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title: "I have this red ginger. Any one want to venture if this is over or…"
description: "I have this red ginger. Any one want to venture if this is over or under watering or even too close to my plant light?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Char"
published: "2025-01-18T23:24:23.405439Z"
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# I have this red ginger. Any one want to venture if this is over or…

_Posted by Char on 2025-01-18_

I have this red ginger. Any one want to venture if this is over or under watering or even too close to my plant light?

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## 1 comment

### KJM commented on 2025-01-20

Ginger is a great plant. They can suck a lot of water but do have a drain hole in your pot. In the greenhouse setting in the spring and summer I won water Ginger heavily almost every day unless it was cloudy and cool. They don't mind a tight pot but it has to have enough soil around the roots to provide their insatiable water needs. Yours is fairly small but be prepared they can get quite widespread.

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