This is what patience (and procrastination) looks like. Back in February, I decided to try growing ginger. I purchased a hand of ginger at Trader Joe’s so I could get an organic one. I made sure that it had eyes. Then I planted it in a deep pot so that it would be the required three inches deep, watered it and waited.
And waited. And waited. By the end of March, I decided that something had gone wrong and I should just dump the whole thing. But at this time of year I am crazy busy with greenhouse work, writing up the herb catalog for the sale, working on the pre-sale talk for members and scheduling volunteers for the actual sale.
So the pot didn’t get dumped. Instead, it sat on the shelf and even got watered every time I watered my containers. Every day I would look at it and remind myself that it should be gotten rid of and then I would promptly move on to something more pressing that absolutely had to be done that day instead.
This morning when I looked at it, I noticed a tiny shoot peeking up out of the soil! Two and a half months after planting, my ginger has finally sprouted! I’m so glad that I didn’t dump the pot.
Sometimes procrastination is a good thing.
5 Comments on “Patience”
The same thing happened to me! I am now successfully growing ginger
So, plant a knob with an eye in February. Keep indoors? Water? When do you move it outside? This is a shade-lover? Thank you!
Ashley, please read my profile on ginger for everything you need to know to grow it: https://advicefromtheherblady.com/plant-profiles/roots-rhizomes/ginger/
I love growing ginger! We use it a LOT for all out cooking and we have several growing now. Have not yet seen a ginger flower tough, so waiting for that!
i will try putting a root in soil to try my luck growing ginger.