How We Harvest Taros! | Niue Style! | My Way! | Taro Farming |

Tato Farming: Planting and harvesting taros here on Niue is a lifestyle for most families. It is our staple food. Children help by working alongside their parents and learning at the same time. This is how the torch of knowledge is being passed on from generation to generation.
This is how children or young people are introduced and inducted into the learning and values of hard work, patience, teamwork, delayed gratification and also skills of working without supervision, after they have been taught under supervision of course.
These taro farming experiences will in no doubt help mould them into hard working and responsible individuals with fortitude. Skills gained and mental strength that can transform or translate well into other areas of their lives.
There are lots of taro varieties and each has their own unique characteristics such as taste, texture, longevity in the ground, growth factors, external environmental factors and so forth. There is so much to learn, understand and appreciate about taro farming.
It is an ongoing process which never ends unless you give it up altogether or leave the Island!
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[@oteyzawagsi296]

Here in Philippines, I harvest my taros if they're 6 mos.i take out the young ones sprouting earlier, so that the mother taro will produce big taters, and those young ones I took out, I plant them in small nursery bags, then plant them when rooted.

[@emmabaguio9136]

Oh i see❤❤❤❤thats y❤❤so good❤❤❤

[@michellejenkins3938]

I like the one's with the purple dot, in Jamaica we call it dasheen.

[@ramishrambarran3998]

In Trinidad too !! Haha !

[@kimasarurupokets384]

Love it! Taro Pacific Islanders spiritual food.. Greetings from Melanesia

[@nativoa4721]

This is the kalo Samoans are missing everyday Kalo Niue Samoa don’t have this kalo anymore The Best kalo there is on the planet 🙏🙏🙏

[@teesamataua4028]

Yes we grew up in Samoa with "taloniue" , "talomanu'a", '"ta'amutoga", and "ta'amuniukini".

[@samwright285]

@@teesamataua4028 malo lava le faasoa

[@samwright285]

Awesome content. Tonga have some really good taros too. Aloha🤙

[@Mr_crease]

CAp

[@merlienanan5951]

In Trinidad we call that tool a Louchet. And the Taro plant we call Dasheen. We boil and fry it with various veg and non veg sides. The leaves we make bhagi and our national dish calaloo.

[@barriotiklifetv]

here in the Philippines we eat the stem of taro like this

[@ranivonwurttemberg7352]

I am growing it in Georgia US. Yes, mom always added dasheen in the bhagi. So sweet.

[@leafbranch1872]

In Trinidad the dasheen grows big like this?

[@emmabaguio9136]

Its my favorite food,,wow grow so good the soil is so healthy ,i love ❤ planting 😊

[@javenbautista5678]

Here in my province in the Phippines we cook the leaves, peeled petiole and corms with coconut milk, shirmp, small vinegar and ginger....

[@teesamataua4028]

Nice music, good looking taro, good looking people, nice weather, everything looks good......who knew that living in our small islands in the pacific and dreaming of the big cities, the cars, trains, the Hollywood Movies, The Bruce Lee's Movie that one day we will be watching video of our taro and our beautiful polynesian everyday living.

[@LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland]

True aye! Thanking the Lord for amazing technology nowadays that enabled us to do this. Fakaue lahi for your comment.

[@simotetoa6300]

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[@LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland]

@M Seeker No. Mostly all Niue varieties with a few that has origins from Samoa. Don't know of any that are from Fiji. The popular Fijian pink taro is from the Niue taro.

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

Wow! I can make endless taro ice cream and coconut taro dessert! You guys are so lucky and bless to have all those taros.

[@tmtSHD]

Visiting the island of Niue is on my bucket list.

[@ramishrambarran3998]

The tool is called a " Luchet", sold in our hardware stores. We call Taro, "Dasheen" in our country. Its origin is Tahiti. It is planted in very wet waterlogged soil here. Our leaves have a purplish colour in the middle of the "Y" on each leaf. Cooked, one type is bluish, the other is white. Young leaves are sold in bundles in our markets. Very popular and important food item in our diet. Nice family video. Keep it up. All the best ! Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.

