Plant them so they're laying the long way or horizontally and no more than a few inches deep. I think they don't like being too deep and won't come up if they are! Mine didn't even have rhizomes when I got it as a tiny cutting and I just repotted the whole plant, but later it developed large rhizomes , which dont' seem to come up if they're the ones , which have hit the sides of the pot and grown to the bottom. Once they're removed however and planted shallower , they then grow fine. If you see some enlarged areas with a point showing on the rhizomes, those would be the eyes for future stems and shoots and should be planted so they're pointed upward and just with a few inches of soil as previously mentioned. They look a bit like canna rhizomes if you're familiar with the "eyes" on those.

Zingiber officinale is the common edible ginger that you would find in the grocery stores etc. There are other edibles etc. though. Tim Chapman

I just read on another post how to do this. It's currently on the 7th page. "Growing Grocery Store Ginger". There were two different methods listed. One seemed simple enough- basically plant it very shallowly and leave part of the root exposed. The other involved papertowels, baggies and fishtanks- not quite a strange as it sounds. Check it out and good luck.

Hi Roy808, I hope your ginger cutting has some rhizome on it, thats the only way I think it can survive. is this the type you are referring too? [IMG]