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I’m glad you liked it and it was my pleasure to share. I hope it helps you out if you have any questions just let me know!

It really does resemble bamboo quite a bit! The leaf texture and the very vertical growth habit. Very similar looking!

You nailed it, not far out of houston!

@@TexasGardenDoc i fugured the vegitation and the give away the trees big giveaway the oaks and yopawns and no hills def great climate for Ginger 🫚

It definitely is! Only real issue is it gets a bit too hot during the summer, but some good shade during the day really helps a lot!

Hi there! I’m not sure which you’re asking if it’s how to preserve it for eating, or if it’s how to get it through the winter? If it’s how to preserve it, you can check out this video here that I did on Waze I like to do it czcams.com/video/OE3_r5QT7-8/video.htmlsi=KAtT3WGP6gEb0YbF If you’re asking about overwintering, if you don’t get hard ground freezes, there’s no reason to take it out of the ground. However, over the years, I always take a few pieces and put them in pots and bring them inside over the winter just as the odd deep freeze like we had in 2021. So far that is worked really well for me. Hope that helps!

That’s great advice! Unfortunately, I have very little success, growing garlic, but the combination can work very well as long as the gender does not crowd everything that’s for sure!

@@TexasGardenDoc as garnish or get creative and

Oh yes absolutely! It goes well with so many things and those flavors mix really well! Great point!

It is the perfect time! Yes, I mentioned in your reply to the other video. I had some very serious technical difficulties that caused the gingerbread video to be a major problem, actually several videos that haven’t been posted yet to be a problem… However, I think I feast enough together the ginger bug video. I’m hoping to have it out soon for you!

@@TexasGardenDoc . Great! Sorry for the technical problems. There are a lot of videos on how to make the ginger bug but you seem to know a lot about ginger so I’m interested in seeing how you make yours. And it surely was alive and well in the beer video! Tks Ooooh. I just saw your reply to my question previously. Had I seen that, I wouldn’t have asked again. Sorry. Sometimes I get behind or the answer doesn’t show up till later.

Thank you very much! It was quite active, and that batch was made over the fall and into the winter as well, so it was definitely cold in the house. Fingers crossed I’ll have everything going again soon!

Some people like explanations, some people don’t! Can’t win them all right!

Hi there! You can absolutely wait until the leaves die completely back, for me we tend to go from no freeze at all to hard freeze and so I always just go ahead and beat nature to the punch! There’s nothing wrong with harvesting early though even if you want to pick small pieces off your plant throughout the season. Although harvesting throughout the season, you have to be careful to make sure you don’t pull off too many of the younger roots or you won’t get all the way around. Absolutely a great idea to plant them! Worst case you get a young ginger harvest before the end of the year. No sense in letting any of that go to waste!

@@TexasGardenDoc . I didn’t know the leaves could be used so I’ll be making some changes in the future to take advantage of the leaves. It turns out the rhizome is firm. It’s just the skin that’s all wrinkled and separated from the rhizome. Or, the fact that I put them in a bowl with a bit of water last night may have firmed them up. In any case, the roots grew over night! I’m excited to grow these. They are from last years crop which was the first time I ever planted ginger and they were organic store bought. I totally forgot I saved some to plant this year. Opps! But, they’re going out today. I want to make your ginger beer! Thanks. You have a lot of videos I want to watch!

That’s excellent! And if it’s sprouted roots that quickly you should be in good shape! The ginger beer is actually fantastic. I unfortunately had some problems with technology and I have not yet been able to put the ginger bug video but I think I’ve pieced enough parts of the video back together from what was lost to be able to finish it soon as well!

@@TexasGardenDoc . I have last years ginger planted. It suffered through a long winter in the garage and then a hot spring and summer neglected. The four pieces that survived looked very anxious to grow so I’m giving them a chance! I have ginger in the freezer but none fresh. I hope to do a better job growing and storing this year. I’ll bring at least one pot in over the winter this year. Looking forward to making that ginger beer. It looked very delicious! I make ginger brandy.

