Best time to plant ginger in Orbost
Zingiber officinale
Also called ginger root
Sow ginger in Orbost 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 Orbost
Orbost, VIC is in the cool zone. Its months for ginger apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Orbost
Frost usually arrives in Orbost around mid June and finishes by mid August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as mid September, 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.