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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

sweet potato propagation and harvest!!!

91 replies 1 63 28

root crops

in praise of the dandelion

145 replies 6 25 39

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

70 replies 7 24 55

root crops

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

25 replies 1 8 15

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

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

29 replies 1 37 21

root crops

Chufa Misadventure-AKA Nutsedge

41 replies 17 10

root crops

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

103 replies 1 76 20

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

29 replies 1 37 21

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

8 replies 8

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

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

3 replies 1

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

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

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

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Addi Anchote

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root crops Forum at permies

Where to buy Red Dutch Dwarf Jerusalem Artichoke?

1 day ago 3 replies 1

seeds and breeding

Reed's Landrace Sweet Potatoes

6 days ago 70 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 24 55

Addi Anchote

6 days ago 0 replies

seeds and breeding

All Things Apios Americana

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

cooking

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

1 week ago 25 replies 1 8 15

flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

1 week ago 33 replies 7 2

perennial vegetables

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

2 weeks ago 421 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <15, 16, 17 ] 9 74 182

Plant ID; Blue flowered, edible? - Chicory

1 month ago 4 replies 1 5

root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

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

seeds and breeding

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

1 month ago 103 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 76 20

lawn

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

2 months ago 15 replies 1 4 11

root crops

Hardy Yam - Dioscorea

3 months ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 15 9

Root crops in winter greenhouse - does day length matter?

3 months ago 3 replies 1

root crops

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

3 months ago 29 replies 1 37 21

cascadia

Cowlitz Camas Planting Day in Early December

3 months ago 10 replies 1 1 5

root crops

Growing daikon radishes

3 months ago 20 replies 6 10

food preservation

From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

3 months ago 23 replies 2 9 6

seeds and breeding

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

4 months ago 8 replies 6 2

flowers

Delicious Dahlias

4 months ago 4 replies 3 3

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

4 months ago 3 replies 3

Some Of The Secrets To Outstanding Carrots And Parsnips

4 months ago 0 replies 6

seeds and breeding

Dahlia landracing project in the far north of Scotland

4 months ago 7 replies 12 4

Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

4 months ago 8 replies 8

My first Yacon harvest

4 months ago 5 replies 6 2

Yacon plant - Smallanthus Sonchifolius

4 months ago 17 replies 6 3

perennial vegetables

Silverweed - ancient root crop

4 months ago 2 12 1

Best storing sweet potato varieties

4 months ago 2 replies 1

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

FOR SALE: Apios americana/Groundnut select variety tubers

5 months ago 33 replies 7 10

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

Skirret- where to buy tubers from?

5 months ago 3 replies 1

First root cellar, temp to start storage?

5 months ago 3 replies 1

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

6 months ago 2 replies

dogs and cats

Cat poop and potatoes (and other root crops)

6 months ago 21 replies 4

root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

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

perennial vegetables

Lathyrus tuberosus

6 months ago 2 replies 3 1

critter care

Jerusalem Artichoke for General Animal Feed?

6 months ago 7 replies 1 3

perennial vegetables

Perennial root crops - some plants to try

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

permaculture

Sweet potato success

6 months ago 21 replies 13 18

propagation

Beet slips?

6 months ago 8 replies 1 4

gardening for beginners

Sweet potatoes from slips in pots

6 months ago 3 replies 2 1

propagation

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

7 months ago 6 replies 1

pigs

Mangel Wurzel as fodder for pigs

7 months ago 10 replies 3 2

Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus var. sativus)

8 months ago 34 replies 1 6 7

fermentation

Homebrewing With Sunchokes aka Jerusalem Artichokes

8 months ago 8 replies 6

root crops

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

8 months ago 9 replies 9 2

gardening for beginners

Help With Sweet Potato needed!

8 months ago 7 replies 2 4
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