Chitted Oca Tubers

[ADz-1983]

I'll take 10 please Red

 

[MikeE]

I'll take ten too please Red!

 

[British Red]

No problem Mike - send me your address asap as I'm up to the Post Office in a minute

 

[Green Arrow]

Hi red can I have 10 please
cheers

 

[British Red]

You can buddy - getting short now - best limit it to another 20 until I have packed these.

 

[SteveW]

Hugh,

A huge thank you, they arrived safe and well today, you are a star!

Some are already in pots the rest have to wait a bit until some larger post can be found.

 

[British Red]

Glad they got there safely Steve

If you have no use for the hay, tuck it under a bush or hedge - the small birds are loving the stuff I leave them as a nest material

 

[kaiAnderson]

ditto here. and I already have the straw out that the birds are very grateful for. thanks again!

 

[Green Arrow]

Thanks arrived safely and beautifully packed in the straw , I'll get them in at the weekend!

 

[presterjohn]

I would love to grow those but I seem to have developed the black thumb over the last few years and kill everything I come into contact with. Can I just say though that I love what you and those that you have sold to are doing and would love to try and cook some (something I can do reasonably well at least).

 

[steve111]

Picked mine up from the P.O. today many thanks

 

[British Red]

Last call - got a very few left (20 maximum) - anyone want them or shall I plant them up?

 

[uncleboob]

Just a quick update, tubers are growing well now...do these flower? I've tried the foliage, quite tasty- any limits to how much is okay to eat? Cheers Joab


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[British Red]

Hi Joab - don't eat a steady diet of the foliage as it contains Oxalic acid which can cause stones. A little is fine. They may well flower - small, yellow flowers. Just let them - it hurts nothing and is quite pretty

Red

 

[Mr.punch]

Tried a few leaves with a strawberry the other day on the alotment, very tastey. All 3 of the Yakon are growing do they take a bit of time to get tall and what is the best feed suppliment if any to give both?
Thanks.

 

[Mr.punch]

Ps meant the oca leaves with strawberry lol

 

[British Red]

They should be bushing nicely (18-24") at this stage. Yacon grow on till December, they will get beyond head height if more than a foot at this point!

 

[uncleboob]

How did you store yours? I have Jerusalem artichokes which I harvest when I need them, but leave them in the ground and they come back each year- is it best to lift and store these?



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[British Red]

How did you store yours? I have Jerusalem artichokes which I harvest when I need them, but leave them in the ground and they come back each year- is it best to lift and store these?



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I do lift and store as that is the "accepted wisdom" - I clean and dry them and pack them in dry straw and store them in the barn

Seed Oca by British Red, on Flickr

That said, any I miss and leave in the soil come up just fine - so I suspect you could leave a few in the soil like JA. I tend to rotate my beds so this is less on an option for me.

 

[uncleboob]

That's great thank you. Just out of interest, have you grown skirret? I meant to try some this year, but the season has run away from me again!


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