Oh! Ginger, Brandy sounds delicious! It definitely can be more difficult to grow when you have to overwinter it. I could probably try to overwind her mind and get more yielded out of it, but for me, it’s a lot of work and I don’t have a lot of space overwinter to protect it. So I just leave it in the garden That works, but it doesn’t work for everybody, especially if you live somewhere where it’s very cold. It can definitely survive a single hard freeze or maybe a few that are spaced out or don’t last very long. It sounds to me like you’re doing just fine and on the right track!

Hi there! I was just in Austin last week! I have not gotten fully right bananas yet, but I have got bananas every year. I would have gotten actual ripe bananas last year, except I did not see the fruit forming it was hidden at the top and I accidentally cut it out! It’ll definitely be challenging in Austin but the Java do pretty well with cool weather so it’s very possible you could end up with some bananas if we get a little bit of a break with the weather this year!

I know exactly what you mean. I’m watching the weather closely to see what to do and what steps I need to take in the garden to protect what I have. I was talking to a subscriber through email about the very thing that you’re talking about. We’ve had kind of a very unfortunate spring of events. It made things very difficult even just in the garden. I think everybody kind of needs an update maybe in short format and talk about things that are simple and quick like these storms that don’t require a lot of resources. Maybe I can throw something together quick and post it up as just a short little video for that purpose. I appreciate your kind words and I really do hope to get things back to normal very soon! Thank you so much!

Hi there! That’s a great question! You definitely do not want to walk the drainage holes. Citrus has one of those plants that does not like to have its roots sit in water so you wanna make sure that it drains well and only water when necessary. I hope that helps and if you have any other questions, just let me know!

lol. Yeah, they have their own ways of doing things, and they don’t always approve of my methods! 😂 Thank you so much for your kind words and comment as well!

I’m glad it helped! If you decide to make it, I’d love to hear what you think about it and if you added or change thing in the recipe. I always love hearing what you guys think of this stuff!

Thank you so much for your kind words, and I’m really glad you liked the video. It was my pleasure to share and if you have any questions at all, I’m always here so don’t hesitate to ask!

It was my pleasure. And I’m glad you enjoyed it! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask!

I would completely agree with that statement. However, I have no source that I can find that shows any gmo ginger ever being produced. It would be very helpful. If you could send me a link showing what egg companies are producing GMO ginger as I can’t find any. Definitely don’t want to be using GMO‘s for any reason. However, I simply can’t find a source stating that there are any GMO Ginger products being produced or sold so any documentation you could send me would be extremely helpful. Thanks!

@TexasGardenDoc you have to find the country of origin. Then the producer/grower. I'm not saying I have seen a gmo sticker on ginger per say, but garlic for instance grown in the far east and other places is genetically altered and contains high levels of metals and toxins. I buy garlic from local farms and or markets where I know where it's coming from. The gmo's have literally gotten way outta hand and they want us eating lab produced food and believe me they are pushing it into a supermarket near us...

Oh, I absolutely agree with that! It doesn’t even have to be GMOs, just the quality of the food alone, and the lack of care for nutrient density and quality is astounding! Everyone should always do their due diligence to make sure that they are growing something that is worth growing. I’m pretty fortunate in that the grocery store I shop from has 90% of its vegetables grown very near and almost all of them here in the United States. Many years ago there was a farm about 15 miles away from me. It was growing corn for dog food and it was GMO corn, I had to stop growing corn because it was cross pollinating and I didn’t want anything to do with it since gone and there’s no one in my area anywhere near that will be the first year I’m growing corn for real again.

I always love hearing that! I’m glad it helped you out, and I wish you lots and lots of ginger this season too! If you have any other questions or issues along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always here and I love to help out where I can!

Thank you so much, I’m glad you liked it! If you have any questions just reach out I’m always here to help!

You got it right! It’s a little more challenging in pots because you really have to watch the water as they dry out pretty quickly, but it definitely works well. And you’re absolutely right freezing ginger is a great way to enjoy it as fresh as possible, many months down the road If you have any questions or issues along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out I’m always here to help!

Sorry about that.

Thank you so much you are very kind, I’m glad you liked the video as well! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask I’m always here to help!

