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We just started selling turmeric plants. Evidently they grow well in containers.OK indoors - might need a supplemental light. The flavor of fresh is supposedly vastly superior to off the shelf. Ask me in June. A couple fell off the truck the other day into my grow room.

https://www.uvm.edu/news/story/growing-ginger-and-turmeric-indoors

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I had no idea you could grow it indoors. But donтАЩt they require lots of direct sun, and do they get tall and leggy?

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Careful now...

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Are they in demand? This is the first year I remember hearing them widely touted as herbs rather than ingredients.

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This is the first year we've carried it. I've never seen them at market but I don't go to trades show's anymore (because - suck).It's in one of our more mainstream catalogs, There must be some interest. It's a great looking plant and from the pictures the yield of usable rhizomes for spice looks generous.

https://balconygardenweb.com/growing-turmeric-in-pots-how-to-grow-turmeric-care-uses-benefits/

I like this website- Balcony gardener is a nice niche. Smart marketing!

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I've sprouted turmeric rhizomes but, in the Boston climate, they only did well for a few weeks in steamy part of the summer. At least around here, I suspect they need greenhouse conditions.

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I suspect it would be the same here in the Upper Midwest.

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