Small sprout evading identification (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by Kaffeburk@lemmy.world to c/plantid@mander.xyz

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45800580

Little sprout

Coming up in my garden right next to some forest (primarily oak mixed with beech, birch, maple) in southwest Sweden. Last year i dug the area out and removed (most) roots. Not much came up but this little sprout. I suppose it could be roots reaching in from the adjacent forest.

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 8 points 4 days ago

I don't think this is ginger, unlike the bot identified. Ginger grows in hotter climates, and the sprouts are different:

[-] Kaffeburk@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yea the colours aren’t there either. It did prompt me to pot some ginger in my kitchen tho :)

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

It did prompt me to pot some ginger in my kitchen tho :)

Warning: it requires a lot of Sun, a lot of water, and it has a nasty tendency to die in the cold, even in subtropical areas. And you probably won't be able to harvest a lot of ginger out of it.

But hey, it's fun, and people will ask you "what's this plant?" :)

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