Turmeric from our garden
@allknowing (153764)
India
September 8, 2025 7:22pm CST
Just a single plant that I got from my mother's garden got me loads of turmeric
I planted it and it provided a huge cluster of turmeric. I dug out and separated the cluster and planted the rhizomes in a row and they proudced more turmeric. I once again separated the rhizomes and planted them again in a row that stretched to more than 100 feet
The rhizomes that I gor from this lot I kept a few for replanting and the rest I cleaned, boiled, dried and made it into powder The rhizomes weighed 20 kilos and the powder weighed two kilos
Sadly we could not repeat this process and now we just have a few plants but do get enough powder for our use
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@Traceyjayne (5300)
• United Kingdom
9 Sep
I suffer with high blood pressure and shouldn’t have a lot of turmeric. Well done for growing all of that though !
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@allknowing (153764)
• India
9 Sep
I have only known of the goodness of turmeric I did not know it affects one's Blood Pressure
@Traceyjayne (5300)
• United Kingdom
9 Sep
@allknowing I didn’t know either until a few months ago. If you are taking medication for high blood pressure you shouldn’t have much , if any, tumeric
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@allknowing (153764)
• India
9 Sep
@Traceyjayne It is just used in our cooking and that may not be much
@rsa101 (40251)
• Philippines
9 Sep
@allknowing It seems that most of what's available here is in powdered form, which I assume is made from the roots. I'm not sure if there are any options made from the leaves.
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@allknowing (153764)
• India
9 Sep
@rsa101 Yes powder is made from the rhizomes and the leaves are used to wrap to steam snacks which are removed and not eaten
@allknowing (153764)
• India
9 Sep
We never use turmeric in any form where we have to add it in our drinks - may be in milk sometimes Only the leaves have a strong aroma and not the turmeric It is mild in my opinion I like the aroma of the leaves and make a snack using the leaves as a wrapper
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@sathviksouvik (21496)
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9 Sep
great turmeric. They have a lot of qualities, i purchase the raw turmeric from market
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