How and Where to Grow Your Ginger

Hi! Good evening. Today I will be talking about the ginger plant. The ginger plant comes in many names: 1. Pink Porcelain Lily 2. Variegated Ginger 3. Butter Fly Ginger 4. Yellow Shell Ginger It is a perennial and will grow all year long. I call it the "one and done" you plant it once because it will grow 4 feet tall and 4 feet wide if grown in the garden. But it can grow anywhere up to 12 feet tall. your ginger will grow fast under the right conditions and expect it to live for around 20 years. And will bear flute shaped flowers but only after the second year of growth. It will grow best in rich medium - wet well drained soil. Keep the soil your ginger in evenly moist - not wet. Ginger prefers high humidity (south) but will NOT do well in drought. When the edges of your ginger turn brown it is because you are not doing your water duties with these babies. You will have to water regularly during the growing season. Once you get them going they will grow fast & they do spre