Ginger me up!!

[France]

I am growing a ginger plant - very rapidly, about half a cm a day!! - how can I preserve the stems?

[homer]

Preserve them for use in cooking? I have heard it said that one easy way is to freeze them (unpeeled) in a resealable food storage bag. Then when you want to add ginger to food you can grate the frozen root and then put the rest back in the freezer.

[France]

Thanks for your reply, but it's the stems I want to preserve - any ideas? I suppose freezing would be OK...