A modest but healthy & organic Turmeric harvest.

I only got a few pounds, but that's twice what I harvested last year. It's a great organic potentiator for Kratom.  Pretty flowers too. Usually available at whole foods stores or Asian markets. A handful of little 'bulbs' is only a dollar or two, and can plant a large area of beautiful plants with magnificent leaves and white orchid-like blossoms in late summer. 

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Thats awesome! Def a good harvest you got there.  How do you grow them? 

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   The turmeric here was first started in spring some 4 years ago as a cheap-to-grow ornamental flower.  Later I read about its medicinal powers.

   I now grow them on a north facing side of a barn, in a raised bed. These photos are from August, when they have flowers. They're easy to grow, and multiply like weeds too.

  @guywithtrees 

  The tuberous rhizomes are stored over winter in paper bags of peat moss, in a root cellar. Cool and not too dry.   Replanting time is March~April here in Florida. They can also be dipped into cheese makers wax, for storage up to a year or so.

   I used to just leave them in the ground while dormant, but then I couldn't easily find them when I wanted some for my sore old joints. It's a great anti-inflamatory  for general aches and pains.

  

My squirrels, however, seem to find them quite easily. It apparently works great on their aches and pains too.

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Im gonna have to get on that. when is the best time to plant them? We dont have to many squirrel round. I think the hawks get them. 

Ahhhh.  On my phone, the tiny photo looked like a maggot infestation!  🤪  Never seen the live plant and the flower is beautiful!  Now I have already learned something new for the day (certainly can’t learn anything on the news these days.  Other than opinions!). Cool photos!  Glad I used my bigger device to see! Hahaha