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Tanja Westfall-Greiter's avatar

Cardboard and compost are great, but not the most economical. Plus, it's hard work. I turn lawn into beds by mulching with the cut grass, but it takes longer. More on that in another post, I think. Thanks for reading!

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Rada Olivera's avatar

It looks fantastic! We're on the same journey, and I hope we both have an amazing experience!

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Tanja Westfall-Greiter's avatar

I just read your first post. So glad to see you're making the most out of your little patch!

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Hannah Harder, Eco-advocacy's avatar

Well done! Enjoy!

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Tanja Westfall-Greiter's avatar

Yes, in my climate it can be grown in ground. The truck for large tubers seems to be daylight. I believe it was the university of New Hampshire that did trials and discovered that the yield doubled between harvests end of October and end of November. I keep them in the ground as long as possible, but frost hits usually mid November. I've also grown some in containers, which I can bring in to our sunroom. I harvest fresh from those on winter. A perennial ginger? Hmmm... I'm not familiar with that. They will keep growing forever and just expand tubers. Maybe split the tubers and replant to give them room? Ginger needs a 12-month cycle to fully develop, which is why I can only harvest young tubers that don't keep well - hence keeping a pot or two around for fresh.

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Suzanne Oommen's avatar

Wonderful! No two gardens are alike so I always learn something from another gardener's process.

I would indeed like to learn more about the woman behind no-dig and also why you are a firm believer in no compost? Is it because the cardoard rots and grass comes through? I sometimes put compost on top of the carboard and plant into it after just a month or less. I do get some grass popping up here and there but haven't found it much of a problem.

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Mark Ridsdill Smith's avatar

Wow what a wonderful variety of plants you grow Tanja! I'm intrigued by the ginger - is it possible for you to grow a decent amount of it outside? I have a hardy ginger plant in a container here - it grows huge and needs very little sun, but sadly it's a variety that doesn't produce nice fat edible tubers.

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Tanja Westfall-Greiter's avatar

One more thing - Peruvian ginger is smaller. Could that be the case?

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