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1AnjL said:Hey all, so I am newly back to gardening and we are thinking of planting potatoes, sweet potatoes and ginger root in some food grade 55 gallon drums we have. We have to plant in raised gardens because our 'soil' here is solid rock. I am planning on cutting the 55 gallon drums in half and planting in those. My question is ... should I just use plain garden soil? or cant I use hay or straw for potatoes?
Any advice for this rainy area is greatly appreciated

Hi, I know this is late, but...
I assume you are speaking about the grocery store food ginger and not the native flower ginger.
I have grown the food ginger several times for the novelty, but the season is too short to grow it for anything else. Surprisingly, it is a shade lover. Did you get it started? How is it doing? We don't heat our house, otherwise, I would winter it over inside.

Tell me more about your solid rock soil and I'll see if I can help you with that. Photos would be nice.