I planted three small withered lumps of ginger (each about the size of my thumb) with a green “eye” apiece in the early summer. I had read they like very filtered sunlight and good drainage, so I added a lot of grit to the compost, gravel at the bottom of the pot, and kept it in a window with no direct sunlight. Plant so the green tip of the nodule just breaks the soil and water fairly frequently. The leaves are going brown now, and it’s winter, so harvest time.

Quite a small harvest in the end. A lot more root than rhizome. Maybe 3 times as much ginger as I planted, maybe a bit more. Still, the effort was minimal. So I’m happy enough. They like to grow along rather than down, so a long rectangular windowsill pot would likely have a better ratio. #ginger #windowsill #WindowsillGardening #Growing

Apparently you can cook with the leaves and stalks too. I’ll let you know if it works out well.

Made a stir fry by chopping up some stems and leaves very fine and frying with noodles and shredded cabbage. Very good, milder and slightly more vegetal in flavour than root ginger.

@CommonMugwort Nice! Were the stalks super tough? I love using the leaves to flavor soup.