MONSTER Harvest Ube PURPLE Yam Growing HUGH UBI in Woodchips Survival Garden
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2018
- How to grow ubi yams; Harvesting what seems like TONS of Purple Yams, Dioscorea Alata, known as Purple Yams, Winged Yam, Ube / Ubi. Ube YAM RATAL Not Sweet Potatoes, TRUE YAMS. Growing In Woodchips, SO BIG! The following is a link to our ube or purple yam playlist
• True Yams Dioscorea Alata
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In the Philippines we got so many ways to cook these purple yam. The most traditional way is simply boil these with skin on. Just peel them after they are cooked. The texture is better, not mushy if done this way. Once cooked, these purple yam are no longer slimy. When you cut them after they are just cooked, you can smell the sweet flavor from the steaming yam. We make caramelized brown sugar with coconut milk we call latik as the dipping sauce for the purple yam. Very good afternoon snacks in the village.
Hoy ti latik awan azukar na, ag panglaing ka manen
Does it taste like cassava or taro or does it taste sweet like a sweet potato ? Can it be eaten with fish or meat curries/sauces ? Does it itch like an Elephant Yam? 🙂
Ive heard they make ice creams and sweets in Philippines with this ?
@@magnified4827 maybe we can compare the taste of a potato..so can eat this wd anything u want..
I'd bake them over a fire until the skin is charred, then peel n eat it. But that works too.
The young leaves are also cooked together with bamboo Shoots when there is an scarcity of okra or saluyot leaves during summertimes.
Just mushed it, add condensed milk, fresh grated coconut and a little bit of butter...Then you have a nice Tropical Pudding to Enjoy😀
A more sophisticated way of cooking these purple yam we call “ube” in the Philippines is making it into Ube Jam. Cook with skin on, then peel once cooked, grate, mix with margarine and condensed milk. Stir constantly under medium heat until thoroughly mixed and right consistency. Put into a dish pan, sprinkle some cheese on top or put condensed milk or caramel... whatever. Bake for a few minutes. You may serve it warm or chilled. You may also make this ube jam as filling for pies. Ube ice cream and ube cake are Filipino favorites. You may also use these purple yam in stew instead of potato. I wish I can plant purple yam in southern California.
You can, plant it in early summer and harvest it all early winter.
I'm so glad Gary decided to dig up the rest of that Ubi! I was very curious about it! WOW! That's all I can say! Purple is my favorite color and I'd love to try some of those mashed!!!!
I buried the peels and tons grew out. So basically you can grew them from peel too. It was by accident that it happened. I am pleased it's in my yard now growing a bunch of them. Now I have to move some to the out skirt of the forest in case, later on it's gonna come handy.
Gary responding. Yes you can. We found out by accident too. ua-cam.com/video/govMX_cYWkw/v-deo.html.
I want to grow yams! I've seen pics of people holding true yams and they can get massive! So cool. Thanks Gary 😃
We congratulate you, you are introducing us to the village and country life in a pure and clear way, with a nice level of sincerity.thank you
Gary, you have delivered a 15 pound baby!
OMG!! That is Ube so so delicious, I'm originally from Philippines and my parents plant them on our yard, they can grow huge, and you can make Ube bread, Ube cookies, thanks for sharing awesome video.
Would you share recipes?
Judilyn Fitz share some recipes?
@@lindarichey4689 Think potatoes and there you go.
Don't be afraid of its size Robbie, Mother Nature is AMAZING!
WOW!! Gary that is some Huge Ubi Yam! ;) The commentator Joan B could be right, the answer to world hunger. :) Robbie was saying if you would leave it another year could turn to 150lbs, you would need some serious equipment to digging it and pull it up. Thank you for sharing, amazing!
WOW! Thank you for sharing! 👍😘🇬🇧
Oh my goodness lol! I need to find me one of those to grow in my garden. Yummy! Thanks for sharing. This is soo cool!
Gary LOVES his Yams, it's like pulling teeth to get any right now from him, but I did manage to get a FEW, you can find them on:
facebook.com/RobbieandGary Thanks, Robbie
We use to cook that in philippines for desserts
You guys are great! Love your videos
Giant Ube looks like it’s growing legs into the ground.. amazing!
Yam food forever. That is awesome.
Gary might have discovered the answer to world hunger..😂😂
Joan - I agree.
The true solution to that is to educate Asian to slow down😂😂😂😂
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It was so nice to see that one cut up. It sounds very tasty! Wow that is a monster lol! 😊
I love anythinh ube!!! 💜💜💜
Super like this food crop. I like it in my shake. So good.
Lol," it's got legs" yeah ha!? That's a beautiful UBI.
My father and mom harvested about 12kls of yam and thats the biggest yam ive seen yet ... from romblon philippines
The potato salad was beautiful. It would be lovely to bring to a potluck.
There's a lot of things you can make out of it the best for ice cream ,cakes ,jams, breads and all kinds of desserts and confectioners! Yummy!!
Hi, o am a viewer. From the Philippines.. Love how you say "Ubeys" instead of ooohbeh..
Love watching your videos
I bought some from the local asian/Indian market here in zone 5. I'm going to use a heat mat and grow lights for this project
They are good with coconut cream and spring onions
They're great for bake desserts, I never knew they can go that big
GOOD VIDEO...THANKYOU
You are VERY Welcome, thanks, Robbie
Wow! Ube! Yummmyyy!
Robbie, we from tropics are very familiar with it. You look on the matured wine and you will find little potatoes (( nodules ) when wine is dry, they drop off and that reproduces more yams. Here I Fl it is invasive . Good luck. I have dug up 17 pounds tuber . Needed lot of water to pour down to loosen the tuber.
