It's true of ginger as well—not only ... Begin by cutting the rhizome into 1- to 1 ½-inch chunks, each of which should have at least one "eye" — visible bud-like sites from which stems ...

Make sure the initial ginger root looks nice and firm ... Plant the setts about 2 and 5cm deep making sure the eye buds are pointing upward. Ginger requires fertile well drained loamy soils.

Red ginger (Alpina purpurata) can’t run around looking for a mate because it is stationary and rooted firmly to the ground.