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Post by cesarz on Jun 5, 2014 1:59:57 GMT -5
Today's harvest:  |
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Post by steev on Jun 5, 2014 20:25:44 GMT -5
In the vein of the recycled potting soil that contained "lost" oca tubers, I was potting some sweet potato slips and the plant that had died in one pot had left an in-shell Virginia peanut! Damned squirrel!
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Post by cesarz on Jun 6, 2014 19:31:17 GMT -5
More, these guys look very similar  |
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Post by billw on Jun 6, 2014 22:38:35 GMT -5
They may color up quite a bit yet. I found that a lot of the seedling plants had more dramatic color change on exposure than the varieties grown from tubers. One of my darkest purple varieties came out of the ground almost white.
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Post by steev on Jun 9, 2014 19:43:44 GMT -5
The single white tuber you sent me having grown into a monster (~4' long and >3/8" thick), I broke four 9" pieces off to pot up; none of the other four? varieties are more than half as vigorous, though that could be crowding issues, since I planted them all of any one variety in the same pot. The one vigorous seed-grown plant is very compact and densely grown; no action from the other two, yet.
I think, worst case, I could grow oca in a green-house, on the farm; some shade, higher humidity, temperature moderation: couldn't hurt: I want a green-house, anyway, to play in when it's cold and wet.
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Post by billw on Jun 10, 2014 13:36:29 GMT -5
White is a very vigorous variety, although none of the varieties that I sent are slouches. Oca does respond very well to extra space, but there seems to be a point beyond which top growth goes out of proportion with tuber growth. I space at 1 foot in-row on three foot row spacing for seed tuber production, 18 inches in-row for eating.
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Post by cesarz on Jun 13, 2014 4:14:24 GMT -5
Another pair that look similar harvested today, one on the left has very nice red stems:  |
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Post by richardw on Jun 13, 2014 15:07:32 GMT -5
Very nice,so similar yet plants so different though the one on the right looks to have a very slight orange to it
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Post by cesarz on Jun 13, 2014 22:47:46 GMT -5
Last installment, these are the rest of the remaining plants. I've decided to harvest them as the frost are a worry.   Tha's it for my year, will have to sow the seven seeds that I produced from the first oca I posted. Cesar |
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Post by billw on Jun 14, 2014 11:06:17 GMT -5
That's great Cesar. Even the plants that don't have promising yields may still give you more diversity in flower type, so I'd keep them all in your position.
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Post by steev on Jun 23, 2014 23:26:38 GMT -5
None of the White cuttings have languished, so I'm starting to thInk I should do the same with the others. I'm starting to think oca is practically a weed, in good conditions, not to say that's a bad thing.
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Post by billw on Jun 23, 2014 23:51:05 GMT -5
The plant is really resilient. I've seen oca stems drop off the plant due to infection and then re-root themselves. It would be very easy if not for the short day tuberization and frost vulnerability.
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Post by steev on Jul 1, 2014 19:18:37 GMT -5
Potted ten cuttings of my one seed-grown oca; still no action from the tubers of the other two. As space in the cage permits, I'll pot cuttings of the other four tuber-grown varieties.
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Post by richardw on Jul 11, 2014 19:01:52 GMT -5
Great news,the seeds Bill sent me a year or so ago are coming up,total of 12 plants that i will transplant into pots later.
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Post by billw on Jul 12, 2014 14:34:44 GMT -5
Excellent. Better late than never. You can probably get a crop of minitubers starting them this early.
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