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Flowering ginger query

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  • helentofthelentoft Posts: 24

    I'll post a photo tomorrow for more comment.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    please do. We love a nice photo. image

    Devon.
  • helentofthelentoft Posts: 24

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     My flowering ginger and my garden...

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     To cut or not to cut... That is the question?

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    Don't know about the ginger, but WOW, what a stunning view!!


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • helentofthelentoft Posts: 24

    Thanks, I am on Portland Harbour in Dorset. Great for being warm and sunny but very storm battered at times.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    I'd not cut those back. They're still doing what they're meant to do, using the sun to make food. 

    The new foliage will soon come through and you won't even notice those, very , very slightly tatty leaves. 

    I'd love to see them when they flower.

    Devon.
  • helentofthelentoft Posts: 24

    This was last summer but does not do them justice. Also, Alstroemeria,  Helenium, Ricinus, and Dahlia. The Alstroemeria last flowered in November overwintered in full leaf and is already developing new flower buds.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    very nice. I aready have my ricinus germinated on the breakfast room table.

    Devon.
  • helentofthelentoft Posts: 24

    Planted mine yesterday from last years seed that I collected. The seed look like exotic beetles don't they. The seeds I bought from Jungle Seeds last year had a very poor germination rate so I am hoping that the DIY proves more successful.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    My first Ricinus seeds came from Kefalonia and they were wonderful. Then a friend sent me some from Crete and they too were wonderful. 

    I collected my own and sowed last year, very poor germination even though the seeds looked fine. I went back to the Crete batch and had almost 100%

    Fresh batch from Crete in Autumn , about 70% germination.

    Devon.
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