THE CHINESE HERB GARDEN - Growing Chinese Vegetables in Your Own Backyard - page 156

Place a large, clean, firm ginger root with at least one “eye” about 2 to 3 inches deep in a pot of rich potting
soil.
Growing needs. When you replant, add a tablespoon of time-release fertilizer and work
well into the soil. Continue to keep soil moist at all times, but be sure drainage is good;
this plant does not like wet feet. Until the shoots are a couple of inches high, provide
two hours of sun a day but not more. Then gradually acclimate plants to more sun.
Transplant into a larger pot whenever the plant fills its container. Wait to move out-
doors until nights are no longer cold. Ginger does not like wind. If grown on a terrace,
a windbreak should be provided; otherwise grow it in a sunny corner well protected
from wind. If you're growing a lot of ginger, space the plants 16 inches apart in rows
24 inches apart.
As the plant develops, numerous reedy shoots will grow and form an interesting
clump. In the sixth or seventh month after planting, flower stalks will grow out of the
clump. Ginger is a heavy feeder and benefits from frequent applications of diluted li-
quid fertilizer.