Thank you for replying. I’m planning on setting up a garden but it might take some time cause it will be on my vacation house so I’ll come back & ask my questions when the time comes👌🏻🌻

Very good! Best wishes and getting everything going and I’ll be around no rush!

Hi there! First of all there are no stupid questions that is a fact! Also congratulations on starting your gardening journey as well. There will be ups and downs losses and gains but in the end it will be well worth it. I promise you! To answer your question directly, the best way to determine the difference is if you take soil from the same pot And and damp it evenly. Then grab a handful in each hand and squeeze just one of your hands when you’re done the the soil and the hand that you squeezed is moist, but not wet the soil you have not squeezed is wet. Generally, if you can squeeze a handful of the soil and water drips out, it’s considered wet and not moist. If it feels damp to touch and squeeze it and very little to no water comes out at all, it’s considered moist or damp. I hope that helps if you have any other questions ask away. I’m always here to help!

@@TexasGardenDoc thank you so much!✌🌸

Absolutely!

Thank you for the kind words! It’s crazy with the difference in zones can make for growing certain plants like this. From what I understand, it can’t even become invasive in certain areas of the tropics, so harvesting throughout the year is excellent!

Hi there! It was my pleasure. I’m glad you like the video! You live in a fantastic place to be able to grow year-round. I’d love to hear how it turns out for you! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always here to help.

That’s great to hear that yours has roots already! I’m not sure what you’re asking me about garlic though. I have used garlic place near the ginger before and it seems to help a very little bit to help things sprout. It’s really hard to say for sure as I only see an increase of a couple of days maximum. Hope that helps and if you have any other questions, just let me know!

That’s very exciting! I’m glad you like the video and open it helped you out as well. Let me know if you have any questions and I’d love to hear how it turns out for you!

I absolutely agree with you! I actually tried for four years over and over and over again using every single method I’ve read about or found online. I got a few to start sprouts but never got them to grow if they did they didn’t grow long and they died. One of the roadside bought way back then I forgotten about it sprouted just sitting on the counter, so I thought let me cut this thing up and see if it will grow. That was the first time I ever successfully ginger. After that, I tested it a few more times to see how it worked, and each year I was able to get a plant to grow no problem from it. Have you had a chance to try this method yet? if so, are you actually getting sprouts that you can plant? Let me know what’s happening and maybe I can help you out. I know that those water methods and all kinds of other methods you can see online work for people they just never worked for me. I think it has something to do with the ginger in my area and how much stuff they put on it to keep it from sprouting. Let me know. I’d love to help out if I can. And I’d love to see you be successful with it!

It was my pleasure to share! Truth be told the leaves in the stems make my favorite tea!

It was my pleasure! Thank you so much for your kind words as well. I really hope it helps you out and if you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Thank you so much for your kind words, that means the world to me! I’m glad you liked it. If you have any questions at all, just let me know. I’d love to help her I can!

It was my pleasure to share, and I’m glad you liked it as well! Hopefully this method works really well for you and if you have any problems along the way you can always come on here and ask. I’d love to help you be successful this time so don’t hesitate to reach out!

That’s fantastic! I’m always glad to hear that. I’m glad you decided to give give it a try and when she gets started if you have any questions or issues, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to help you be successful with it!

Glad you liked it! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to help!

It is my pleasure, and I’m super excited to find out that you’re going to give the try! Once you get it figured out for your area it really is a simple plant to grow and it’s really enjoyable as well. Once you get started or if you have any questions at all just reach out. I’d love to help you out wherever I can! Thank you and may God bless you and your family as well!

We struggled to last year pretty badly with heat. Where I keep mine stay shaded pretty well during the summer, but I was having to water it every single day just to keep it going. It dropped most of its fruit and a lot of leaves, but I was able to get it through. Arizona has a whole different story though! It’s so dry there. I imagine it’s really hard to keep things watered, it’s possible it was watered, but it’s probably more likely the heat stress just was too much for it. That really stinks. What all were you growing?

@@TexasGardenDoc lemon, lime, oranges. Had six trees. Should have moved them into the house but did not have enough lights. This year I have an orange and about to buy a lemon. They’ll be inside if it’s that hot again. All last year and this year are the dwarf type.

