ginger presentation cfsa 10.2012
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Ginger Production Presentation - CFSA Conference 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Contact Information
Susan Anderson
Owner
East Branch Ginger
Ph: 207-313-4358
E-mail:[email protected]
Web address:www.eastbranchginger.com
Mailing Address:PO Box 321Pittsboro, NC 27312
Certified Organic andDisease-free Ginger, Turmeric, and Galangal Seed
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Edible Ginger, Grown LocallyPresentation given by:
Susan Anderson ofEast Branch Ginger
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About East Branch Ginger
•Susan Anderson•Represent Puna Organics•History•Horticulture Degree•Garden Center•Farm•Johnny’s•Goals
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About Puna Organics
• Hugh “Biker Dude” Johnson
• Elvira• Dan• Folks who work there• History
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Your Hawaiian Retreat
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Puna Organics History• Over 20 years farming ginger in Hawai’i• Offer many varieties of organic ginger for organic
commercial market – field grown• Turmeric• Seed
– Ruhi– Yellow Hawaiian– Big Kahuna (limited for 2013)– Turmeric, Galangal (Thai Ginger)
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Hawai’i
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http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/us/hi/hawaii_island
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Clean Seed Project
• Started to help farmers combat:– Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum)– Fusarium spp.
• Tissue Culture• Grow on plantlets• Grow out mature ginger• Clean Seed for farmers
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Photo courtesy of University of Hawai’i at HiloShows Ralstonia solanacearum (Bacterial Wilt) in ginger from field
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What is Culinary Ginger?
Zingiber officinale Roscoe
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Worldwide Crop• Australia• Peru• China• US – Hawai’i• Vietnam• Thailand• India• Middle East• Japan• Africa• Just to name a few…
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What Can We Do With Ginger?
• Cook – fresh, frozen, or dried• Medicinal
– Digestion– Anti-nausea– Anti-inflammatory properties– Do your research, there are lots more benefits
• Pickling• Candied• Teas• Juicing• Many, many other options!
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Seed Pieces
• Seed pieces are around 1-3oz. (about 5-16 pieces per pound)
• Maximizes root and shoot potential• All cut from Grade A ginger
– Commercial Ginger is graded and Grade A is choice ginger for commercial market
– All seed is cut from this choice ginger grade
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When Ginger Arrives…
OPEN THE BOX(ES)!• Crucial step – give ginger fresh air from the long trip!• Presprout right away!
– If not possible then…
• Place all seed pieces on a wire rack or table with a fan – OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT
• Can hold like this for a few days to 5 days• Temps between 55F-90F• Presprout ASAP
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If there is mold on your seed…
• Fresh air for 5-6 hours or overnight• Planting/Presprouting right away
– Planting limits access to oxygen for the mold– Planting also introduces any beneficial fungi and
bacteria that may be in your media/soil to the surface mold on your ginger; these beneficial organisms like to eat molds like this…
• Disinfect
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Disinfecting seed pieces
• Seed was already treated with a hydrogen peroxide dip before it shipped
Before dipping your seed, check with your certifying agency to be sure these
methods are acceptable!
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Dipping Seed Pieces - Bleach• Bleach (clorox, chlorine)
– Use a 20% solution (a 1:5 ratio of bleach:water)– Soak seed for 15 minutes– Place on wire racks with fan to dry out for a day or two
until chlorine dissipates– Plant as soon as possible after the seed has dried
REMINDER: CHECK WITH CERTIFYING AGENCY ABOUT BLEACH DIP TREATMENT BEFORE DIPPING ANY SEED
OR• Use hydrogen peroxide dip according to label
instructions (check about applications in OG)
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Presprouting – Why?• We are not in Hawai’i or any other tropical
area so…– Have to extend our season somehow– Mimic planting the rhizomes into warm soil– Goals:
• Get the root and shoot buds to start growing• Start canopy growth so that plants are in full leaf
during our long days• Increase yields – as day length decreases, rhizome
growth increases until season’s end
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Presprouting – How?
