Its been a good year (2020) for the sunchokes and Seminole pumpkins here in north Florida. I have an estimated 100 pounds + of chokes still in the ground. I scraped some dirt away and they are huge mass's of tubers. @019's crop was dismal due to the dry weather and the well pump on the fritz. I replaced the pump but its been a good rainy year and everything is happy. I grow the yellow skinned variety of chokes and have been growing these since 2017 when I picked up a hand full of tubers at the co-op. The Chinese water chestnuts are grown in large kiddie pools and do great here in our zone 8/9 area. I threw a handful of Seminole pumpkin seeds into the wood line last spring and we gathered around 75 pounds of nice big pumpkins back in October. These are my favorite and they are so delicious. Its been a cooler than average winter here fluctuating between 50 and 70 degrees during the day and we've hand several below freezing nights. Frost cloth and heaters in the greenhouses are a must. Now its trying to be spring and lots of wild edibles are coming up all over the place. I love farming in Florida. Heres a link to some wild edibles I did on my blog.
https://ronsprimitiveskills.blogspot.com/2021/02/condor-village-parang-using-fire-tube.html
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