[@davebrunner1272]

Hi. My family grew it here in Florida,we also called it Dasheen it was more round than what he was digging. I still grow it. Some of my family don't like it because we ate so much of it as young ones but to me it brings back good memories.

[@ramishrambarran3998]

@@davebrunner1272 Yes. I understand. I am 67, and came from an agricultural background. In years gone by, meat was eaten only on Sundays, or less often. Garden produce was eaten according to the season, as there were no freezers or packaging facilities. So, when cassava, breadfruit, yams, dasheen were in season you ate lots of it ! I have a friend who says he will never eat breadfruit again. They had a tree in the front yard !!! We have more of the rounded dasheen in my country. But I have seen some big ones. In nearby Venezuela there are long ones, maybe around 10 lbs. Bundles of young dasheen leaves are a very important food item in our markets and supermarkets. Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.

[@vantablacklogicthoughts5186]

Thank u I came to say the same thing and am from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and we call I dasheen

[@ramishrambarran3998]

@@vantablacklogicthoughts5186 We call the bundle of leaves, " dasheen bush". We make " Saheena" an Indian delicacy with the leaves, bhaji, and calalloo. Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.

[@amgtravelvlogs7372]

Sending full support to your Channel, watching from Dubai, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

[@heaistevenhoko1845]

Thank you for your inspirational taro harvest. I am encouranged to plant a taro crop, coming this December. Great crop. Our ancestral food crop.

[@dougieWApng]

Love this. Taro, our Pacific food. Thank you for sharing. Much Love form PNG.

[@coconutterrence8549]

you have a great show and living in a great place but i,m a bit old now (terry)🌴🤙🌺the flowers for your wife

[@nanchu2151]

Vinaka from FIJI. Keep the clips coming on planting our island staple DALO it's called over here.Yet we say one of the best varieties here is called SAMOA..I guess Niue varieties isn't here yet.keep our Pacific food alive..Palusami for miles..please send clips on planting yams,tapioca,kamala,here we have kawai,banana,other root crops..we're rich in the Pacific!! We just started realizing.. took us a long time

[@supersayinmangos5847]

Niue talo is already there - lots of shoots were sent over to the taro bank in Fiji ( supposed to keep incase something happens and we lose our Niue taro varieties). Nek minit heard Fiji is growing the Niue taro and markets to NZ as Fiji pink ? Fiji pink taro selling in Auckland is the Niue taro. So much for a taro bank initiative? Please check your side Nan Chu…

[@nanchu2151]

@@supersayinmangos5847 O my goodness. Thieving devils.Kai Viti my people or Kai idia ...disappointed but not surprised..SORRY..

[@localsavaiian7512]

Fa'afetai tele/ Fakaue Lahi for sharing. Beautiful plantation you got there, love it. Malo le Galue Tama Niue.

[@samwright285]

Malo foi le asiasi mai i lea itu le vai

[@user-pk2xr8ez7j]

Big taros Good Farmer planting Good taros.

[@avakinbot4267]

For all you gym fanatics out there eat Taro after you hit the gym it has a variety of health benefits rich in carbohydrates

[@penielitela7144]

Growing up in Manu'a having a kalo plantation is the sign of a real man and with kalo the size of your harvest is what every young man hoped for when time to harvest the kalo plantation. I was surprised to hear you name the kalo Manu'a because that is exactly what it was. But like another person commented, the best in our plantations was the kalo Niue, purple and tasty, the smell of it will never compare to any other taro. Malo lava...

[@licelewanigatu1390]

Good...have you tried the yellow taro here in Fiji...taste good and smell nice!!!!

[@penielitela7144]

@@licelewanigatu1390 As a matter of fact I have, my ex-wife is kaiviti, I have been to all the Fiji markets in Suva, Lautoka, Sigatoka and Nadi. The varieties are plenty and the tastes was also amazing. But, the talo Niue is still the best to me because it's what we grew up growing the most. We have the yellow variety also, and it's mostly grown in swamp or what we call in Samoa, Kaufusi.

