Andean Vegetables 2016

[richardw]

billw I need to ask a question. Ive got two different coloured Oca with flowers now which is really unusual for for me at this time of year, these are a yellow and pink Oca, ive stripped a flower on each which ive found them to be short-styled. Because they are flowering in mid summer it gives me heaps of time for seed growth so i'm keen to have a go. How well would these two go crossing and is there anything i need to do?  

[billw]

Unfortunately, you can't make a cross with two shorts. You need a mid or a long to flower.



Of course, just because nobody has seen seeds from a short x short cross doesn't mean it will never happen.

[richardw]

bugger, the darker coloured Oca dont have flowers. Ive tried to cross em anyway, see if it works.