Cardamom

What It Helps:

How It Helps:

Very similar to cinnamon and ginger
Helps with digestion
Also helps with bloating, cramping, and gas
May help lower high blood pressure

Tips & Other Info.

Gardening Tips & Info.

Here are some planting tips and information if you want to have this plant in your own backyard (or front yard)

Planting Season

Harvesting Season

Pruning Season

Watering Schedule

Sunlight Exposure

Potted / In Ground

Sow the seeds in the fall (September-November), if they are fresh. Take note that it can take about 4 years till it starts to flower. Take the cuttings from an established plant and propagate them in late spring (May) to early summer (June).

Leaves can be picked as needed.

Watering: Reduce watering during winter. Feeding: Needs liquid feed as week as foliage fertilizer, as it is growing.

Shade

Container grown outside of the tropics, in a warm shady location away from direct sunlight. Soilless compost as well as fine bark compost is preferred to plant it in.