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Steve L · 11-08-2006, 04:15 PM

I'm sure there are a lot of people who will think I'm crazy for saying this but I'm lucky to live in Louisiana, especially so near the Gulf Coast. I know what most of the rest of the country thinks of us but I would not want to live anywhere else for a lot of reasons, gardening, food and waterfowl hunting are at the top of my list. With that being said, our climate is very successful for most gingers. The only gingers that we can't grow in the ground are the true tropical Zone 10 varieties. I have a friend in Los Angeles that has tried to grow Curcumas to absolutely no success. I think it's because of the low humidity. I have a dozen or so and they do great here as do all Hedychiums, lots of Alpinias, some Costus, Globbas, Kaempferias, and Zingibers.

Steve

11-08-2006, 04:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
Steve L Steve L's Photo Gallery Location: Lake Charles, La Find me on the map! Zone: Zone 9 Name: Steve L Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 612 BananaBucks : 43,725 Feedback: 6 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 412 Times in 166 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 3 Times	Re: Gingers Red torch I'm sure there are a lot of people who will think I'm crazy for saying this but I'm lucky to live in Louisiana, especially so near the Gulf Coast. I know what most of the rest of the country thinks of us but I would not want to live anywhere else for a lot of reasons, gardening, food and waterfowl hunting are at the top of my list. With that being said, our climate is very successful for most gingers. The only gingers that we can't grow in the ground are the true tropical Zone 10 varieties. I have a friend in Los Angeles that has tried to grow Curcumas to absolutely no success. I think it's because of the low humidity. I have a dozen or so and they do great here as do all Hedychiums, lots of Alpinias, some Costus, Globbas, Kaempferias, and Zingibers. Steve