Does anyone have any to trade?
:) Donna
Oxalis tuberosa\Oca
Donna i dont have a clue which one this is,do you by any chance have a pic of this or info? i looked it up and it says none found so i am thinking the spelling might be wrong? if you could help me out here i might have what youre looking for but need to know what it looks like thxs
I meant to put a slash before the Oca. Here is a link:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2039/
oh ok lol
i have the one that is purple leaves and yellow flowers,thought maybe that one was it sorry i couldnt help
good luck finding it
ackkk....I just tossed one in the mulch :(
Which one did you toss?????? If it's the o. tuberosa you better go and get it....lol.
:) Donna
I don't know....it had really dark purple leaves.......(pictures self digging in mulch in the am)
Nope....that's not the one I'm looking for. You're saved....lol!
:) Donna
whew
Per-Girl, I have about a dozen plants total in two pots. I grow it every year, but it seldom makes very many tubers for me. Fortunately, Nichols has been selling it every year for several years. You can find them in garden watchdog.
Their tubers are a mix of a number of varieties. I had separated out the red leaved red stemmed red tubered varieity and kept it going for a couple of years, but last year they died out. They are not hardy in my zone and don't set tubers well w/o a longer growing season than I can give it. D-mail me in aobut 2 months and I'll check to see if mine set enough to share. The tubers are delicious (yum!) but the stems don't taste good to me, even though edible. I'm stubborn and think I will eventually do better with them. Growing the plants is easy, but they fall over and start to get ugly in late summer.
If you order from Nichols, check out their yacon as well. Productive and delicious - very unusual plant as well.
krowten I checked out Nichols. They don't ship bulbs/tubers to Canada. I would luv to be kept in mind when you do have a few to share!
:) Donna
I've never shipped to Canada. Do you know how to do it and what is involved. Oca will be a challenge in Canada due to it's climate/day length issues. Oca is a big oxalis, so you may need some greenhouse space or artificial lighting for bulbs production. I've never been able to keep mine going in the house through a full winter with the indoors lower lighting level.
I want the one with yellow flowers. I have a green leaf with white flowers and a maltese like puple leaf with pink flowers but no yellow flowered ones.