sunchokes, yacón, and oca
Liz Waterman (Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:17:59 PDT)
Hi,
I grow yacón in Oakland, CA and like it very much. It makes large
tubers? that remind me of Dalias with many tubers surrounding a central
stem. They are very juicy and sweet and crunchy, a bit like Jicama only
sweeter and juicier. The tubers(if they are tubers) crack easily.
Sunchokes can be very invasive here.
Liz
During my internet searching I also nearly bought a similar South American
plant called yacón. But decided to stick with the sunchokes for now, since
sunchokes don't need to be protected here in wintertime. Does anyone on PBS
grow yacón?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yac%C3%B3n/
I'm hungry. :-)
Dennis in Cincinnati
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