Growing Ginger

In Morries this week, I bought a bag of Yellow Sticker ginger roots for 18p - and, by coincidence, there were 18 roots in the bag. The exposed, trimmed roots were a bit mouldy but the roots  are firm. They're probably the smaller pieces that were left on the shelf because they're fiddly to peel.  
No sign of knobbly growing buds yet but I live in hope. 
I've tried growing ginger several times, without any success. Does anyone have any tips?

I've tried several times and the most successful was a shoot of about 15cm. I have two little green buds on the go at the moment.
But the best tip is not to bother peeling it before cooking, the peel just vanishes!

I tried once a very long time ago. Failed miserably but I really don’t think I did anything right.

I’m sure I’ve seen some interesting YouTube video on growing it.

Following this with interest.  
Have tried and tried to grow ginger, the best time was when it grew to about a foot and covered with healthy leaves but the original piece just stayed the same and eventually it died.

I got on quite well with it my first year of growing, but then didn't water it often enough (it was in a very hot sunroom) and it died. I've been meaning to try again. Some roots are treated to stop them from sprouting, so you really do want a piece with some visible buds to be confident it's going to do anything but rot!

My knobbles are appearing.

My knobbles are appearing.

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