I don't think I watered enough this year, so I'll water more next year. But as it's an Andean crop, it needs a long season of warmth and daylight hours, so maybe this year the frosts came too early - ideally no frosts until late Nov /early Dec and then harvest two weeks later after all the plant has sent all its energy back into the tubers.
I nearly took a photo of the first crop but then I forgot and ate them, oops!! Planning on digging up the rest between xmas and new year and will make sure I take a photo then and post it here, and you guys can confirm if I am growing oca!!
I totally neglected mine, they were planted in mini black plastic trugs and left in the wild patch at the end of the garden, I didn't water them at all, but they were in mostly shade so I think that probably stopped them drying out too much.
Love it LauraSquirrel - that's just the sort of thing I do too!! ☺ Oca seems pretty happy to be neglected as long as it's kept moist and away from animals which would eat it. Looking forward to seeing your pictures ?
Well, I dug up the other 2 trugs and what a disappointment, there wasn't many tubers at all, especially compared to the first trug! I wonder why they grew so much bigger in that one. Unfortunately I moved them to the front patio in October so they'd be easier to harvest, so I don't know if that trug was getting more light than the others, or had more shelter so kept the moisture better. What a difference though, in that first trug the roots were circling the edges of the trug and tubers were huge... and in this one hardly any! Maybe the first trug was beginners luck :P
Just harvested my first attempt at growing this from two small tubers. Pic below. As I'm planning to grow them agian, what's the best way of keeping them until spring? Fridge? When is the best time to plant out again? Ok I could Google that but what's the fun in thay.
Not queasy but not interested either. Tried them in my last garden - hopeless crop despite following all the cultivation info I could find and not tasty enough to try again.
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So are we planting too early, not watering enough, not feeding enough?
I don't think I watered enough this year, so I'll water more next year. But as it's an Andean crop, it needs a long season of warmth and daylight hours, so maybe this year the frosts came too early - ideally no frosts until late Nov /early Dec and then harvest two weeks later after all the plant has sent all its energy back into the tubers.
I nearly took a photo of the first crop but then I forgot and ate them, oops!! Planning on digging up the rest between xmas and new year and will make sure I take a photo then and post it here, and you guys can confirm if I am growing oca!!
I totally neglected mine, they were planted in mini black plastic trugs and left in the wild patch at the end of the garden, I didn't water them at all, but they were in mostly shade so I think that probably stopped them drying out too much.
Love it LauraSquirrel - that's just the sort of thing I do too!! ☺ Oca seems pretty happy to be neglected as long as it's kept moist and away from animals which would eat it. Looking forward to seeing your pictures ?
Well, I dug up the other 2 trugs and what a disappointment, there wasn't many tubers at all, especially compared to the first trug! I wonder why they grew so much bigger in that one. Unfortunately I moved them to the front patio in October so they'd be easier to harvest, so I don't know if that trug was getting more light than the others, or had more shelter so kept the moisture better. What a difference though, in that first trug the roots were circling the edges of the trug and tubers were huge... and in this one hardly any!
Maybe the first trug was beginners luck :P
Sorry you didn't have a much luck with your second lot. Maybe they were a different variety? Definitely oca though :-)