Reply To: Plants for Food

  • KimC

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    January 28, 2023 at 2:44 am

    I tried them last year in 10-gallon grow bags because I have no room for them to become invasive in. They grew very tall, and there were some blooms on healthy plants, but the roots were a complete disappointment. Very small and elongated, similar to a carrot or parsnip, not round, and not big around at all, but quite a lot of them. I was trying them because I kept hearing they’re a great survival food alternative to potatoes. When researching I learned that you have the cook them to death to avoid gastrointestinal distress, so between the lack of space to grow enough to make a difference, the effort (kept having to tie them up because they get so tall they fall over), and the fact that gut issues were warned against, I decide not to grow them again, and to instead concentrate on other things that are better yielding and lower maintenance. Maybe they didn’t like being grown in any kind of container? I’m sure others could give better tips on that, but that was my experience in zone 9b. Hope yours do well.