growing turmeric

http://www.mykitchengarden.info/2014/08/growing-turmeric.html

It looks a very attractive plant.

I would not mind trying that myself.

I should think that the temperatures it needs would mean you would need to grow it under cover, and take really good care of the plant during the winter... a bit like ginger really.

The tubers can be planted horizontally I think, again just like ginger.

Thanks for the link, that answers most of my questions. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether the plant would overwinter in my conservatory, but if not I guess I will just have to re-propagate each year (unless I decide the whole thing is too much faff to bother).
I'm going to try planting the tubers quite soon in a heated propagator and then keep the plants in the conservatory until hopefully it's warm enough to go outside in the summer. Then I'll just have to hope it stays warm enough long enough to last until harvest, which I estimate should be around December/January.
Fingers crossed.