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 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >