Best time to plant ginger in Dubbo
Zingiber officinale
Also called ginger root
Sow ginger in Dubbo in Nov to Dec.
Ginger is a herbaceous perennial grown for its rhizome, the familiar spice. Each year it sends up leafy false stems about 1 m tall, formed from rolled leaf bases, while pale yellow flowers edged in purple rise on separate shoots. Turmeric, cardamom and galangal are all relatives.
When to sow in Dubbo
Dubbo, NSW is in the arid zone. The zone also plants in Oct, but Dubbo's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Dubbo
Frost usually arrives in Dubbo around mid May and finishes by early October. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late April or as late as late October, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 3cm
- Plant spacing
- 25cm
- Row spacing
- 20cm
- Height
- 100cm
- Time to harvest
- 120-160 days
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Part sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.