Growing cardamom

[Safdar Malik]

Hi, Can any body tell pls how to grow cardamom at home and where to get real cardamom plant . I am based in Sargodha. 3 Years back i got one plant from nursary named as cardamom plant and its now 5 feet in height . Today when i checked on net the real images of plant to find out why not my plant is giving production after years, i was shocked to see images were totally different than i grew at home , However plant leaves smells like cardamom seeds .

[Farhan Ahmed]

Climatically very difficult. If it could have been..... it won't have been Rs.4000/kg

Extracts
"Won't survive outdoors even in summer. Requires a heated greenhouse or a very warm, shady humid place inside a building...hot steamy bathrooms are ideal. Minimum temperature 22°C, but will tolerate a little colder for a short time if kept very dry at the roots"

Grows well in tropical regions with lot of rainfall.

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

sooo tough plant..it means that plant sold to safdar malik is fake cardamom.just leaves smell like cardamom as they sell a plant whose leaves smell like black pepper but not black pepper.it is common in Pakistan.