Holy sunroot!

I posted this picture in another thread, but I was so excited, I wanted to start a thread with this picture. In the past, my sun roots have grown okay, but the tubers were always pretty small. I decided to check and see how they did this year after, and this is no exaggeration, complete, total neglect. I haven't done a thing with them this year. They are in an out of the way place and I remember vaguely noticing that they bloomed this year. I dug the first one this evening. It was huge! At least by my standards. I've never had roots nearly this big. I was digging in the dark so I only dug one plant. I can't wait to see if more did this well.

Did you have a ton of those or did you have just the one? I'm wondering if the weight of the yield per plant is greater than usual or if the growth habit is just odd.

I planted some of these in the spring but they didn't produce a lot of vegetation and I'm thinking about just leaving them down there to see what happens next year. Your picture reminds me of this a little bit.

Christopher Weeks wrote:Did you have a ton of those or did you have just the one? I'm wondering if the weight of the yield per plant is greater than usual or if the growth habit is just odd.

I planted some of these in the spring but they didn't produce a lot of vegetation and I'm thinking about just leaving them down there to see what happens next year. Your picture reminds me of this a little bit.

I did pretty much what you said. I planted them in that spot a few years ago. The first couple years I harvested some, but got small tubers and small overall yields. Last year, I didn't even touch them, just left them alone. I only dug one little spot last night, so I don't know what total yield is yet, or if I will have just a few big ones, a lot of them, or whatever. I will probably spot dig a few today too see what they look like, and we are getting temps in the teens this week, so I'll dig more after the freeze sweetens them.

Trace Oswald wrote: I was so excited, I wanted to start a thread with this picture.  

yowza!

those are on my growing wish list -- do the plants and roots take up a lot of room?  how much room needed per plant?

great job--a very healthy looking specimen!