger but really enjoyed yours. Very informative, unrushed, and detailed. Thanks for giving both metric and imperial units and also for showing the US growing map. Seeing exactly how you’ve done it, I’m inspired to do likewise. I’ve just gotten around 200g of organic store-bought ginger that I will plant out in half-barrel containers today. Cold comes in October here in NY, and considering I’ve gotten in a bit late, I’ll bring them indoors into the sun room to extend their life. Looking forward to watching your other videos over the coming month. Cheers!
That’s great to heat Glenn & hope you get a decent crop mate.
Happy growing. šš±
Great video! Planted my own ginger following your instructions. Half of them rotted away, the store bought ginger looked extremely parched. Was lucky it sprouted at all. Took it a full month to pierce the dirt surface, but it did (southern Europe, summer here now). So excited: a known tropical plant growing in my flower pots! Amazing! Thank you! Also, appreciated your on-the-go conversion metric/imperial units. Fot us Europeans it can be a bit distracting. Not in your videos: i can stay 100% focused. Good luck in your garden and keep them videos coming!
That’s great Christian. Hope you get a decent amount of rhizome from the survivors.
Rewatching this wonderful video Rob , thank so much , will be implementing your 5 to try my 2nd round of ginger this season . šš
What a wonderful harvest !! I really miss the good old days when you did such videos , now that you have aquaponics as your major method of growing , I will just rewatch your older videos š¤.
It is taking a while to get the soil area of the patch sorted out MBG. š
Most of the new wicking beds will need to be removed at some point & set up in their permanent positions after we get some landscape work done.
Cheers my friend & have a top one.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Itās awesome to finally actually see a complete video from sowing to harvesting. Enjoyed this video, and well doneš
Glad it was helpful & happy growing. š±š±š
Hey, just found your channel. I wanted to share my experience with growing ginger & turmeric. I live just north of Atlanta, GA, USA (Zone 7, if that helps). I know wild ginger grows here so I decided to plant some raw organic ginger (and turmeric) from the store straight in the ground here and see if it would survive the cold winters. All the green leaves die back during the winter but they come back every year (when it warms up) on their own so they survive with no issue staying in the ground over the winter. No fuss. They don’t even get full sun here… they have less than ideal sun (understatement) being in a heavily shaded/wooded area. They do great. No need to dig them up and replant. I recommend anyone interested just give it a try. I took really small pieces that had sprouted in my kitchen before I was able to finish it, and they are coming back bigger each year!
Turmeric is super expensive and it has the most beautiful lush leaves! Again they die back in the winter but it makes a really beautiful plant for landscaping in the spring, summer, and fall!
edited to add.. the ginger is in a totally shaded spot and obviously I think more sun would be ideal, and it would probably flourish even more, but I’m sort of just working with the space I have… that said, more of a message on it surviving in the ground over winter and doing well even in less than ideal sun conditions.
Nice one Mari. I leave at lest one patch of ginger in the ground here through our winters so we can harvest it fresh as needed. Helps that we live in the sub tropics though.
@Rob Bob’s Aquaponics & Backyard Farm lucky you to live in such a wonderful climate!! I bet you can grow all sorts of amazing things I can’t grow here!!
@Baba Yaga Some things we’d like to grow like stone fruits & apples can be a bit tricky so there’s always a down side.
Cheers Mari.
Thanks so much! Zone 7 in TN and ready to plant ginger. Rather than wrangling heavy containers Iād rather do it your way. Going to look for a spot today. How soon should I put in ground?
Thanks, I’m halfway between Augusta and Atlanta. I appreciate all your information. I love ginger and tumeric and have been trying to figure out if I can grow it here with the occasional frost.
I truly appreciate your demonstration of the harvest bringing the whole process full circle unlike so many other videos I’ve seen. Really helpful and cant wait to try it myself. I’ve got some great organic white ginger sprouting here in my cabinet here in Oakland California. <3
Glad it was helpful Alyssa. š
Hope you’re crop gives you a great harvest.
Concise and clear instructions. Best video I have seen in how to grow you own ginger. Thumbs up!
Glad it was helpful!
Cheers & happy growing.
Hi Rob. Greetings from my beautiful tropical country, the Philippines! So amazed watching your vid on Ginger planting. We began to grow some vegetation, fruit-bearing plants and even exotic plant trees as well in our bare-land somewhere down south. We got a lot of helpful tips and hopefully get a considerable harvest soon. Godspeed.
Hi Francis & thanks. Sounds like you have quite a lot growing to keep you busy mate.
Cheers & have a great one. š
Thank you for the thorough breakdown! Awesome that you were converting measurements and degrees as you were teaching. What an enormous bounty! I swear even a 1/4 of that for me would be amazing. The store I buy my produce at has excellent organic goodies, but turmeric is quite expensive. For the same weight of ginger to turmeric I’m paying about $15 more for the turmeric. It’s madness. Lol. So now I am absolutely going to try and grow both. I use quite a bit of both everyday in a blended drinkn I make. Thanks again!
Nice one š We’ve saved a bundle growing our own ginger. It’s still about $50 a kg/2lb here.
Happy growing.
@Rob Bob’s Aquaponics & Backyard Farm š
Planted ginger for the first time last year (July 2021) and since we have had a very mild Autumn I harvested them yesterday. Had a very nice crop. Will follow your tips and hope to have an even better one this year.
As a person new to the planting game, this was a great start to finish video. I’ll give it a try myself but weather in the UK isn’t the best but what matters is the effort. Great facts, great harvest āš½
All the best with the crop DMD. š±š±š