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if you can get them fresh and keep them in a bowl over winter in a frost free place they grow in the spring to produce a floating pond plant the "chestnuts" are produced to overwinter.apparently one species is a real problem in the usa see
http://www.waterchestnut.org/Assets/PDF/wcfactsheet.pdfLast edited by snakeshack; 23-11-2011, 11:06 PM.don't be afraid to innovate and try new things
remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow
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Originally posted by snakeshack View Postif you can get them fresh and keep them in a bowl over winter in a frost free place they grow in the spring to produce a floating pond plant the "chestnuts" are produced to overwinter.
Have you tried growing them? Could I buy the fresh chestnuts in a Chinese store or is there anywhere else that you can suggest? Thanks.
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Originally posted by veggiechicken View PostThanks Planetologist. Have you tried growing them? I'm growing oca this year for the first time but have yet to taste any. Looking forward to it!
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Yacon sounds more difficult from the description on RealSeeds whereas Oca seems quite easy. I had about 10 tubers to start with - so on your reckoning I should have about 300! Wow!!! I think they may be a bit cramped in their dustbin. Do you grow them outdoors in open ground? Any tips please for an Oca novice.
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Yes, my 30 oca tubers are in a flat bed outdoors that is ~6 m2, so 10 in a dustbin does sound cramped, and maybe you won't get 300 tubers. I'm an oca novice myself, but the 30 plants do cover the available space, so I'd do that again: put in individual small pots at harvest time, overwinter indoors in an unheated room, plant out through cardboard mulch after the last frost, water if it's extremely dry, otherwise forget about them until the frost kills them.
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Thanks planetologist. The leaves are falling off my plants but they're in the greenhouse so protected a bit from frost. I presume that the longer they grow, the larger they will be so I must be patient a while longer.
Since mine are in artificial surroundings, can you tell me how deep the tubers are when grown in the soil please? I'm wondering whether I can plant small clusters of ocas amongst other plants in the garden and unearth the ocas without disturbing anything else. I don't have a conventional veg garden!!
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"Water chestnuts grow best in gardening climates with long hot summers". That's not here thenAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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I can't grow radish really either. The 2% that don't have cabbage root maggots in them have been chewed by slugs. Plus they don't get enough water on my sandy soilAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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