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This is a first for me - and only a very few of these are available so bear with me
I can offer some growing Yacon plants to members here
Yacon is a tuber bearing plant from the Andes - originally grown by the Incas. Its a member of the sunflower family with sweet, crisp, tuberous roots. In Brazil a tea is made from the leaves that is, allegedly, antidiabetic.
Yacon tubers are full of fructooligosacharides (FOS). FOS are a subset of inulin sugars - complex fructose polymers that, whilst tasting sweet, are not metabolisable by the human intestine. So all the sugar taste - no digested sugar (useful to diabetics) or weight gain.
The plants get big - 6 to 8 feet tall and produce very large tubers
The tubers are delicious - something between the taste of a crisp pear and a water chestnut. Great raw, in stir fries etc. You can also make a sweet, calorie free syrup.
I wrote a detailed explanation of growing the plant and the production of syrup from the plant here
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99553
I will pack growing plants in a small bag of compost inside a box - they will need potting on when received.
The plants are £9 each (they are £12.90 plus postage on realseeds -- and that is for tips that aren't yet growing), plus first class postage at £3.
Red
This is a first for me - and only a very few of these are available so bear with me
I can offer some growing Yacon plants to members here
Yacon is a tuber bearing plant from the Andes - originally grown by the Incas. Its a member of the sunflower family with sweet, crisp, tuberous roots. In Brazil a tea is made from the leaves that is, allegedly, antidiabetic.
Yacon tubers are full of fructooligosacharides (FOS). FOS are a subset of inulin sugars - complex fructose polymers that, whilst tasting sweet, are not metabolisable by the human intestine. So all the sugar taste - no digested sugar (useful to diabetics) or weight gain.
The plants get big - 6 to 8 feet tall and produce very large tubers
The tubers are delicious - something between the taste of a crisp pear and a water chestnut. Great raw, in stir fries etc. You can also make a sweet, calorie free syrup.
I wrote a detailed explanation of growing the plant and the production of syrup from the plant here
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99553
I will pack growing plants in a small bag of compost inside a box - they will need potting on when received.
The plants are £9 each (they are £12.90 plus postage on realseeds -- and that is for tips that aren't yet growing), plus first class postage at £3.
Red
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