Tag Archives: harvest

Oca in a pot and in shade

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

Oca growing in a pot with some lathyrus tuberosus (earth nut pea) looked lovely during the summer and produced 401 g of tubers for a single plant.  What’s more they were packed into the pot like sardines and were all a good … Continue reading →

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Growing Oca (3) – and harvesting and eating it

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Anni Kelsey

There continues to be lots of interest on this blog in growing oca and I have been waiting to harvest my oca before putting on an update.  Oca tubers begin to form after the autumn equinox towards the end of September as the days grow shorter … Continue reading →

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