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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

in praise of the dandelion

151 replies 6 25 41

root crops

sweet potato propagation and harvest!!!

91 replies 1 63 28

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

68 replies 6 37

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

57 replies 1 14 24

root crops

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

72 replies 7 25 59

root crops

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

26 replies 1 11 15

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

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

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

104 replies 1 76 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

All Things Apios Americana

88 replies 61 4

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

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

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Best this year

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

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

21 replies 6 4

root crops

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

9 replies 9 2

root crops

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

8 replies 6 2

Where to Get Sweet Potato Slips

10 replies 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

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

3 replies 1

Addi Anchote

2 replies 3 2

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

2 replies

Root crops in winter greenhouse - does day length matter?

3 replies 1

root crops

Silverweed - ancient root crop

2 12 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

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

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root crops Forum at permies

flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

1 day ago 45 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 2

food as medicine

in praise of the dandelion

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

perennial vegetables

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

1 week ago 424 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <15, 16, 17 ] 9 74 183

root crops

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

1 week ago 32 replies 1 38 28

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

1 week ago 21 replies 6 4

Where to Get Sweet Potato Slips

2 weeks ago 10 replies 2

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

2 weeks ago 72 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 25 59

Addi Anchote

3 weeks ago 2 replies 3 2

food preservation

Store sweet potato like ... potatoes?

3 weeks ago 9 replies 4

cooking

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

3 weeks ago 26 replies 1 11 15

seeds and breeding

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

4 weeks ago 104 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

1 month ago 3 replies 1

seeds and breeding

All Things Apios Americana

1 month ago 88 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 61 4

Plant ID; Blue flowered, edible? - Chicory

2 months ago 4 replies 1 5

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

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

lawn

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

3 months ago 15 replies 1 4 11

root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

4 months ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 9

Root crops in winter greenhouse - does day length matter?

4 months ago 3 replies 1

cascadia

Cowlitz Camas Planting Day in Early December

4 months ago 10 replies 1 1 5

root crops

Growing daikon radishes

4 months ago 20 replies 6 10

food preservation

From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

4 months ago 23 replies 2 9 6

seeds and breeding

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

5 months ago 8 replies 6 2

flowers

Delicious Dahlias

5 months ago 4 replies 3 3

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

5 months ago 3 replies 3

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

5 months ago 0 replies 6 2

seeds and breeding

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

5 months ago 7 replies 12 4

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

5 months ago 8 replies 8

My first Yacon harvest

5 months ago 5 replies 6 2

perennial vegetables

Silverweed - ancient root crop

5 months ago 2 12 1

Best storing sweet potato varieties

5 months ago 2 replies 1

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

FOR SALE: Apios americana/Groundnut select variety tubers

6 months ago 33 replies 7 10

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

Skirret- where to buy tubers from?

6 months ago 3 replies 1

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

6 months ago 3 replies 1

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

7 months ago 2 replies

dogs and cats

Cat poop and potatoes (and other root crops)

7 months ago 21 replies 4

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

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

perennial vegetables

Lathyrus tuberosus

7 months ago 2 replies 3 1

critter care

Jerusalem Artichoke for General Animal Feed?

7 months ago 7 replies 1 3

perennial vegetables

Perennial root crops - some plants to try

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

permaculture

Sweet potato success

7 months ago 21 replies 13 18

propagation

Beet slips?

7 months ago 8 replies 1 4

gardening for beginners

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

7 months ago 3 replies 2 1

propagation

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

8 months ago 6 replies 1

great white north

Oca, Ulluco, Yacon, Mashua sources (Ontario)

1 year ago 9 replies

plants

Sweet potatoes for food and ground cover

12 years ago 9 replies 1
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