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Post by khumlee on Feb 14, 2015 2:54:03 GMT -5
HI all,
For this new year
Quinoa good yield and well adapted varieties, to be continued
Musha, The white one give me few tubers in 2014 and few seeds too, a new one mashua come in my stock. It's a yellow tuber coming from equador
Amaranth from mexico a dwarf red plant, very flashy red stems, black seed, but the seed are not tasty when popped
an other one giant plant coming from market buying, gave 2,5 metter high plants and great panicle and withe tasty popped seeds. I will try this years a last one named gold giant with black seeds
maca, 3 plants grow from september, leaves have 6cm long, no tubers appear right now wait and see...
Achocha give me last year high yield, I like this small fruit, I do it again this year
Chayote very tasty and pérénial plant here, the plant planted next year is spined, I go planted somes spineless
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Post by luisport on Feb 15, 2015 10:44:30 GMT -5
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Post by kevin8715 on Mar 8, 2015 12:53:45 GMT -5
Mauka seedling is flowering. The Maukas on their second year are coming up vigorously but no flowers.
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Post by billw on Mar 8, 2015 14:27:55 GMT -5
That's pretty interesting, Kevin. I would have expected the opposite! My plants have some buds, so I'm hoping for seed, but days are getting longer quickly.
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Post by notonari on Mar 9, 2015 16:18:46 GMT -5
I hope to be joining the crowd:
- First year attempt at Quinoa, Oca, Mashua and Ulluco. I've got several varieties of each, I hope to establish a good basis to do some oca breeding of my own in the future.
- Exponentially increase my mauka cultivation (up from 2 plants). My plants didn't do all that much last year but I'll be replanting the roots and some cuttings, and I also got some seed that I will be nursing to death.
- Try to find a good leaf amaranth for my climate
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Post by Tiirsys on Mar 11, 2015 18:55:19 GMT -5
I am so excited! After nothing all last year, I finally have some Physalis peruviana sprouting!! I got to try this just once and it is so delicious. I like to call them Goldenberries. What do other folks like to call them?  |
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Post by blackox on Mar 11, 2015 19:45:25 GMT -5
I've bought them marketed as both Goldenberries and Incaberries.
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Post by khoomeizhi on Mar 12, 2015 3:55:36 GMT -5
i've also seen them sold as cape gooseberries and peruvian groundcherries. i've got about 20 wintered-over 1-year-olds in little pots that i'll be getting in the ground.
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Post by Al on Mar 15, 2015 6:48:25 GMT -5
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Post by philagardener on Mar 15, 2015 8:16:31 GMT -5
Crowd-sourcing grow-outs is a very efficient way to run a screen. rhizowen is just a little interested in these things, like many of us.  |
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Post by notonari on Mar 22, 2015 7:40:16 GMT -5
Speaking about Oca, I'll be growing it for the first time this year and in different places I've read that people plant the tubers indoors in pots and then transfer them outside after their last frostdate. I'm kind of short on indoor space so I'm wondering if there's any really good reasons why I shouldn't just chit them like potatoes and then directly plant them outdoors? I've read Ian's post which suggests at least it doesn't matter so much for the time I would gain, but has anyone else tried direct planting - without growing them out in modules first? |
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Post by khoomeizhi on Mar 22, 2015 8:50:02 GMT -5
Let's see: khoomeizhi: I'd love to chat with you about the size of propagule that worked and didn't. At the moment, I'm contemplating separating each growing stem and planting them in order to increase my stock however only if this actually does so. only just noticed this! sorry for the delay. truly, as long as they get enough water and fertility, at least 99% of everything i've done with yacon to increase my stock has worked. only get decent yields on plants started from actual propagules, except extreme cases of long seasons mixed with generally wet years. i store propagules in soil in the basement. right now there are pale yellow stems pushing the lids off their bins. the segments of stem below the soil line will already be rooted and can be potted up directly. longer stems with no roots can be left in a jar of water (or bucket if there's enough of them) to develop roots and then potted. propagules can be potted or planted directly (the latter especially if looking to increase stock, not yield of edibles, since direct-sown and pre-potted plants tend to be planted around the same time, the pre-potted do have a head-start). have had .5cm chips that broke off larger propagules, as long as they've got an eye on them, they usually make full sized plants by the time the season is over. |
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Post by Tiirsys on Mar 24, 2015 0:10:40 GMT -5
Oooh, I meant to hop on here and say: I have been very pleased and surprised. I keep finding tiny little Ocas in my garden bed, or stem pieces that look like they are going to grow. When I find them I take them and put them in a little pot of dirt in my greenhouse. Some are sprouting now, and hopefully I will get some unexpected, productive plants. Then we can figure out what varieties they might be!
Oh, and I think some overwintering experiments will be in order for next winter.
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Post by khumlee on Mar 25, 2015 10:37:41 GMT -5
News from maca, Since the sowing in september, they grow well in our temperate winter. More 12 centimeter for the longest leaf, but tubers haven't got more 0,5 cm in diameter. But it's better that I never see here !  |
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Post by Tiirsys on Mar 29, 2015 22:38:40 GMT -5
Well I have a few things to share. First, I was amazed by the maroon stem of Orange Mashua poking out of the ground. It is very attractive.  Then after looking at the photos, I noticed there are two shoots coming out of the ground.  Here are a couple shots of rescues I found in the dirt outside.  This one is particularly impressive to me because it was just a piece of stem about two inches long.  Last, this thing seemingly appeared overnight in one of my Yacon pots. It certainly doesn't look like Yacon. I do not think it is Mauka.  |
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