As the psychedelic (colour not effect) Andean tubers Oca (Oxalis tuberosa), Ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus) and Achira (Canna edulis) benefit from a longer season than I can give them outside, I grow them in buckets which I bring inside and harvest around Xmas time for a colourful christmas dinner…so here’s an album of this year’s harvest!
I was very surprised by one of the best ulluco harvests here, despite the leaves being mostly frozen off before moving the pots inside and not regrowing…I don’t understand…
Each of the groups correspond to one bucket! The yellow tubers at 2 o’clock are from a bucket grown for two years to see if they would grow any bigger…otherwise yellow has the smallest tubers.
I’ve never grown anything like this size of ulluco before, similarly the white with pink dots variety were significantly bigger than normal…strange as all my Ullucos were severely frosted before I brought them inside and didn’t regrow inside…
A lot of variation in yield again this year in my ocas, here are 7 groups corresponding to 7 buckets…the large yellow at bottom right looked very promising but there were only two tubers :( The two groups at bottom left and centre were mixed varieties forced for the leaves last winter and then left to grow on…
For my daughter Avellana Wood who has been working hard around the house the last few days!
Tipping the bucket upside down, the tubers are revealed :)
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