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but I came across this video with a guy growing dioscorea pentaphylla for it's bulbils as the main crop. I can't find other sources claiming it's edibility. Do any of you have experiences with eating the bulbils?
William Bronson wrote:This thread reminded me of an idea I was pursuing.
I live in zone 6, so most of these varities would not over winter here.
There is one that is known to be hardy and thats Chuna Pink.
I wasn't sure if it was a Colocasia esculenta or one of the other things that look like Colocasia esculenta.
I found a breeder, Brian at Brian's Botanicals
, who works with it, and asked him.
He confirmed the identity.
This doesn't mean China Pink is "edible" , more like it confirming its is "tomato" not a "potato" I.E. potatoes and tomatoes are closely related and they both have fruit, but you wouldn't want to eat potato berries at all, but most varieties of tomatoes have the same things in their fruits.
All said, this is enough for me to want to grow China Pink.
It will be there if I needed it, hidden in plain sight.
Eugene Holmes wrote:Have been getting great information on growing colocasia esculenta (different varieties) also the American equivalent Xanthosoma Sagittifolium on a Youtube channel called, Compostapr.
It is in Spanish but the guy is really very knowledgeable! The variety "Elena" has lilac flesh and is very edible 😋. That is available at Wellspring Gardens. Also the regular green leaf with the white flesh tuber.
Taro does not make separate corms like the Xanthosoma. One must remove all young suckers or the plant will not grow a sizeable one to eat.
There is a variety of colocasia that the tuber is called eddo in some of the English speaking Caribbean Islands. This one does produce runners with small (tennis ball size) tubers. Those can be found in many Asian or Puertorican produce markets as well. Hope this helps.
