When planting ginger on the balcony, for health reasons, containers such as flowerpots, plastic pots (fruit baskets), wooden boxes and foam boxes are often planted on the open space. Before planting, do not fill the soil in the container (flower soil sold in the flower and bird market can also be used), and leave a space of about 20 cm to facilitate soil cultivation in the ginger period.
When the weather is stable above 16 degrees, you can put the bought ginger seeds (personally, it is not suitable for planting a small amount of trapped ginger and accelerating germination, as long as there are 1-2 strong ginger buds) in a container in the same direction as the bud head, then gently press them into the soil by hand to make the ginger buds flush with the soil, and then cover the bud head with soil with a thickness of 45%.
Whether to plant ginger on the balcony facing south or west, I think ginger should be shaded at seedling stage, and it is better to make a decision according to the requirements of the residential property service company.
With regard to weeding with cultivated ginger, since the amount of ginger planted on the balcony is relatively small, my personal suggestion is that it is best to loosen the soil and weed manually, which is the focus of urban people's pursuit of pastoral planting pleasure and the labor habit of rural parents living in the city with their children.
In the process of ginger growth, water is essential. Here I suggest using rice washing water (or storing it in bottled tap water for a period of time). Pay attention to watering ginger: when planting ginger, you should pour the bottom water, and you need to keep the soil moist often in the future.
As for the fertilizer used to grow ginger, chemical fertilizer is rarely used or not used, just use the ready-made organic fertilizer in the market (if you make your own organic fertilizer, you will be annoyed if you do it wrong, and there will be a bad smell at home). The reason is that since you grow ginger yourself, it is the first principle to eat green food ginger.
Ginger planted on balcony is not as convenient as rural areas in pest control. My personal opinion is to use 10 drops of water, mixed water with Huoxiang Zhengqi water or put mothballs around the container to drive away adults and catch insects artificially. If you really want to use medicine, you can buy mosquito killers in the supermarket to kill insects.
Finally, the ginger planted on the balcony needs dark and humid conditions during the tuber expansion period. At this time, it is necessary to cultivate ginger. The time to cultivate the soil is from summer solstice to every ten days and a half. It needs to be cultivated three or four times. In the process of cultivating ginger, your mind can be infinitely enlarged to one mu, ten mu ... of ginger, so that you can realize the true meaning that each grain is hard.
In short, planting ginger on the balcony is best green and pollution-free, which will not affect neighbors, meet the requirements of residential property management, and the most important thing is to let you have a beautiful living environment.