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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

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root crops

sweet potato propagation and harvest!!!

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root crops

in praise of the dandelion

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root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

57 replies 1 14 24

root crops

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

68 replies 7 24 54

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

57 replies 3 12

Mangelwurzels

33 replies 3 11

root crops

Perennial root crops - some plants to try

54 replies 11 26

root crops

Breeding Localized Varieties of Sweet Potatoes

36 replies 1 11 20

root crops

Chufa Misadventure-AKA Nutsedge

41 replies 17 10

root crops

soil building with daikon radish

73 replies 2 12 5

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

26 replies 10 19

root crops

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

95 replies 1 76 20

root crops

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

26 replies 12 17

root crops

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

24 replies 1 8 12

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

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Best this year

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

57 replies 1 14 24

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

26 replies 10 19

root crops

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

24 replies 1 8 12

root crops

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

11 replies 1 23 10

root crops

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

25 replies 12 16

root crops

burdock, arctium lappa, when during it's second year does it go to seed?

9 replies 9 2

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

13 replies 4 3

root crops

sweet potato slips...how long should they be?

6 replies 1

root crops

are these flower buds or seeds forming on my purple sweet potato vine?

5 replies 6 2

root crops

Roots in a hugel

7 replies 4 3

Vidalia onions

4 replies

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

6 replies

root crops

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

3 replies 5 2

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

2 replies

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

2 replies

Taro harvest from aquaponic system.

4 replies 1 1

root crops

Ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

0 replies 2

root crops

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

3 replies 2 1

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

2 replies 1

Replacing crackers in my diet

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root crops

please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

1 hour ago 2 replies 4 2

seeds and breeding

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

3 days ago 95 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

4 days ago 13 replies 4 3

perennial vegetables

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

1 week ago 367 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <13, 14, 15 ] 2 59 122

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

2 weeks ago 68 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 24 54

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

2 weeks ago 2 replies

dogs and cats

Cat poop and potatoes (and other root crops)

3 weeks ago 21 replies 4

seeds and breeding

are these flower buds or seeds forming on my purple sweet potato vine?

3 weeks ago 5 replies 6 2

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

3 weeks ago 57 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 14 24

perennial vegetables

Lathyrus tuberosus

3 weeks ago 2 replies 3 1

critter care

Jerusalem Artichoke for General Animal Feed?

3 weeks ago 7 replies 1 3

perennial vegetables

Perennial root crops - some plants to try

3 weeks ago 54 replies [ 1, 2 ] 11 26

permaculture

Sweet potato success

1 month ago 21 replies 13 18

propagation

Beet slips?

1 month ago 8 replies 1 4

gardening for beginners

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

1 month ago 3 replies 2 1

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

1 month ago 2 replies

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

1 month ago 2 replies 1

propagation

sweet potato slips...how long should they be?

1 month ago 6 replies 1

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

FOR SALE: Apios americana/Groundnut select variety tubers

1 month ago 32 replies 7 10

root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

1 month ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 9

pigs

Mangel Wurzel as fodder for pigs

2 months ago 10 replies 3 2

Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus var. sativus)

2 months ago 34 replies 1 6 7

flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

2 months ago 25 replies 7 2

fermentation

Homebrewing With Sunchokes aka Jerusalem Artichokes

2 months ago 8 replies 6

root crops

burdock, arctium lappa, when during it's second year does it go to seed?

3 months ago 9 replies 9 2

gardening for beginners

Help With Sweet Potato needed!

3 months ago 7 replies 2 4

lawn

A lawn that is also an edible polyculture....what works well?

3 months ago 8 replies 2 6

how invasive is chufa?

4 months ago 26 replies

gardening for beginners

Yams (Dioscorea Alata)

4 months ago 5 replies

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

4 months ago 26 replies 10 19

cooking

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

5 months ago 11 replies 1 23 10

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

ISO: Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke starts

5 months ago 5 replies

propagation

Jerusalem Artichokes - how to multiply fastest

5 months ago 7 replies 1

Mangelwurzels

5 months ago 33 replies 3 11

seeds and breeding

Florida Betony aka Stachys Floridana aka The-Plant-I'm-Desperately-Tryig-To-Get-Tubers-For

6 months ago 14 replies 2 2

root crops

Growing daikon radishes

6 months ago 18 replies 2 6

medicinal herbs

The Humble Chicory

6 months ago 4 replies 1 3

cooking

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

7 months ago 24 replies 1 8 12

food preservation

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

7 months ago 25 replies 12 16

Replacing crackers in my diet

7 months ago 1 reply 1

Taro harvest from aquaponic system.

8 months ago 4 replies 1 1

great white north

Oca, Ulluco, Yacon, Mashua sources (Ontario)

8 months ago 8 replies

root crops

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

9 months ago 26 replies 12 17

food preservation

Pithy radishes can be redeemed by pickling

9 months ago 8 replies 2

cooking

Recipe Search: Rutabagas

1 year ago 18 replies 4 11
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