That is truly heartbreaking! I’m glad to hear that you have a little bit going now and plan on getting some more though. It seems like every year we’re having to adapt more and more to changes and temperature, water and insects. And all the years and I’ve been gardening I’ve never had years that were difficult!

That’s fantastic news. I hope it works very well for you! I have heard of it. It’s an excellent plant actually very good for pain relief, and it can be stored long-term dry as well which is awesome! I don’t actually have any out here although it’s some point we did. Definitely one of those plants were having around! If you get started on the ginger and you have any questions at all, I’m always always here to help so don’t hesitate to ask!

@@TexasGardenDoc Yes, I bought ginger today at Walmart. I am having it sit as you instructed. Oh yes, I wish I could send you one of the Prickly lettuce plants. I also read an article that says that Prickly lettuce is like opium for pain relief. Just think, they don't allow marihuana plants, and people don't even know there is Prickly lettuce right in their backyard and they are killing it as a weed yearly. Maybe if I just mail you the root. If interested let me know.

We’ve been so conditioned since World War II to really focus on green grass. It kind of became a status assemble and people stopped growing food and allowing things that were always kind of known to be helpful medicinal in their yard to grow because it didn’t look pretty. It’s all very strange! I love the idea of that this weekend. I’m gonna look around and see if we have any growing now here just to make sure and I’ll let you know. Thank you!

@@TexasGardenDoc Yes you are right about everything you said. If you need any I could take one of mine and just get the root and send it to you. I think the Prickly Lettuce is beautiful. They get very tall up to 7 feet. I have started making tea with it. I also let the Pokeweed grow and I have 2 tall ones. They get even taller than the Prickly Lettuce so 2 of th em grow next to each other so I put some string between them so they can survive a storm. They used to make ink with the berries. It also is a beneficial plant.

Now pokeweed we have a lot of! When I was a very very young man, my grandmother used to have us go out and collect the very young and tender leaves from the plants and bring them back for and she would boil them up changing the water seven or eight times, and then scrambled eggs. Mix them in with the greens and freeze them in small butcher paper packets. We eat a lot of that when I was a kid actually! If I understand correctly, the underground roots can live up to 10 years or something crazy like that, but they are definitely prolific!

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it and that you found it helpful too! If you have any questions at all, I’m here to help so don’t hesitate to ask!

Hi there! Thank you so much for your kind words. I really appreciate that. I’m glad you liked it too! If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask I’m always here to help!

That’s a great question! The zones that I’m speaking about are called the USDA hardiness zones. They are basically a reference, mainly for perennials, that lets us know our average first and last frost date along with our average lowest temperature. There are 13 zones that stretch from the northern part of the US starting at one and going all the way to the south that ends with zone 13. the idea is to let us know when the last frost is and the first frost date is so that we can decide that when to start planting outside, but also when to expect protect plants that may need protection from cool weather. This also helps us to pick varieties of plants that will grow well in our area, but really on the coldest temperature. Most countries have some version of this that’s available to the public. Are you really only use this as a general guideline over the years I’ve learned that those dates and temperatures have changed quite a bit. I hope that helps and if you have any other other questions, just let me know!

That makes complete sense! It’s one of the other reasons why I think so many homegrown vegetables, particularly things like tomatoes and cucumbers are so different than what you find in the store. Everything that we buy commercially has to be shipped multiple times and move multiple times, so thick skin is definitely a plus in regard to that. Great insight thank you so much for sharing that!

It is 100% correct that all Meyer lemons are grafted lemons! I personally have several branches on these two lemons that do have thorns, however they did grow above the graft. Technically that should not be so I’m not entirely sure why that is, but I only cut those back off for shaping. It does stand, however that anything that is growing below the graph will be taking some nutrients and energy from the plant so I would say in most cases unless you’re just looking to help shape it and you don’t mind the thorns it’s definitely worth removing those branches Hope that helps!

Paper bag is optional! It can help keep some humidity in and around the ginger, but I rarely ever use this method