[@naufaletolu8190]

Well done 👍 Niue Taro farmers from Perth Western Australia 🇦🇺👏💛❤️

[@bossman5289]

Taro the main roots of the Pacific Islanders. It's nice to see the kids learning the basics and traditional ways of doing things that have been passed by from our ancestors. Greetings from the Republic of Palau🇵🇼💖

[@arthurrapson8183]

Doesn’t mean anything coming from you.

[@rututai8932]

Always love the Niue taro's.❤

[@Mcd21]

Great to see a father proud of teaching his son his history and showing the world his knowledge

[@salimerekhorami5039]

Absolutely love that tool! Well made and stood the test of time.

[@ericsebasio681]

Your sweat well harvested bro...keep your vlogs coming...🇳🇺

[@dannysioeli9320]

Those are huge Uso👍 seki

[@ricliu4538]

Love this...the world will know the power of Taro soon

[@bronsonperich9430]

Taro feed the slaves in the Carribean and is one of the oldest culitvated crops in the world.

[@leilani156]

Supporting the polys in the pacific islands 🤙🏽

[@sionemehi3622]

Big ups my brotha much love from your Tongan brothas in US Arizona yessssssah

[@zarahelmafaalii3125]

Love this so beautiful...my grandmother is from Niue... Veemoa & Punimata bloodline

[@bening77]

Taro yuhu Nice sharing farming information. Awesome plants Thanks you

[@daniaditya7699]

Great taro farmer. 👍👍👍

[@collinellis1595]

In jamaica we call it dashene .dont take the small ones out . Just pull the main one out.

[@estheroppong4782]

In Ghana we harvest them when the leaves are dried out and that’s when they get big.

[@futunaislandadventure8418]

Like your video brother from vanuatu 🇻🇺❤️.

[@priscillatudela5892]

Very nice your video. Now I know to harvest taro. Thank you for video your great man SHOWING your experience. From Saipan CMNI Marianas near Guam watching.

[@LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland]

Thank you.

[@jonathanjones20]

Aloha from Hawaii, I hope one day to grow taro like this

[@niueanlaho]

fakalofa........good harvest yummy taro.......

[@EroniRavutianatuwawa-cw6cb]

Wow 😮 that's beautiful my brother 👏🏽 thank God, congratulations 👏🏽

[@sarasmaharaj3902]

. Bula woo love taros. That's a big one❤

[@yourtube15807]

Delicious with prawns ....

[@jackahloo2106]

Beautiful harvest. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to Sunday lunch.

[@nikifomai8569]

Awesome Family. Love it.

[@mrdjhex]

Thanks for sharing & great harvest of taro. Love the island of Niue 🇳🇺 Monu Tagaloa

[@tanemahuta7365]

Finally a thorough video on taro harvest with proper technique... Keep it up cuzz, I'm growing my first coco and kalo this year, your tips are really helping... Tenopai

[@bronsonperich9430]

Hard bro. This video helped me to establised my plantation. Kei Aotearoa koe bro?

[@edwardapera2878]

beautiful uso

[@migzlavezaresbagwistv6749]

Watching your channel idol and your subscribers . taros so nice to mixed this in our native delicacies mixed with casava and secret regredience and wrapped with banana leaves turn to casava and taroos cakes. wow so delicious it reminds our province. in leyte philipines.nice channel idol . salute.

[@terawhanauetu9702]

I love taro..it's my favorite all time root lol..this harvest is joyfully to watch

[@joytupou9763]

Very good video.. very good harvest... Thank you.

[@ZeeKay1430]

Cheers Bro! 🇫🇯 🇦🇺 Got me hungry as watching all this dalo 😆

[@srwasa1822]

Good size taro variety. You're blessed.

[@nl8643]

Love this video! Hi from Washington, D.C.!

[@mariesagonocia8503]

Nice harvesting,beautiful family giving hands to help the job to be done,GOD BLESS

[@user-tc9pb7gl4e]

Tjo its wild flowers here in Africa .Watching from Johannesburg South Africa 🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍

[@CML95018]

Love kalo Niue 💚

[@teresitavillanueva7826]

New subscriber from France 🇫🇷

[@vasasikanagalebasau6017]

Bula Niue I like the DALO plantation very green and fresh thanks for the video

[@niuleni]

Love Niuean Taro ♥️

[@guskalo1981]

Love your videos. Greetings from Ontario Canada.

