How to Grow Ginger: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Zingiber officinale

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Sow / plantGrowingHarvest

Guides

Planting Ginger Rhizomes: Sprouting, Depth and Pot Size
Ginger Plant Care: Watering, Feeding, Shade and Mounding
Ginger Growing Calendar: Eight to Ten Months, Start to Harvest
Ginger Problems: Rhizome Rot, Yellow Leaves and Pests
When to Harvest Ginger: Young Pink Ginger and Mature Rhizomes

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Wilting Leaves dying

Pests and diseases (20)

Bacterial Wilt Late Blight Southern Blight Root-knot NematodeRice BlastReplant DisorderMosaic DiseaseRhizome Dark SpotRhizome RotPlant-parasitic NematodesSeptoria Leaf SpotFusarium Wilt and Damping-offPink Root and Stem RotSheath BlightBacterial RotBacterial Heart RotLeaf BlightBrown StainStorage Rhizome RotRed Blight

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.