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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

Lets talk about Skirret!

67 replies 1 17 30

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

68 replies 6 37

root crops

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

32 replies 1 38 28

Mangelwurzels

33 replies 3 11

root crops

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

27 replies 18 19

root crops

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

23 replies 11 25

root crops

Chufa Misadventure-AKA Nutsedge

41 replies 17 10

root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

26 replies 10 19

root crops

My first ever groundnut harvest

32 replies 17 15

root crops

Sweet potatoes left in the ground...?

37 replies 15

root crops

easier to peel variety of sunchoke / jerusalem artichoke

43 replies 1 3 2

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

8 replies 8

root crops

burdock

40 replies 4 14

Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus var. sativus)

34 replies 1 6 8

root crops

Growing daikon radishes

20 replies 6 10

root crops

What does it mean when my sweet potato vine is blooming?

8 replies 1 3

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

27 replies 6 5

root crops

fall sown parsnips and carrots?

38 replies 3 14

Can you eat Elephant Ear roots??

16 replies

Addi Anchote

13 replies 11 7

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root crops

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

32 replies 1 38 28

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

8 replies 8

Addi Anchote

13 replies 11 7

Is anyone growing Chufa/Tiger Nuts? Eating them?

8 replies 12

Where to Get Sweet Potato Slips

10 replies 2

root crops

My first Yacon harvest

8 replies 6 2

Root crops in winter greenhouse - does day length matter?

3 replies 1

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

3 replies 3

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

0 replies 6 2

Okinawan sweet potatoes harvest method, do i need to start a new plant or can the old one continue?

2 replies 1

Best storing sweet potato varieties

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Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

15 hours ago 27 replies 6 5

Addi Anchote

23 hours ago 13 replies 11 7

flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

1 day ago 60 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 2

perennial vegetables

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

3 days ago 430 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <16, 17, 18 ] 9 76 189

root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

1 month ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 9

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

1 month ago 67 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 17 30

perennial vegetables

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

1 month ago 21 replies 4 14

seeds and breeding

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

1 month ago 10 replies 12 9

seeds and breeding

All Things Apios Americana

2 months ago 90 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 64 4

root crops

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

2 months ago 23 replies 11 25

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

FOR SALE: Apios americana/Groundnut select variety tubers

2 months ago 43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 10

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

3 months ago 75 replies [ 1, 2 ] 8 26 63

Murasaki sweet potatoes

3 months ago 19 replies 1 2

root crops

anyone growing dahlias to eat?

3 months ago 27 replies 18 19

root crops

My first ever groundnut harvest

4 months ago 32 replies 17 15

Okinawan sweet potatoes harvest method, do i need to start a new plant or can the old one continue?

4 months ago 2 replies 1

root crops

My first Yacon harvest

4 months ago 8 replies 6 2

Is anyone growing Chufa/Tiger Nuts? Eating them?

5 months ago 8 replies 12

food as medicine

in praise of the dandelion

5 months ago 151 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 6 25 41

root crops

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

5 months ago 32 replies 1 38 28

Where to Get Sweet Potato Slips

5 months ago 10 replies 2

food preservation

Store sweet potato like ... potatoes?

6 months ago 9 replies 4

cooking

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

6 months ago 26 replies 1 11 15

seeds and breeding

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

6 months ago 104 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

6 months ago 3 replies 1

Plant ID; Blue flowered, edible? - Chicory

7 months ago 4 replies 1 5

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

7 months ago 68 replies [ 1, 2 ] 6 37

lawn

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

9 months ago 15 replies 1 4 11

Root crops in winter greenhouse - does day length matter?

9 months ago 3 replies 1

cascadia

Cowlitz Camas Planting Day in Early December

10 months ago 10 replies 1 1 5

root crops

Growing daikon radishes

10 months ago 20 replies 6 10

food preservation

From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

10 months ago 23 replies 2 9 6

seeds and breeding

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

10 months ago 8 replies 6 2

flowers

Delicious Dahlias

10 months ago 4 replies 3 3

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

10 months ago 3 replies 3

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

10 months ago 0 replies 6 2

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

11 months ago 8 replies 8

perennial vegetables

Silverweed - ancient root crop

11 months ago 2 12 1

Best storing sweet potato varieties

11 months ago 2 replies 1

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

Skirret- where to buy tubers from?

11 months ago 3 replies 1

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

11 months ago 3 replies 1

great white north

Oca, Ulluco, Yacon, Mashua sources (Ontario)

1 year ago 9 replies

medicinal herbs

Burdock, a mild Bitter for Food and Health

5 years ago 2 replies 2 1

plants

Sweet potatoes for food and ground cover

13 years ago 9 replies 1
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