• Place seed pieces in any well-drained media• Containers to use:
– Open 1020 seedling flats– 6” pots– 1 gallon pots– Bulb crates– ANYTHING THAT WILL DRAIN AND HAS A DEPTH
OF ABOUT 2-3”– Allows room for prolonged presrouting, if needed
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Presprouting – How?• Add about 1-2” of media to containers• Place seed pieces on media• Cover with about ½-1” of media• Water in• Water when media becomes dry to the touch
– Rhizomes are not actively taking up water or nutrients right now
– DO NOT OVER WATER DURING THIS STAGE– Ginger will stay dormant if overwatered
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Presprouting – How?• Keep pots/flats in a warm environment
– Preferably 70-80F– If cooler (not below 65F), then allow more time for
presprouting
• Options for heating pots/flats– Heat mats– Germ Chamber– Inside the house (near heat register or wood stove)– Greenhouse – if warm enough
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Presprouting – How Long?
• Typically 4-6 weeks• Can hold ginger pieces in this stage for 8-10
weeks– Feed the ginger if presprouting longer than 4-6
weeks
• Benefits of presprouting:– Get a head start on the growing season– Can hold seed pieces until soil is ready if weather
not breaking
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Ways To Grow Your Crop• Hoop house/High Tunnel
– Soil– Containers
• Field– Soil– Containers
• Greenhouse– Soil– Containers
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Soil CultureHoop House/High Tunnel
• Soil MUST be actively warming from 55F to transplant– Even at night! No lower than 55F at night– Use soil thermometers
• Check probes first thing in the morning before sun hits the structure/field to get accurate “lowest” reading for the day
– Use low tunnels or row covers to expedite soil warming
– Transplant a week or two after tomatoes
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Soil Thermometers
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Soil CultureHoop House/High Tunnel
• Soil should be well-drained and have adequate water-holding capacity
• Should have good CEC• Feed more often if soil has little water-
holding capacity because of nutrient leaching
• Good microbial activity – if not, inoculate as recommended
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Seeding Rates/SpacingSoil Culture
• 25-30 pounds per 100 feet = seed pieces 5” on center in the row– 50 foot row would take about 15 pounds of ginger
seed to plant
• Rows 3 feet on center from row to row– This allows room for hilling– Keeps canopy crowded to shade out weeds and
keep soil cooler in summer season
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Seeding Rates/SpacingSoil Culture
• Dig 4” trench into soil– Don’t forget to preplant fertilize in trench!
• Place presprouted seed pieces in bottom of trench• Cover with about 1” of soil – same depth as
presprout• Keep area well weeded throughout crop cycle
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In tropical field production there is typically a double row and the plantings are on four foot centers to allow room for hilling. This spacing is common to maximize field space without compromising yields. On the mainland, the canopy does not get as big so row-to-row spacing can be smaller. There are many different ways that ginger is, and can be grown. Our recommendations for spacing maximize yields in limited space, such as inside a hoop house… expensive real estate in those hoop houses!
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Water• Consistent water supply is important for ginger to
yield well• Drip irrigation with timer helps deliver water
consistently• Do not over water in the beginning – may wash
nutrients away from crop• Very important to water well after canopy
establishment – deep drinks, not daily short waterings
• pH – ginger is tolerant of pH fluctuations as long as there’s enough food available (ideal 6.0-6.7)
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Water• Keeping humidity high around canopy helps
alleviate heat stress• Ways to achieve high humidity:
– Misting– Water foliage in the morning just before temps
rise for the day– Keep an eye on fertilizers if misting or wetting
foliage – may leach nutrients
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Hilling
• Leave room for hilling between rows• If soil depth is shallow then hill with anything that is
not decomposing• Feed at every hilling• More on details of hilling later• Control weeds!! Ginger is a poor competitor for
nutrients.
