Shunti plant
₹349.00
Yields Young rhizome from 6 months, then ONE full lift at 8–9 months
Live ginger, already sprouted. Shade tolerant, and you can steal young rhizome from six months without lifting it.
Zingiber officinale
Shunti / ಶುಂಠಿ (Ginger)
- Grow bag12 in wide x 18 in tall
- Ships atSprouted rhizome, 6 weeks established
- First harvestYoung rhizome from 6 months, full lift 8-9 months
- Sunlight3-4 hours, prefers part shade
- Best plantedPlant May-June
Not available right now. This one cannot be started on demand — it is either a long grow or tied to a planting season, so we sell it only when we have plants ready. Email us and we will tell you when the next batch is ready.
SKU SHU-NTI
Water it through the olla. That is the only instruction.
A buried terracotta olla releases water at exactly the rate the soil draws it, over a base of well-rotted wood that holds moisture through a hot week. You cannot overwater it and it will not dry out on you. The roots reach the olla before the plant leaves us, so it works from the day it arrives.
Details
Grows in the same shaded conditions as turmeric and can sit beside it. Broad grassy leaves and no flowers to speak of — everything happens below the soil.
Unlike turmeric you do not have to wait the full term. From about six months you can scrape soil away from the edge, break off a young rhizome, and cover it back up. Young ginger is milder and less fibrous than mature.
Lift the whole thing when the leaves yellow at eight or nine months, and save a few fingers with visible buds to replant.
Specifications
| Botanical name | Zingiber officinale |
|---|---|
| Grow bag | 12 in wide x 18 in tall, filled |
| Ships at | Sprouted rhizome, about 6 weeks established |
| First harvest | Young rhizome from 6 months, full lift 8-9 months |
| Sunlight | 3-4 hours, prefers part shade |
| Replanting | Save fingers to replant |
| Season | Plant May-June |