Best time to plant ginger in Rockhampton
Zingiber officinale
Also called ginger root
Sow ginger in Rockhampton in Sep to Mar.
Ginger is a herbaceous perennial grown for its rhizome, the familiar spice. Each year it sends up leafy false stems about 1 m tall, formed from rolled leaf bases, while pale yellow flowers edged in purple rise on separate shoots. Turmeric, cardamom and galangal are all relatives.
When to sow in Rockhampton
Rockhampton, QLD is in the subtropical zone. Its months for ginger apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Rockhampton
Frost usually arrives in Rockhampton around late July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid July or as late as early August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 3cm
- Plant spacing
- 25cm
- Row spacing
- 20cm
- Height
- 100cm
- Time to harvest
- 120-160 days
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Part sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.