Ancient Edible Tubers - Mashua, Oca, Yacon and Jerusalem Artichoke

[@jayaverma3313]

It was a perfect video. Thank you for sharing

[@PAFloridian]

Good channel.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! :D

[@ionutbarbu82]

Hi Martin and Bianca . A very good video so nice to see how productive some of these tubers are 👏👏👍! So looking forward to grow mashua ( and other goodies) you guys sent me . Thank you very much once again 👍! Cheers Ionuț

[@GardensforLife]

Thank you for sending us your goodies as well! Yours were much more organized and labeled meticulously. :D :D

[@ionutbarbu82]

Hi Martin and Bianca . You are very welcome 👍. I’ve tried to make it easier especially for the cuttings 😊. Been reading a lot these days about the groundnut ( hopniss ) and they are perennial and should give the best harvest in the 2th and 3th year 😁. Cheers 👍, Ionuț

[@GardensforLife]

@@ionutbarbu82 Indeed Apios are perennial, but you could harvest them after one year, it'll just be a smaller yield. I would like to set up many perennial vegetable growing experiments in the coming year to see what kind of results can be achieved.

[@ionutbarbu82]

Gardens for Life that’s right , thank you . Sounds like a great plan , good luck . By the way 😁 Happy New Year with great things 🥂👍! Ionuț

[@s1r3n1971]

So many tubers! I only knew the Jerusalem artichoke! I want to try all of them. I need to find a market that sells these.

[@GardensforLife]

Haha and there are many, some of which we're making new videos about :D

[@Kiwi_Ed]

Thanks a lot, guys. Great video again. Can't wait until the yacons are available in the shop :-) Love to try those.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for watching and for your comment! We'll let you know when they're available, but there is only a very limited supply of Yacon starts this winter as we're still working on propagating them. Next winter they will be cheaper, then we can hopefully offer bigger quantities. Still though for now we'll have a few for those who want them.

[@Kiwi_Ed]

@@GardensforLife Hi Martin & Bianca, Thanks a lot. I'll keep an eye on the website and facebook. Edwin

[@helensmith62]

I love your films. I bought some of your tubers last year and I'm really excited to see them in leaf now. I'm so looking forward to tasting them. It was so timely that I was discussing fig propagation with a friend and your email about that subject was the first thing I saw after!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for watching! We are delighted your tubers are growing. Our Ocas and Yacons are just being potted now and they bursting with life in the greenhouse. It's best to keep them frost free as they're sensitive. Most of the Mashuas and Jerusalem artichokes are growing outdoors and remained in the ground for the whole winter. What a coincidence about the figs :D

[@bernadette6211]

Hi Martin thanks for the video, I'm really looking forward to growing these tublurs. I ordered the water pump that you mentioned in another one of your videos but I wondering about the solar charger you talked about to charge the pump. I'd be grateful if you could recommend the one you use. Regards Bernadette

[@GardensforLife]

Glad to hear. The truth is i'm still deciding on the setup for the new greenhouse. I'm not sure exactly what spec components to implement yet, but we'll make a video about it. I'm thinking 50-100watt (poly) solar panel, a charge controller well able to handle the power and a 40amp deep cycle drycell battery. Just to give you an idea for now.

[@gibsongirl6816]

Can you keep them in the ground like a perennial in zone 5? I'm in Massachusetts. Lol. And to intrigued!

[@GardensforLife]

Mashuas and Sunchokes are fairly frost hardy and will definitely return all by themselves every year, just mulch them with woodchips. Oca's do better if you take them up some time in the winter and plant them in pots in a greenhouse in Spring planting them out as seedlings. Yacons will most likely get eaten by slugs when they're small, so planting out strong seedlings is better.

[@gibsongirl6816]

TY very much!

[@LiliansGardens]

i just have two jerusalem chokes growing, are they going to multiply being that they're in a bucket? I like your collection of root crops

[@nubianra6965]

These foods can make you live up to a 100.

[@GardensforLife]

Haha definitely if you include kale. :D

[@sempi8159]

Do you enjoy the taste of mashua? Is it good? I have read that its very bland is that true?

[@GardensforLife]

Yacon is a little bland, but Mashua is full of flavor. Quite peppery and spicy like concentrated nasturtiums

[@abc_cba]

You have a (You) Tuber paradise ! 😂 Do you ship their seeds internationally ? I'm your new subscriber and a student from India. We don't hage any of these varieties of tubers anywhere in India. I would be willing to pay for it.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for your comment! I'm afraid we don't ship internationally because it takes up to 3 weeks and the tubers go rotten in the packet, especially if it's going to countries on the southern hemisphere where it's summer at the moment.

[@obornyi2407]

u would look badass with a bald head u have a nice head shape

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks man, i appreciate that. Not sure if i'm quite ready for that just yet. I sure never had the headshape for a spikey gel hair cut, trust me i tried in the early days :D

[@nubianra6965]

Do it