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Post by rowan on Mar 19, 2014 2:46:15 GMT -5
This is the first time I have grown chufa (it is unknown in Australia) and I am already in love with it. It is still a couple of months till they get dug but because I am far too curious I did dig a few of the smallest and sickliest plants today and was surprised at the amount of tubers on these little plants already.   The tubers re delicious raw or cooked and I am surprised that they are not more well known. |
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Post by raymondo on Mar 19, 2014 5:32:38 GMT -5
Looks interesting Rowan. Will you be selling seeds or offering bulbs for sale through your web site?
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Post by rowan on Mar 19, 2014 14:18:33 GMT -5
Hi Ray, when I dig my main plants I will send you some tubers if you want. It will be about 6 weeks I think.
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Post by toad on Mar 19, 2014 15:30:08 GMT -5
Wonderful taste. But in my chilly summer they are late to set a few small tubers.
Would somebody develop a cross with cattail please :-)
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Post by raymondo on Mar 19, 2014 15:51:21 GMT -5
Hi Ray, when I dig my main plants I will send you some tubers if you want. It will be about 6 weeks I think. Much appreciated. Thanks Rowan. Wonderful taste. But in my chilly summer they are late to set a few small tubers. Would somebody develop a cross with cattail please :-) Is cattail another Cyperus? Or are they in the genus Typha? |
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Post by toad on Apr 2, 2014 12:34:23 GMT -5
Is cattail another Cyperus? Or are they in the genus Typha? Genus Typha :-) Wishful, but could provide huge chufas :-) |
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Post by mickey on Apr 2, 2014 21:30:27 GMT -5
I have some large chufas or tiger nuts from Spain, but they didn't grow. I wonder if the ones I have are too old or have been dried out too much. I know you can get get chufas for wild game food plots but they are the smaller chufas
Rowan are your chufas the large ones or the smaller ones?
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Post by rowan on Apr 3, 2014 0:34:10 GMT -5
Mine are small ones. I will look for larger ones now that I know that there are some out there  |
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Post by kevin8715 on Apr 3, 2014 21:27:09 GMT -5
Another interesting edible. Now I want one. Heat tolerant? Annual or vice versa? Grow from seed? Anyone in the US with some? International trades are a bit costly.
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Post by rowan on Apr 3, 2014 22:01:21 GMT -5
Hi Kevin, I got mine from Baker Creek but I have seen them for sale on Ebay also.
I have found that you have to plant them when it is hot or they rot in the ground, but water them well - heat tolerant as long as they are kept damp.
They don't produce seed but you by the dry tubers.
Annual as they die down in winter but the tubers don't overwinter well so you have to plant them every year.
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Post by mickey on Apr 6, 2014 19:49:53 GMT -5
Rowan
I got the large chufas,tiger nuts as carp bait. you could try a carp bait dealer just don't get the prepared tiger nuts as they are cooked. The large ones are the size of a fava bean and the small ones the size of a green pea.
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Post by rowan on Apr 6, 2014 20:13:57 GMT -5
Mickey, no-one fishes for carp in Australia. They are thought of as disgusting and inedible though they are a major pest so I wish people would eat them here.
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Post by templeton on Apr 6, 2014 23:58:53 GMT -5
Mickey, no-one fishes for carp in Australia. They are thought of as disgusting and inedible though they are a major pest so I wish people would eat them here. Well, some people do, but mostly they are harvested for fertiliser. I think the edibility is a function of how hungry you are. But why chufa as carp bait? Is this their food in natural habitat? T |
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Post by mickey on Apr 7, 2014 1:04:58 GMT -5
Mickey, no-one fishes for carp in Australia. They are thought of as disgusting and inedible though they are a major pest so I wish people would eat them here. Yes I know the view on carp there. in the UK and europe the carp are a sport fish worth millions of pounds. Rowan look on the web for tiger nuts and see what you find. |
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Post by mickey on Apr 7, 2014 1:19:02 GMT -5
Mickey, no-one fishes for carp in Australia. They are thought of as disgusting and inedible though they are a major pest so I wish people would eat them here. Well, some people do, but mostly they are harvested for fertiliser. I think the edibility is a function of how hungry you are. But why chufa as carp bait? Is this their food in natural habitat? T Carp when fixed right are good food, the US imported carp in the 1870 as the native fish were almost gone and the waters so polluted that native fish couldn't survive in most waters, but the carp could. As to your question When erosion washes any grain or tuber in the water carp will eat them along other vegetable mater. PS, I was only trying to help Rowan find some large chufas. Not start a debate on carp. |
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