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Bag/Container CultureMedia
• Use well-drained media that has good water-holding capacity– Cocopeat works very well to cultivate ginger in containers
• Does not compete for nutrients (as long as salts are low or leached out and gypsum is used)
–AeroCoir• Has excellent water-holding capabilities
– Must be well-drained– Potting mixes as long as they are not mucky– We do not recommend field soil in containers with ginger
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Bag/Container CultureBags/Containers
• Must have capacity to hill crop– Total depth of container should be at least 12-18”
• We recommend 15 gallon grow bags• Injection molded plastic containers are flexible
enough for ginger• Fabric bags• Containers must be well-drained• No valuable pots – ginger may break them
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Bag/Container CultureSpacing
• 2.5 seed pieces per 15 gallon bag– Between 2 and 3 pieces, depending upon seed size.
Use 2.5 to calculate how much seed you need.– Example: 15 pounds of ginger will plant about 50 bags
• Place about 4” of media in bottom• Place seed pieces on that media• Cover with about 1” of media – same depth as
in presprout
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Bag/Container Culture
Spacing• Bags/containers can be shoulder to shoulder
or spaced apart BUT…– Ginger likes the increased humidity around the
canopy– Tight spacing helps with drip irrigation– Tight spacing keeps root zone shaded in the
Carolinas
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Bag/Container Culture
Fertilizer/Amendments• Preplant and at each hilling, depending upon
soil nutrient availability– May increase fertilizer regime if media is binding– Ginger is a hungry crop so feed it!
• Use gypsum at each feeding to increase nutrient availability to the ginger crop
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Field Grown Culture
• Follow instructions for Hoop House/High tunnel culture – planting, seeding rates, ferts
• Differences:– Presprouted seed will be placed out later than in
high tunnel– Use techniques to expedite soil warming (low
tunnels, row covers)– Approximately a week to two weeks after
tomatoes transplanted out??
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Hilling – In Depth
Why?• Cultivated crop – higher
yields when crop is hilled• Natively ginger is
understory plant• Reduce sunscald in full
sun• Reminds us to feed
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Hilling – In Depth
How?• Field – use soil or
any well-drained, non-decomposing media
• Bag/container – use growing media that ginger is planted in
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Hilling – In Depth
How?• Add about 2-3” each time you add soil/media
– May cover some leaves – that’s fine
• Hill 3-4 times during the growing season• Add amendments and fertilizers at each hilling
– Ginger is a heavy feeder– Can add extra feedings, too
• Add too much or too little and ginger hands will be homely – still delicious, just homely
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Hilling – In Depth
When?• First Hilling
When base of shoot(s) turn from bright white to bright pink
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Hilling – In Depth
When?• Second Hilling
– 4-6 weeks after first hilling• Add food and amendments• Add 2-3” of soil/media• Okay if some leaves are covered
• Third Hilling– Same as above (don’t forget to feed)
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In Depth - Fertilizers
• Get a baseline soil test if growing ginger in the soil
• Gypsum – use to make nutrients more available to the ginger– Heavy feeder so amending with gypsum will aid in
nutrient uptake– Check with certifying agency about use of gypsum– Find calcium supplement that won’t change pH
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Fertilizer Options
• Any mild fertilizer (around 5-5-5) that is fed often to the crop– At least 4-5 times per season
• Many studies show that ginger is heavy feeder• Local poultry fertilizers• Compost and fish emulsion are not enough to
maximize yields• Flower torches are good
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Fertilizer Options
Examples of OG Sources• Suståne – 4-6-4• Cheep Cheep – 4-3-3• Harmony – 5-4-3• Replenish – 3-4-3• Check local sources – they are often cheaper• Espoma – Garden Gypsum• Local turf suppliers may have organic gypsum
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Fertilizer RatesDepends Upon Ferts Used
• Preplant fertilize by placing fert and gypsum in the trench or mixing with media for containers.
