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I grew 3 plants from this cross this year, which I've loosely been logging here http://www.growingfoodsavingseeds.co...-oca-from-seed
I had dug these plants a week to ten days ago as the voles had been tucking in to the roots just below the surface. I was going to leave the plants in plastic sacks just laid out in a shed, to give the tubers a little more time to bulk up but the only shed space I had available isn't pest proof so rather than wait another invasion of rodents, I've picked and washed what the voles had previously left.
First one is the red stemmed plant that has stood out from its peers since a seedling. Not a huge crop and difficult to estimate lost tubers but it seems it was a tasty one! Tubers are a useful size and not to late to start forming. I've seed saved from this plant, flowers have long style, seeds pods set readily enough, this was the second plant to start flowering.
Hopin = the variety 'Scarlet with White Eye' from Real Seeds.
I had dug these plants a week to ten days ago as the voles had been tucking in to the roots just below the surface. I was going to leave the plants in plastic sacks just laid out in a shed, to give the tubers a little more time to bulk up but the only shed space I had available isn't pest proof so rather than wait another invasion of rodents, I've picked and washed what the voles had previously left.
First one is the red stemmed plant that has stood out from its peers since a seedling. Not a huge crop and difficult to estimate lost tubers but it seems it was a tasty one! Tubers are a useful size and not to late to start forming. I've seed saved from this plant, flowers have long style, seeds pods set readily enough, this was the second plant to start flowering.
Hopin = the variety 'Scarlet with White Eye' from Real Seeds.
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