Oca

Might have taken me 6 years since I first mentioned them, but finally got given some by some gardening friends



Oxalis tuberosa, will start them off in pots, but best to get them in the ground for a good crop apparently

 

Now what is that Zigs ? If you could help the great unwashed of Gardeners Corner . It does look like something from a "B" science fiction movie . Thankfully the egg box does give it scale

 

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...ca.php&usg=AFQjCNGXrTCnM2AdLJc4ATgmmat6qBMpbg

 

I have not grown these for a few years now, and grew them two years running.

Advice then was to start in pots (as Zigs says) and grow on to a decent sized plant before planting out after all frost risk has gone. Mine where roughly 2 ft tall when I planted them out. We got a crop and they where nice enough but I was not happy enough with the crop size to grow them a third time. I started growing artichokes instead.

It'll be interesting to see how you fare with them Zigs.

Steve...

 

More to the point, what do they taste like?

 

Bought a plant today, time will tell I guess