Group 2 Yacon

$12.00

SHIPMENT DATE: Begins SEPTEMBER (Yams, Artichokes, Yacon and other’s in this category are sent out beginning in September) Orders received will be placed on a first come first serve basis.

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Family: OTHER- TUBERS(Amaryllidaceae)
Genus & Species: Polymnia sonchifolia

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Description

Heritage Status: New Zealand
Bio-Region of Origin: Unknown
Quantity: A starter clump

Description: A stunning looking member of the Asteraceae family with large red furry leaves and little yellow sunflower type flowers, which flower late autumn when you harvest the large juicy sweet tubers. This is a South American vegetable which produces huge crops. Two kinds of tubers form. Large smooth storage tubers which are the ones you eat, and smaller knobbly ones that form just below the surface of the ground and are kept for planting next year’s crop. The crunchy tubers are sweet, juicy and carroty and are being hailed as a wonder food for diabetics.

View our Kōanga Perennial Crop Selection Chart 

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Creating A Perennial Garden Bed

This excerpt from the Kōanga Garden Guide is filled with valuable information.

Planting Instructions: Grows best in full sun in soils that are not water logged. Needs regular moisture during the growing season. Plant into prepared ground that has had compost added in early spring. We plant at approximately 40cm spacings. Harvest the juicy tubers from autumn. The eating ones are the smooth large ones while the smaller knobbly ones are for replanting. Cannot tolerate severe frosts so harvest the tubers before severe frosts occur. In mild, drier areas can be left to store in the ground over winter.