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i popped into the greenhouse this week and was pleasantly surprised :D to find one of my oca plants producing tubers both above and below soil level. the plants are defo dieing back on their own (no frost here as yet though). should i earth them up? and how long to leave before harvesting the tubers? :)
Quote from: thifasmom on November 27, 2009, 09:21:47i popped into the greenhouse this week and was pleasantly surprised :D to find one of my oca plants producing tubers both above and below soil level. the plants are defo dieing back on their own (no frost here as yet though). should i earth them up? and how long to leave before harvesting the tubers? :)Only reason to earth up would be to stop pests eating them... they don't go poisonous like potatos do....well at least not according to all the literature I've read.... harvest period is a bit harder to determine but two weeks after the foliage dies is soemthing I've seen mentioned a lot.... you could have a firkle and pull out a couple of decent ones if you find them now.....chrisc