[@LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland]

Thanks heaps and fakalofa lahi atu from Niue.

[@rahmatputraputra7782]

Nice musik, goot taro, keldi

[@s.hawkins9222]

Hard work..well done.

[@roadcoadog]

The leaves cooked with coconut milk, fried fish, dhal, Basmati rice, WOW it's better than spinach .

[@Gun.B.T.A.]

Thanks to god. For everything

[@waitahamangi]

Living the life #fulfilling 👏

[@BishopNephi69]

Nice taro!

[@joannaman1191]

Love taro😊

[@belinestiban2851]

Wow sir amazing vegetable ❤️🍀

[@tolihopokingi468]

Remind me my father's talo. That is awesome

[@sarah_farm]

I just cant believe how they have access to just such a large variety of fruits , trees and plants. Feels like they live in paradise. Fresh produce right on their door step , surrounded by nature and enjoyed together in a close knit family and community! All the money in the world cant buy what they have.

[@nainasatamanikaiyaroi2330]

Thanks?great harvest taro

[@tasivinajama]

Your new sub from Solomon Islands. Great content brother.

[@wigowigo843]

Awesome👍

[@karasavage1610]

I Love it my grandfather come from Niue savage family

[@sweipamelat.9535]

this, your particular video that i keep coming to... i own a taro patch here in 🇵🇼 and i just have not had the luck of harvesting a large one to be impressed with. So, looking at your harvest, i am in awe! wow! could be the good soil, or maybe a technique you have that seem to be working good. good job!

[@Rey123-ch5el]

Wow I love it

[@amgtravelvlogs7372]

That was awesome 👌.

[@missymason2377]

Educational

[@lasarusaluma7823]

Good harvest. Vinaka

[@wiilli7685]

Beautiful abundance harvest brother. Great job with the farm which is the main essential on the island.

[@StevenLee-xj6gx]

Nice and well drained soil 👍

[@mahi-ai-kalo]

Cheehoo..... some big taro! 💯🤙🏼

[@yusrisaadun5497]

Very good size of taro

[@adelaidahansen8927]

Would like to know whenever you harvest taro. Do plan taro on the same spot where you have taken the taro.

[@LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland]

No. We let the land recover or fallow for up to about 10 years, but we sometimes plant a different crop like cassava or yams on that same spot where we have just harvested taro.

[@leiatauapride1200]

Beutiful taro farm bro keep it up good hard work..love it frm Sydney

[@truthandjustice7219]

We called them dasheen back in Jamaica..

[@reginastande422]

Keep up the good work

[@junnahmorea8962]

Nice song and the taro's look so nice

[@jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16]

Praise the LORD for creating happy herbs!

[@ericaroberts8380]

Wow Yummy Yummy 😃

[@nancyrenguul8815]

Wow very big, good job, good hands

[@yollybenas8457]

wow that's so many nice farm have a great day

[@johnizaiah465]

Solid. Well done bro

[@teawaawafirmin416]

Great video, i really appreciate

[@apolosimatani4999]

Wow...just like here in Fiji...

[@cavaraicebe7113]

Bula from Fiji. I can see some familiar looking dalo, uro ni vonu (purple corm) & jabeni (yellow corm) 😍😍 #wananavu

[@luamanukirisome9514]

First time I see Niuen taro plantation, it's very interesting, fortunately you still have those taro, but not anymore in Samoa

[@360concrete8]

Samoa is planting taro's from Niue since Samoa taro was infected by taro blight back in the early nineties

[@leont5096]

@@360concrete8 wow really

[@subhashnaidu7327]

Very nice video. Thank you

[@Godziraa]

Loving the music mbro 🕺🤙❤

[@user-vo8uh6vv8p]

We call it gabi. Our ancestors ate more of it than now. You guys have the big itchy kind that you have cook for a long time. We call it badiang and only eaten during famine or natural calamities