When to plant ginger in Monkey Mia
- Plant seedlings: early Apr to mid AprMonkey Mia area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: mid Aug to late AugMonkey Mia area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Monkey Mia. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A tropical plant grown for its spicy rhizomes. In Adelaide treat it as a warm-season pot plant: plant in mid to late spring, keep it warm and moist through summer, then harvest when the leaves die back in late autumn or winter. Move pots to shelter over winter.