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How Do I Divide Ginger Plants?

By Home & Garden Last updated Thursday, May/02/2024

1). Remove the existing ginger plant from the soil, carefully removing the entire root rhizome at the same time.
2). Place the rhizome, or root, of the plant on your work surface.
3). Cut the rhizome into the number of pieces you wish to propagate for new plants.
4). Mix together equal amounts rotted leaf mulch and sand in a large pot or shallow pail. Bury the individual rhizomes 1/2 inch deep in the mixture.
5). Fill peat pots 3/4 full of good-quality potting soil. When the rhizomes begin to appear as small plants in the mulch and sand mixture, transfer the small plants to the peat pots.
6). Keep the soil moist in the peat pots and transplant to the garden when the plants begin to leaf out.