• About 4-6oz. of fert, count 5-5-5, at each feeding including preplant – depends upon fert used. Read bag for specific rates.– Per 15 gallon bag or per row foot
• Gypsum should be applied at vendor recommended rates.
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Feed Heavily! Ginger is Hungry!
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Supplements
Use these supplements as insurance to maximize yields (soil or containers):
• Actinovate• Trichoderma
• Gypsum• Aged compost – Goat, horse, rabbit
CHECK WITH CERTIFIER IF OG GROWER BEFORE ADDING SUPPLEMENTS TO CROPS
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In Depth - Media• Cocopeat
– Choose product with low salt (Low EC)– Holds nutrients and water so that it is readily available
to plant roots (if low salt)– Very good CEC (if low salt)– Rewets readily (unlike peat moss based medias)– Can reuse for other crops
• Soilless Media– Well drained but adequate water holding capacity– Cannot be actively decomposing
• Will steal nutrients from ginger crop
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Baby Ginger
What are the Differences between Baby and Mature?
• Baby – no fibers, no skin to peel, flavor is less complex but still spicy, very tender, less storage time after harvest (Chef Kevin Gillespe says he loves it!)– Can be pickled, candied because so tender
• Mature – has thick skin to peel, tough fibers running through flesh, takes about 4 months longer to grow, more storage time after harvest
• The two are essentially different crops
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Baby Ginger
• How long to grow?– From beginning of presprout to harvest is about
4-6 months, depending upon cultural inputs
• How long will I be able to harvest Baby Ginger?– The harvest window is about 4-6 weeks
• Rhizomes will become more mature if left to grow after that time frame as long as soil is 50-55F or above
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Baby Ginger
• Harvest– Soil – hand dig using a lifting tool under the clump of
rhizomes– Container/bag culture – tip bag/container on its side
and dup media out until you can pull rhizome clump from bag
• Be “gingerly” with your containers to sterilize and reuse them for a few seasons
– After harvest, rinse soil/media from rhizomes for market or use
• Wash with the pink bud scales
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Why Baby?• Good crop for locally grown ginger on the
mainland• ROI for Baby most likely higher than mature• They are very different crops• Mature ginger culture
– Expensive on the mainland to mature– If ROI and profit made then go for it!– Competition is stiff that time of year from
commercial ginger growers in China, Peru, Brazil, Hawaii
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Marketing Baby Ginger
• Ways to sell Baby Ginger– Rhizome piece(s)
• Example: box of pre-weighed 4oz. pieces to market• Charge by the each
– Stem• Example: harvest rhizomes and leave 12-18” of stem on
for market• Charge by the each or by the bunch• Nice presentation
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Marketing Baby Ginger
• Ways to sell (continued)– By the pound
• Perhaps less sticker shock to customer if sold by the oz.
– By the hand (section of whole rhizomes)• Beautiful presentation!• Perhaps a good way to sell to chefs in season
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Marketing Baby Ginger
• Storing Baby Ginger– Harvest what you need for market/ restaurants/
own use– Leave the rest in the ground to store– Harvested, washed rhizomes will store for about 2
weeks at room temp (~70-75F)– Long term (5-8 weeks) – store at 60F with 50-60%
Relative Humidity– Freeze
• Chopped, sliced, whole rhizomes, cubes (!)
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Marketing Baby Ginger
• Educate customers– Start now by showing them pictures of what you’ll
be bringing to market• Use pics on the website for your marketing
– Instruct them in the ways they can store ginger• Encourage them to calculate how much they use in a
year• They can then purchase all their ginger from you this
fall and freeze it!
