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Fri, Nov 11, 11 at 13:10
| I found fresh tumeric root in my local Iowa food shop and decided i needed to know how it would grow. I learned a bit. It sprouted and grew eagerly in the window in the spring before last frost. Extra heat and humid encouraged faster growth but made no apparent difference in the end. By the time i planted them out they looked like young corn plants. I planted them in part shade with no addition of fertilizer. They grew only a little taller thru summer and did not spread. The whole plant has the tasty odor but the fibrous leaves don't seem useful. I pulled one plant just before the first frost and brought in one pot of roots that i never planted(house plant). The curious thing was that the original root which i planted whole was still hard and fragrant and looking quite viable and even edible. Most roots you plant are consumed by the growing plant. The new roots that had formed were numerous but very small(thumbnail). After the first hard frost it was apparent that as i expected the plants were not going to survive the winter so i dug them all. I will store them in various ways thru the long winter and post in the spring if i have any success with getting a live plant in the ground in may. I am hoping to see it flower some day Ric |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Wed, Mar 21, 12 at 2:41
| Well its not May yet but I checked my stored tumeric root plants. they have been in my garage heated to 45 F all winter. the potted ones I left dry and found that they had drawn all the life from the original roots and formed hard round bulb like crowns that look ready for spring though i am sure they are rootbound as there are 5 plants in an eight inch shallow pot. the plants I pulled bare root from the garden were kept moist in an open plastic bag and are also looking ready to go. They have a hard bulbous crown and 2 or 3 small tumeric rhizomes forming on the undersides.Its looking pretty good for growing a small crop of tumeric this year.I will post again when I have green plants in the garden Ric |
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- Posted by purpletomato 7 NC (purpletomato@live.com) on Thu, May 24, 12 at 17:12
| THAT is just too cool! :) |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 22:14
| well the tumeric crop was unable to thrive in the hard cracked iowa earth that resulted from the drought conditions we had. The six roots in a flowerpot of good loamy potting soil that I was able to water well have formed a very nice looking display which I will be bringing in this fall as a house plant. If the foliage dies back I will dump them out and check to see if there are usable roots. |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Sun, Apr 28, 13 at 1:08
| The foliage died back mid winter but I just left it with an occasional light watering to keep it from drying completely. Today I dumped it out and not only are there live edible sized tumeric roots in the center but there are many peanut sized tubers spread out thru the pot even down close to the bottom. I carfully repotted it and will continue to let it grow as an outdoor / indoor houseplant . |
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- Posted by greenman62 9b (My Page) on Wed, May 22, 13 at 13:42
| will have to go to my local indian store to get some I use turmeric all the time its VERY healthy. they just found that turmeric with Omega-3 grows braincells and repairs some damage to the brain |
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