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By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
June 26, 2018 3:01am CST
Good Tuesday afternoon my fellow users of this site. How are you? At last, I was able to finish my notifications and right now I am sitting in front of the television watching my afternoon drama series, "Sharpshooter "(Asintado).
I prepared our lunch. I did peel ginger and onions, crushed black peppers, added vinegar and salt and mixed this concoction in a bowl for the raw oysters as appetiser, but we had this as a viand for lunch
The ginger however was a bit dry and there were sprouting roots already. I therefore told my sister to buy ginger. The older pieces do not have that taste anymore.
The ginger? Well I went out at the veranda,searched for a flower pot, and pressed down these 3 pieces of ginger in to the moist soil.
I know I have no green thumb but I hope that aside from okra, I will be able to grow ginger with minimal watering.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
i think they grow like how onions do too. the stalks of the spring onions are good to mix with some dishes that need more taste.
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@AKRao24 (27422)
• India
27 Jun 18
@ridingbet , Yes, but the foliage of Ginger plant is entirely different from Onion palnt or spring onions! Thanks!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Jun 18
@AKRao24 but i think in a big land, or what we call a plot, onions, garlic, and tomatoes can be grown all together, right?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
fingers and eyes crossed, i hope they will grow
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
26 Jun 18
I have never grown ginger. How is it planted? Put the whole ginger in the pot?
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
27 Jun 18
@ridingbet OK, I see. Thank you very much for sharing in such detail.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
no, i believe you have to cut a piece of the ginger and press a piece with a sprouting root, on a moist soil.
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@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
27 Jun 18
@ridingbet We are expecting rain for the next week. Right now is dry and pleasant, not even very hot.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
the piece of ginger that i pressed down the soil has some sprouting roots already that is why i thought of planting them.
your summer just stated last June 21st, so it is already dry there?
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
26 Jun 18
Those ginger will shoot up soon.
Have never taster oysters
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
the fresh oystaers are given to us by our kid brother when he had a get=together with his friends in a town far north. i prepared the dish and i recall my late mother who asked me to prepare the dish a day before she left us. it is a belief that those who are dying, want to fill themselves up with their favorite dishes. this oyster dish was one my mother asked me to prepare
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
27 Jun 18
@ridingbet this is then something that will always remain with you
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
when i have an itchy throat or hoarseness of voice i can boil ginger or suck a small piece of the ginger.
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@aureliah (24687)
• Kenya
2 Jul 18
@ridingbet In such a case I like mixing my ginger with lemon in hot water
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jul 18
@aureliah we sometimes call that drink "salabat" and we drink that for hoarseness of voice.
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@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
10 Aug 18
Your title and picture made me thnk you had troubleopening a package
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
10 Aug 18
no, i was pressing down some clices of ginger to the moist soil.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
i hope so too. i saw the pressed ginger and it is okay for now. hahaha! i don't know if it will grow. i actually placed it in a flower pot concealed from my sister because for sure she will ask me why i planted ginger in that pot.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
we cannot buy a piece of ginger here because if we do, it is costly, unlike when we buy maybe 1/4 kilo, we can save some in the fridge. the ginger that i planted was not refrigerated; it was placed in a bowl with the onions and garlic.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Jun 18
that is why i hope the ginger will grow. the stalks should be good for a dish.
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