– Instruct them on how to use ginger
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Yields for Baby Ginger
• If all cultural requirements met and depends upon when harvested:– 8 pounds per pound planted (highest has been
about 17 lbs!)– Example: 20 pounds will yield about 160 pounds
of Baby Ginger• Market extrapolation – 50 member CSA
– This would allow for about a pound of ginger for each box for 3 weeks
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Yields for Baby Ginger• Dig up a plant or two near harvest time to see
if it’s ready• You can begin digging once rhizomes start
growing – late August• Increase market potential (harvest window)
by stagger planting• Try planting some ginger in containers and
some in soil to open harvest window
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Uses for Baby Ginger
• Fresh eating• Pickling• Candied• Juiced• Teas• Medicinal• Freeze for use later• Recipes in fall via newsletter
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Insects• Insects – not many on the mainland that attack
ginger but it is not widely grown– Grasshoppers, a few caterpillars, katydid observed but
not destructive feeding
• If insects observed feeding, hand pick off individuals• Aphids: use standard treatments already in use in
your system– Banana aphid (Pentalonia nigronervosa) observed in
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If you are unsure of an insect pest on your ginger, call Cooperative Extension
Take pictures andsend them to Debbie Roos
Banana Aphid
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Insects
• Nigra scale, Hibiscus scale, Florida Black Scale, etc. (Parasaissetia nigra) – Found throughout the world– Has been observed in many states in the US– Potential ginger pest
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DiseasesBacterial Wilt
(Ralstonia solanacearum)• Major ginger disease wherever ginger is
grown commercially• Race 4 Biovar 3 and 4 attack ginger• Symptoms: yellowingfoliage, wilting plants due tovascular clogging
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Diseases
Bacterial Wilt Control• Begin each crop with clean seed• Cull infected plants• Crop rotation (very long out of host plants)• Clean equipment to reduce inoculum• Grow in containers• Control nematodes• Very difficult to manage once soil is infected
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Diseases• Nematodes: Ditylenchus sp., Helicotylenchus sp.,
Meloidogyne sp. (root knot), Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similis, Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform), Tylenchorhynchus sp., Xiphinema americanum
• Not all of these nematodes occur in all regions• Talk to Cooperative Extension about which ones are
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Diseases• Fusarium spp.
– Species that infect ginger include:• Fusarium Oxysporum f.sp. Zingiberi – Fusarium yellows• Fusarium sp. – Rhizome rot
– Symptoms: yellowing leaves, wilting due to vascular clogging
– Control:• Plant clean seed with every crop• Keep crop healthy!• Hard to manage once soil is infected• Crop rotation out of potential host crops
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Diseases
Conclusion• Start with clean seed every season
– Do not use store bought ginger for seed in soil culture – only in containers, if commercial ginger used for seed
– Whether saving seed or buying seed, scout crop regularly for disease symptoms
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How can you get clean seed?
• Order seed from East Branch Ginger every spring– Availability from mid-late February until late
March for 2013 season• Exact time depends upon crop maturity at Puna
Organics• Order on website, call, snail mail• Take checks, credit cards, money orders
– Reminder: we offer clean, certified organic ginger seed
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What else do we offer?
KNOWLEDGE• We offer the knowledge throughout the entire
season that you can lean on to have a successful crop
• Call, e-mail, write when you have questions/comments regarding your ginger crop
• What questions I cannot answer, the farmers in Hawaii can
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Organic Commercial Ginger For Seed?
• Taking a risk planting into soil• If you want to try a store bought piece, plant
in a container placed well away from your main ginger crop!
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Can you save your own seed?
