How Do You Grow Ginger Plants Indoors?
Ginger plants can be grown either outdoors or indoors and are most frequently kept in pots. Ginger plants grow to a height of two to four feet and produce small yellow flowers. The plants are grown and harvested for their rootlike rhizomes, which have a spicy and bitter flavor. The rhizomes are used in cooking and alternative medicines. Ginger plants do not require direct sunlight to grow and with the proper type of fertilization can grow and thrive in and indoor environment. Suspend a ginger rhizome over a glass or bowl of water using toothpicks so that the rhizome is partially submerged. Roots will sprout from the submerged portion. Prepare a pot of soil to transplant your ginger rhizome to. A mixture of peat moss and potting soil provides a good nutrient base for a ginger seedling. The pot you choose should be large enough to accommodate the adult ginger plant and should also provide adequate drainage. Transplant the ginger rhizome to the pot when the roots grow to approximately one
