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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

404 replies 9 68 142

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

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

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

28 replies 1 37 21

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

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

26 replies 12 17

root crops

All Things Apios Americana

84 replies 61 4

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

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

19 replies 4 11

root crops

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

13 replies 1 4 11

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Best this year

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

57 replies 1 14 24

root crops

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

28 replies 1 37 21

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

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

8 replies 8

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

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

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

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

2 replies

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.

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root crops

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

1 day ago 28 replies 1 37 21

root crops

Growing daikon radishes

4 days ago 19 replies 6 8

perennial vegetables

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

1 week ago 404 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <15, 16, 17 ] 9 68 142

seeds and breeding

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

2 weeks ago 8 replies 6 2

food preservation

From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

2 weeks ago 22 replies 2 8 6

flowers

Delicious Dahlias

2 weeks ago 4 replies 3 3

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

2 weeks ago 3 replies 3

lawn

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

3 weeks ago 13 replies 1 4 11

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

3 weeks ago 0 replies 6

seeds and breeding

All Things Apios Americana

3 weeks ago 84 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 61 4

seeds and breeding

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

3 weeks ago 7 replies 12 4

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

3 weeks ago 8 replies 8

My first Yacon harvest

3 weeks ago 5 replies 6 2

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

4 weeks ago 17 replies 6 3

perennial vegetables

Silverweed - ancient root crop

1 month ago 2 12 1

Best storing sweet potato varieties

1 month ago 2 replies 1

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

FOR SALE: Apios americana/Groundnut select variety tubers

1 month ago 33 replies 7 10

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

Skirret- where to buy tubers from?

1 month ago 3 replies 1

seeds and breeding

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

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

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

1 month ago 3 replies 1

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

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

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

2 months ago 2 replies

dogs and cats

Cat poop and potatoes (and other root crops)

2 months ago 21 replies 4

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

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

perennial vegetables

Lathyrus tuberosus

2 months ago 2 replies 3 1

critter care

Jerusalem Artichoke for General Animal Feed?

2 months ago 7 replies 1 3

perennial vegetables

Perennial root crops - some plants to try

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

permaculture

Sweet potato success

2 months ago 21 replies 13 18

propagation

Beet slips?

2 months ago 8 replies 1 4

gardening for beginners

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

2 months ago 3 replies 2 1

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

3 months ago 2 replies

propagation

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

3 months ago 6 replies 1

root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

3 months ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 9

pigs

Mangel Wurzel as fodder for pigs

3 months ago 10 replies 3 2

Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus var. sativus)

4 months ago 34 replies 1 6 7

flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

4 months ago 25 replies 7 2

fermentation

Homebrewing With Sunchokes aka Jerusalem Artichokes

4 months ago 8 replies 6

root crops

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

4 months ago 9 replies 9 2

gardening for beginners

Help With Sweet Potato needed!

4 months ago 7 replies 2 4

how invasive is chufa?

6 months ago 26 replies

gardening for beginners

Yams (Dioscorea Alata)

6 months ago 5 replies

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

6 months ago 26 replies 10 19

cooking

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

6 months ago 11 replies 1 23 10

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

ISO: Jerusalem Artichoke, Sunchoke starts

7 months ago 5 replies

propagation

Jerusalem Artichokes - how to multiply fastest

7 months ago 7 replies 1
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