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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

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

29 replies 1 37 21

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

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

97 replies 1 76 20

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

26 replies 10 19

root crops

All Things Apios Americana

86 replies 61 4

root crops

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

26 replies 12 17

root crops

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

25 replies 3 17

root crops

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

15 replies 1 4 11

root crops

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

19 replies 4 11

root crops

Sweet potatoes left in the ground...?

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Best this year

root crops

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

29 replies 1 37 21

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

8 replies 8

root crops

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

11 replies 1 23 10

root crops

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

9 replies 9 2

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

17 replies 6 3

root crops

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

8 replies 6 2

root crops

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

6 replies 1

root crops

Delicious Dahlias

4 replies 3 3

My first Yacon harvest

5 replies 6 2

Vidalia onions

4 replies

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

2 replies

Root crops in winter greenhouse - does day length matter?

3 replies 1

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

2 replies

root crops

Silverweed - ancient root crop

2 12 1

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

3 replies 3

Taro harvest from aquaponic system.

4 replies 1 1

root crops

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

3 replies 2 1

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

3 replies 1

Best storing sweet potato varieties

2 replies 1

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

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root crops Forum at permies

perennial vegetables

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

2 days ago 406 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <15, 16, 17 ] 9 68 145

seeds and breeding

All Things Apios Americana

3 days ago 86 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 61 4

lawn

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

5 days ago 15 replies 1 4 11

root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

2 weeks ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 9

flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

2 weeks ago 27 replies 7 2

Root crops in winter greenhouse - does day length matter?

4 weeks ago 3 replies 1

root crops

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

1 month ago 29 replies 1 37 21

cascadia

Cowlitz Camas Planting Day in Early December

1 month ago 10 replies 1 1 5

root crops

Growing daikon radishes

1 month ago 20 replies 6 10

food preservation

From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

1 month ago 23 replies 2 9 6

seeds and breeding

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

1 month ago 8 replies 6 2

flowers

Delicious Dahlias

1 month ago 4 replies 3 3

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

1 month ago 3 replies 3

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

2 months ago 0 replies 6

seeds and breeding

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

2 months ago 7 replies 12 4

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

2 months ago 8 replies 8

My first Yacon harvest

2 months ago 5 replies 6 2

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

2 months ago 17 replies 6 3

perennial vegetables

Silverweed - ancient root crop

2 months ago 2 12 1

Best storing sweet potato varieties

2 months ago 2 replies 1

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

FOR SALE: Apios americana/Groundnut select variety tubers

2 months ago 33 replies 7 10

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

Skirret- where to buy tubers from?

2 months ago 3 replies 1

seeds and breeding

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

2 months ago 97 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

2 months ago 3 replies 1

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

3 months ago 68 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 24 54

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

3 months ago 2 replies

dogs and cats

Cat poop and potatoes (and other root crops)

3 months ago 21 replies 4

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

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

perennial vegetables

Lathyrus tuberosus

3 months ago 2 replies 3 1

critter care

Jerusalem Artichoke for General Animal Feed?

3 months ago 7 replies 1 3

perennial vegetables

Perennial root crops - some plants to try

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

permaculture

Sweet potato success

3 months ago 21 replies 13 18

propagation

Beet slips?

3 months ago 8 replies 1 4

gardening for beginners

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

3 months ago 3 replies 2 1

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

4 months ago 2 replies

propagation

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

4 months ago 6 replies 1

pigs

Mangel Wurzel as fodder for pigs

5 months ago 10 replies 3 2

Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus var. sativus)

5 months ago 34 replies 1 6 7

fermentation

Homebrewing With Sunchokes aka Jerusalem Artichokes

5 months ago 8 replies 6

root crops

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

5 months ago 9 replies 9 2

gardening for beginners

Help With Sweet Potato needed!

6 months ago 7 replies 2 4

how invasive is chufa?

7 months ago 26 replies

gardening for beginners

Yams (Dioscorea Alata)

7 months ago 5 replies

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

7 months ago 26 replies 10 19

cooking

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

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