Is anyone growing turmeric and ginger successfully in he Perth area?
I'm guessing a shade house/hot house would be required.
Cheers
Dennis
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| Author: | curnow [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:37 pm ] |
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Is anyone growing turmeric and ginger successfully in he Perth area? I'm guessing a shade house/hot house would be required. Cheers Dennis |
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| Author: | earthbound [ Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
Nup, grows outside no problem at all... I had a large turmeric plant till I built my AP system, it had to go, well it went because retic was moved and I didn;t notice it wasn;t getting water,... Ginger I'm not 100% sure about but galingal grows very well in Perth and it's similar to ginger. |
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| Author: | curnow [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
Good stuff  Now, does anyone know where to get some turmeric. Tass1 maybe  Cheers Dennis |
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| Author: | Jaymie [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
just get some from a grocer |
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| Author: | lee [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
i got my turmeric from woolies. It grows about this thime in the tropics and dies back in winter, and resprouts next year. No luck with woolies, try the aisian stores |
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| Author: | curnow [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
Ginger is not a problem but over here in the west I haven't seen fresh turmeric on the shelves anywhere  Pity EB nuked his  Cheers Dennis |
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| Author: | chillidude [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
Most asian stores have it Dennis. Lucky's in Northbridge and Kongs in Vic Park both have it fairly regularly. |
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| Author: | earthbound [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
I bought some from the shops the other day, PM me your full name and address Dennis and I'll send you some rhizome. |
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| Author: | Jaymie [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
Lee left a bucket full of the stuff the other day! now we have heaps of it |
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| Author: | dufflight [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
I have ginger growing. Was in the vegy section of the supermarket and saw that the ginger they had was sprouting.
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| Author: | chillidude [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
Glad you started this thread Curnow - good reminder that I've always been interested in growing it over the years but never gotten to it. I'm off to find some ! |
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| Author: | mitch [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:46 pm ] | ||||
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger | ||||
I've got both turmeric and ginger growing in a barrel-ponics system inside a hot house. So far they are performing much better than expected. The tumeric has been in since the 21-12-09 only just started to shoot. The ginger however was planted on 15-11-09 and is growing very well. It has even produced a second shoot. Both of thier leaves taste fantastic in herbal teas, especially ginger. Below are some pics, taken about two weeks ago.  Does anybody know when the plants should be harvested?
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| Author: | chillidude [ Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turmeric and ginger |
Jackie French says to harvest it in Autumn when the leaves are well on the way to dying off ! |
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| Author: | chillidude [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:56 am ] | ||
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Here's the turmeric you gave me a few weeks back Joel
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| Author: | earthbound [ Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:35 pm ] |
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Hey that looks like it's taking off really well....
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