growing ginger

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Maybe an Asian store might have fresh stock?

I think this is the best chance of finding some

[DannyK]

If you are stuck for a shop you could go for a Thai meal and try chatting up the staff. They might let you have some from kitchen.

[mothhawk]

Before letting my bigger ginger plant start into growth again, I've split it. It was bending and distorting the 8" pot it was in, and I didn't want to put it into a bigger pot as it resides on the windowsill and only just fits.
So from a two ounce piece of ginger planted at the start of summer last year, I now have a four ounce root ready to grow, back in its slightly stretched pot, and a four and a half ounce piece ready to use and eat. (The apple is for scale, a big coxes orange pippin)