RE: ginger instructions

What kind of gingers did you grow, Sheri?

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Kitty 
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> Kitty, 
> 
> My Gingers bloomed last fall. I did not do anything special to them and was 
> surprised when the first blooms appeared. 
> 
> Sheri 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
> Of kmrsy@comcast.net 
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:56 PM 
> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> Subject: [CHAT] ginger instructions 
> 
> I just purchased (for my MG presentation) some curcuma rhizomes on eBay 
> from a very friendly, helpful seller. He has a sideline business he 
> calls "GingersRus". He sends growing instructions on what he refers to 
> as Beginners Gingers, but does not bother with his Collector and 
> Advanced series gingers because he figures you know what you're doing. 
> However, on my invoice was this note: 
> 
> 
> "If you want, you can now download the 
> GENERAL instructions for each ginger genus by going to 
> 
> http://www.gingersrus.com/BeginnerPackage.doc 
> 
> I thought some of you might find this information helpful. In the 
> messages we exchanged before I bid, he helped me select the right 
> variety. The one I was planning on bidding on was a spring bloomer, not 
> a summer bloomer (my presentation is on summer bloomers) and he said I 
> would have difficulty getting it to bloom at all up here. 
> 
> 
> I'm trying to get a few sample geophytes to show at the presentation, 
> March 4, but that is too early to get shipments from my regular sources 
> - Brent & Becky's, McClure & Zimmerman, and Odyssey no longer carries a 
> spring line. So I'm trying eBay along with some from Netherland Bulb 
> that we are selling. So right now I have Lily bulbs, Curcuma rhizomes, 
> Colcoasia tuber/corms, Dahlia and Begonia tubers, Calla and Canna 
> rhizomes, and maybe some Galtonia bulbs. I'd like to get hold of some 
> Crocosmia or Gladiolus corms this month, but the prices on eBay have 
> been ridiculous so far when you figure in their shipping. 
> 
> -- 
> Kitty 
> The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; 
> the realist adjusts the sails. 
> 
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