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root crops

All about crops that we grow for the roots - mostly biannuals like carrots and radish, but if you dig for it it might belong here.

Welcome to the new root crops forum - let's dig it!

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root crops

The great big thread of sunchoke info - growing, storing, eating/recipes, science facts

319 replies 1 46 106

root crops

sweet potato propagation and harvest!!!

91 replies 1 63 28

root crops

in praise of the dandelion

145 replies 6 25 39

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

57 replies 3 12

root crops

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

63 replies 4 24 48

root crops

Breeding Localized Varieties of Sweet Potatoes

36 replies 1 11 20

root crops

soil building with daikon radish

73 replies 2 12 5

root crops

Chufa Misadventure-AKA Nutsedge

41 replies 17 10

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

37 replies 1 3 15

root crops

Edible Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) - Buy, Sell & Trade

93 replies 1 76 20

root crops

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

25 replies 12 17

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

23 replies 8 17

Mangelwurzels

18 replies 2 8

root crops

Sweet potatoes how to grow and store them (input please)

25 replies 3 17

root crops

All Things Apios Americana

81 replies 60 4

root crops

Is anyone growing fawn lily (Erythronium species) for food?

19 replies 4 11

root crops

Sweet potatoes left in the ground...?

37 replies 15

root crops

Let's grow perennial root vegetables

46 replies 1 4 12

root crops

easier to peel variety of sunchoke / jerusalem artichoke

43 replies 1 3 2

root crops

Fartychokes for calories

35 replies 3 14

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root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

37 replies 1 3 15

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

23 replies 8 17

root crops

Recipe Search: Rutabagas

17 replies 4 11

root crops

How to preserve sweet potatoes, if you grow way too many.

23 replies 12 16

root crops

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

12 replies 7 4

root crops

Oregon Manroot tubers - ideas for new uses?

9 replies 1 1

root crops

Roots in a hugel

7 replies 4 3

root crops

Lathyrus tuberosus vs Apios Americana

12 replies

root crops

Jerusalem artichokes

9 replies 2 1

root crops

Growing/farming Burdock

9 replies 1 1

root crops

Do Jerusalem Artichoke tubers need to stay moist before planting?

7 replies 1

Anybody growing Dr. Shane Simonsen’s hybrid Canna tubers?

6 replies

root crops

Homebrewing With Sunchokes aka Jerusalem Artichokes

7 replies 4

root crops

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

3 replies 5 2

root crops

Landrace Carrots

3 replies 1

root crops

Any tips for harvesting Jerusalem Artichokes?

3 replies 1 3

root crops

Interplanting Daikon and Snap Peas

4 replies 1 1

root crops

From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

2 replies 7 3

root crops

Mulch and sweet potatoes

9 replies 1

root crops

Carrots in raised beds- help please

7 replies

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root crops Forum at permies

cooking

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

1 day ago 12 replies 7 4

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

1 week ago 37 replies 1 3 15

resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc.

Chufa / nutsage / tiger nut

1 week ago 0 replies

food preservation

How to preserve sweet potatoes, if you grow way too many.

1 week ago 23 replies 12 16

perennial vegetables

The great big thread of sunchoke info - growing, storing, eating/recipes, science facts

2 weeks ago 319 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <11, 12, 13 ] 1 46 106

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

2 weeks ago 23 replies 8 17

split merge skirret

2 weeks ago 0 replies

root crops

Roots in a hugel

2 weeks ago 7 replies 4 3

flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

3 weeks ago 17 replies 7 1

gear

Fodder chopper

3 weeks ago 1 reply

Mangelwurzels

3 weeks ago 18 replies 2 8

Anybody growing Dr. Shane Simonsen’s hybrid Canna tubers?

3 weeks ago 6 replies

food preservation

Sweet potatoes how to grow and store them (input please)

3 weeks ago 25 replies 3 17

Tasted Fresh Beets for the First Time!

3 weeks ago 15 replies 5 5

root crops

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

4 weeks ago 25 replies 12 17

root crops

Chufa Misadventure-AKA Nutsedge

4 weeks ago 41 replies [ 1, 2 ] 17 10

Elephant's Foot Yam Suckers - Should I remove them?

4 weeks ago 1 reply 2

food as medicine

in praise of the dandelion

4 weeks ago 145 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 6 25 39

root crops

Are all cultivars of Colocasia esculenta (taro) edible?

4 weeks ago 23 replies 1 2 1

organic

Beet leaf looks burned--was perfect this morning!

4 weeks ago 4 replies 2

plants

Sweet potato leaf weirdness

4 weeks ago 9 replies 4 2

root crops

sweetening yacon and storing crowns

4 weeks ago 8 replies

food preservation

Pithy radishes can be redeemed by pickling

4 weeks ago 7 replies 2

soil

soil building with daikon radish

4 weeks ago 73 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 12 5

gardening for beginners

Planting slightly crushed up radish seed pods from last year

1 month ago 2 replies 4 3

root crops

Enormous Turnip/Rutabaga plea/offer (and other Giant Vegetables)

1 month ago 10 replies 1 4

cascadia

Cowlitz Camas Planting Day in Early December

1 month ago 8 replies 1 1 5

perennial vegetables

Does anyone grow chinese or other yams?

1 month ago 28 replies 1 10 4

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

1 month ago 63 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 24 48

food preservation

canning sunchokes

1 month ago 6 replies 1 8 3

cooking

Edible Canna/ Canna Edulis

2 months ago 8 replies 1

perennial vegetables

Let's grow perennial root vegetables

2 months ago 46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 4 12

dogs and cats

Cat poop and potatoes (and other root crops)

2 months ago 20 replies 4

cooking

Curing, storing, and cooking sunchokes aka jerusalem artichokes

2 months ago 35 replies 1 5

mulch

Mulch and sweet potatoes

2 months ago 9 replies 1

seeds and breeding

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

2 months ago 3 replies 5 2

root crops

fall sown parsnips and carrots?

2 months ago 38 replies 3 14

gardening for beginners

Any tips for harvesting Jerusalem Artichokes?

3 months ago 3 replies 1 3

food preservation

Root veg storage in the high desert.

3 months ago 0 replies

perennial vegetables

sweet potato propagation and harvest!!!

3 months ago 91 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 63 28

small farm

Growing/farming Burdock

4 months ago 9 replies 1 1

perennial vegetables

Lathyrus tuberosus vs Apios Americana

4 months ago 12 replies

seeds and breeding

Landrace Carrots

4 months ago 3 replies 1

resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc.

FOR SALE: Apios americana/Groundnut select variety tubers

4 months ago 31 replies 7 9

seeds and breeding

Edible Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) - Buy, Sell & Trade

7 months ago 93 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20
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