Turmeric

Harvested 400g of good quality turmeric yesterday. This was from one plant of orange turmeric obtained from Daleys. It was growing in the metal veggie bed, so had lots of soft soil (compost, potting mix, manure, rotted straw) and had been growing since spring. It produced the roots in a fairly small area. I waited until the leaves had mostly dried. The stem was still a little yellow and moist.
For propagation I'm trying a couple of different methods:
- 3 pots planted with tubers that had some roots attached and put in the poly tunnel
- original main rhizome planted in wine barrel in poly tunnel
- 1 brought inside and put in a shady area