When to plant turmeric in Cooktown
- Plant seedlings: mid Dec to late SepCooktown area, tropical savanna
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Cooktown. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A leafy ginger relative grown for its bright orange rhizomes. It thrives in the tropics and subtropics and can be grown in pots or a warm, sheltered spot in the south. Plant pieces in spring into warm soil, then dig the rhizomes when the leaves yellow in late autumn or winter.