{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 129 Part 2 of growing ginger, turmeric, and galangal | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2761,"description":"This week on the Good Growing podcast, we finish our conversation on growing ginger, turmeric, and galangal. Last week we got through pre-sprouting indoors, this episode we dive into getting your sprouted rhizomes planted, growing, and then harvested. We take you through a growing season with these tropical spices in Illinois. \n\nWatch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/mGrZgSxOXJk\n\nSkip to what you want to know:\n0:44 Hey Ken!\n1:26 Hey Nick!\n1:48 Recapping last week\n2:40 Planting sprouted rhizomes – What does fertility look like when presprouting for so long?\n5:50 Preparing beds for planting in the ground in a caterpillar tunnel; digging a trench, fertility, compost, spacing, mulch\n8:27 Watering with drip irrigation (or Kitty litter buckets in Ken’s case)\n10:10 What role does fertility play in developing rhizomes? Any fertilizer recommendations?\n14:04 Fertilizing during the growing season and hilling ginger (turmeric and galangal are not hilled)\n17:34 Does planting depth impact hilling?\n20:20 What type of timeline are we talking about for growing a harvestable rhizome?\n23:40 Reminder when to start presprouting.\n24:56 Managing temperature: If we can’t build a high tunnel in the backyard, what are the season extension options for home gardeners?\n30:05 What does the harvest and processing look like for these three crops?\n35:48 What are some marketplaces that ginger, turmeric, and galangal growers are selling?\n39:52 How do we use these crops in our kitchens?\n42:10 Growers and consumers take our ginger, turmeric, and galangal survey at go.illinois.edu/ginger \n43:00 Growing tropical spices in Illinois can help in many different ways.\n44:36 Thanks and Goodbyes!\n\nHow to build a low tunnel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nln3DVuwQXY \nTake the ginger survey! https://go.illinois.edu/ginger \nPresprouting ginger video: https://youtu.be/aGNlrOF9J3Y \nGrowing and Harvesting Ginger in Illinois https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzp0xMacTf8\n\nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}