Best time to plant ginger in Australia
Zingiber officinale
Also called ginger root
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.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoolNot yet checked against a local guide | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow |
| TemperateNot yet checked against a local guide | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| SubtropicalMatches local guides | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| TropicalBroadly matches local guides, with some differences | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | No |
| AridNot yet checked against a local guide | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow |
Good months to sow
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
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.