How To Reproduce Ginger

Ginger does not reproduce by seeds, but reproduces vegetatively with ginger blocks, so there is no tap root and is a shallow-rooted crop. After the ginger block is planted, several adventitious roots emerge from the stems of the young buds, and several small lateral roots appear on them. After entering the vigorous growth period, several fleshy roots can also be generated from the mother ginger and the ginger, and these fleshy roots also have a certain absorption capacity. The stems of ginger are divided into above-ground stems and underground stems.

⒈The stems on the ground. The above-ground stems of ginger are erect, 60 cm-100 cm high. Some varieties of above-ground stems have few branches and thick stalks, which are called thin seedling types, and some varieties have many branches and thinner stalks are called dense seedlings.

⒉ Underground stems. The underground stems of ginger are called rhizomes, which are both product organs and reproductive organs. The formation process of the rhizome is: when the ginger sprouts and emerges, it gradually grows into the main stem. As the main stem grows, the base of the main stem gradually expands to form a small rhizome, usually called "ginger mother". The axillary buds on both sides of the mother ginger can continue to sprout 2-4 ginger seedlings, that is, one branch, and its base gradually expands to form a ginger block, called ginger. Lateral buds on Zijiang continue to germinate, and new seedlings are drawn to form the second branch. The base of the ginger swells to form a second ginger block, which is called Sun Jiang. In this way, the third, fourth, and fifth ginger pieces continue to occur, and until the harvest, a complete rhizome composed of ginger mother and multiple ginger is formed. In general, the more branches in the ground part of ginger, the more ginger pieces in the underground part, and the larger the ginger, the higher the yield. The leaves of ginger are lanceolate and grow alternately. Under the leaves, there is a leathery sheath covering the stem. There is a hole where the leaves and the sheath connect, and new leaves are drawn out from this hole.

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