PROS• Cheaper (maybe)• Satisfying
CONS• More expensive (maybe)
– Have to mature the ginger
• Not making ROI• Heat HH or GH in cold snap• Disease pressure from
previous season• Seed pieces not as robust as
ones grown in Hawai’i– This could decrease yield
potential in subsequent seasons
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CONS CONTINUED
• Space considerations– Example: You sold 240 pounds of ginger last year
• You have to harvest about 45-55 pounds of ginger to get the 30 pounds to plant after cutting
– There are culls in the seed cutting process– Reminder: 30 pounds plants about 100 fifteen gallon grow
bags or about 100 row feet– Must heat a space to have soil temps remain 55F (day and
night) to avoid rhizome damage and mature the ginger– Dip, cut and cure the seed the following season for use
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• Saving Seed– Keep soil temps above 50-55F– Use soil probes– Grow on for 10-12 months– Feed until leaves senesce– Water until leaves senesce– Do not over water when dormant or ginger will rot– Dig in late winter/early spring– Cut hands – instructions on website– Cure for 3-5 days, until cuts are dried completely– Presprout or plant
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Homeowners
• Pot culture – overwinter in pot in house– Do not over water
• Landscape culture – very shade tolerant• Overwintering
– Dig up plant, transplant to pot– Place pot in area that will remain above 50-55F– Do not over water in the winter months– Harvest out of pot all winter!
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Seed Available This Year
Ruhi• White Ginger• Yellow at tips• High in curcumins• Rich Flavor• Great as baby• High yielding
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Seed Available This Year
Hawaiian Yellow• Japanese yellow
ginger grown in Hawai’i
• A rare variety• Pungent and deep
flavor• Vibrant yellow color• Slow growing• Low yielding
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Seed Available This Year
Galangal• Thai ginger• Floral, piney flavor• Very high yields• No hilling• Needs 8 months
from beginning presprout
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Growing in The CarolinasReduce Heat Stress
• Grow in shade of trees• Shade Cloth – 30-75%
– Black, white, silver– Ginger very tolerant of heavy shade
• Monitor soil temps with probes• Use circulation fans• Use water as a cool tool• Ventilate houses well in the heat of the day• Mist the foliage to keep humidity high• Do not hill too much• Feed, feed, feed
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Growing in The CarolinasReduce Heat Stress
• Signs of heat stress:• Over abundance of shoots and little rhizome
growth• Short foliage
• Do not let soils get over 90F for more than a day
• Keep canopy cover thick to shade root zone
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Conclusions• Ginger is easy to grow it’s just very different than
what we’re used to• Eat Branch Ginger and Puna Organics are here to
help you season after season– NEWSLETTER
• Baby Ginger is a niche crop that will help you stand out at fall market, with chefs and wholesalers
• Local crop that needs to be grown locally• High yielding crop!
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Sources for Information Herein• www.eastbranchginger.com• http://www.hawaiianorganicginger.com• http://cocoworldusa.com/• http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/pp728/Ralstonia/
Races_and_biovars_of_Ralstonia_solanacearum.html• http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/type/f_oxys.htm• http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/plant_pathology_research/
Soilborne_plant_diseases/Host_ranges?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=printer_friendly
• http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/horticulture/4748.html• http://research.usc.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/usc:2030• http://www.emhawaii.com/upload/scm-8.pdf• http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/ginger-000246.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger
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Sources for Info Herein – Page 2• http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/CFS-GIN-3A.pdf• http://www.benmeadows.com/search/soil+probe?
CID=RG0400_SoilProbes_SCH&mkwid=sMdcNJbkz&pcrid=6841282738 • http://www.calciumproducts.com/so4-info.cfm?
gclid=CIHekZvRsqcCFcZw5Qodbkn-AA • http://www.planetnatural.com/site/search_engine.html?
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Sources for Information Herein• http://www.hummert.com/• http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/tobacco_budworm.htm• http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/PDF/pdf%202010/18%20Sep/
Zakka%20et%20al.pdf• http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/crops/gin_root.htm• http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/ScaleKeys/SoftScales/key/Soft_scales/
Media/Html/Species/22Para_nigra/1Para_nigraDesc.html• http://chaos.bibul.slu.se/sll/eppo/EDS/E-SAISNI.HTM• http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/microbes/bacterialwilt.shtml• http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_softbugs/BlackScale.htm• http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/rsol/Webresources.html• http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:71427/ArielDocRQF2.pdf
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Sources for Information Herein• http://www.oisat.org/pests/diseases/bacterial/bacterial_wilt.html• http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/fus_prim.htm
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