Gary responding. Mine did not produce any bulbils or aerial tubers in their first year. Hopefully I will get some this year. I like them more than potatoes.
How do you keep the plant/grow in winter season? I tried to plant the ube yam but no success this past few years
I laughed when you said, "put it in the dishwasher." Can you imagine what someone just watching you for the first time would think?
Gary responding. Yes, your comment made me laugh and realize "put it in the dishwasher" would sound weird to anyone watching for the first time.
ROFL!
My grandpa’s family of 16 kids survived eating these during the Japanese American War.They had a barn full of purple yum. You can store it in the barn for a year and won’t get bad.
That's fascinating! It's hard to believe they're not more closely related to potatoes...
Wow! The harvest is real for this purple yam, I grow this plant in my area but not sure when the best time to harvest it. Hope you can share me some tips..
We have been searching for seed for the purple yam. Do you sell seeds???
In the Jamaica we call it st vincent/ sil vincen
Oh my goodness .......... the one in the ground ..... it's A L I V E !!
I think we're all pretty shocked - this is unbelievable.
hehe, Gary you're becoming the new Frankenstein.
I reckon you'd be a great contender for the Guinness Book. Why not go for it?
Wait till next year, he can not Find all the ones he planted, if he misses one, it will be massive next year...the funny thing was, he told me we could not have any to eat THIS YEAR, as he THOUGHT it was going to take years to grow to a good size, from all his research. BUT with the way he planted them, they were very happy, so this was a shock to HIM! Thanks, Robbie
WOW THAT is SO AWESOME AND AMAZING YOU 2 ARE SO TALENTED AND CREATIVE AND INVENTIVE AND SMART THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR FABULOUS GARDEN and WHAT YOU 2 GROW WOW
That giant yam looks like a big snail - poking his head out of his shells...sorta spooky...lol - I wonder if they'd bust open a tote...
Hi Guys I'm from Sri Lanka We grow this and called it as " Raja Ala" Or "king Yam" we eat this same as you did and mixed it with coconut (Scraped) or Coconut plus sugar. I ate this from Malasia once smashed and in a nice shape,
Gary responding. Thanks, I like learning the different names and ways it is prepared.
Wow🎉 I wish they would sell them here in northern California😢
Try to make ice cream out of them. Ube Ice cream is heaven.
Yam as. Ben watching a lot of utube on these. One is very intrusive. One gets flowers and turns to little potatoes. You use those to replant...cause main tuber can only produce 3 years. But you can eat the lil ones if you boil and can use in soups .
wonderful, could that, grow in a climate zone 9?
And how long does it take to harvest from the plantation?
Thank you
Ube yam (Dioscorea alata) is hardy in USDA Zones 9 - 11. It does go dormant in the winter.
I wish I could buy that and make it a dessert.I have to plant one and hopefully get one in 8 mos.
I don't care much for cooked okra, but I love fermented dill okra pickles. And I also seem to always be cleaning the kitchen or cooking. I told my husband that keeping the kitchen clean is like trying to keeping the fire ants under control. Massive yam. Do they get woody if they get too big?
So far NO none have been woody, which is good, SINCE he can not find them all in the yard, and when he does, some next year could be over 100 pounds. As far as what they are like when raw, once boiled, like potatoes, that 'Jell' is completely gone, and it is just like a White potato, and the "potato salad" I made from them was GREAT and SO beautiful! Thanks, Robbie
U need to steam them like a potato with skin on then peel them easy without taking a lot of the meat part by just peeling the kind by either scraping it lightly with a butter knife or by peeling with your fingers. Then a good recipe we have in the philippines is called Ube Kalamay, which is a sweet dessert. It's really good.
Gary responding. Thanks Mary for that tip. They're hard to peel raw without losing some of the edible part. I will try that.
We are making this one like sweet dessert
Hi!! Friends I sawing yours super yams that's my flavors and that's verly good for the early parson to be healthy and s new life's for her or his life or body's ll be back likes before?
Is it searching for water ? That is a massive UBE taking over !
Is there a way to purchase ube root for planting?
in indonesia we call it UBI too. but spelled "oo bee" not "U-B"
usually harvested in end of dry season when the ground was easy to dig, because the UBI layed quite deep about 50cm below the ground surface
Hi Robbie and Gary , can I source UBI from you ,I am in zone 6 so I plant tropical in tubs and over winter in a green house.
Right now Gary has not dug them up yet
Hi Robbie and Gary! I was curious.. do you hill the potatoes or just plant them?
That is awesome!
Gary responding. You don't have to hill them like regular potatoes. I have them planted in slightly raised beds for drainage. Especially important over winter if I leave them in the ground. Cool not frosty soil is OK, cold and whet can cause them to rot.
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Thank you and have a great day!
That's what our favorite ice cream flavor UBE ice cream
Wow artificial ube flavor yummy
Wow
The best once have strong Aroma and very purple color. Most of those in the Philippines are quite big (Not Long). We boil them mash them and Mixed with Milk (sweetened condensed Milk flavored with Vanilla extract) mix them welll over Low heat Stiftung continuously together and cook them in a deep frying pan or a Wok for a very Long time till it's quite dry and difficult to stir..it's very tasty. Watch you Tube for Ube recipes.
Where I can find this kind of purple yam
I'd love to grow ube in Northern California. Would you be willing to sell yours?
The purple yam definitely has the will to live...clay won't stop it. It just turns a different way. Are those what the Okinowans ate after the war when they had no food?
Gary responding. There is a Sweet Potato variety developed by the Okinawans named Okinawa purple. I believe this is what they ate. It is actually my favorite variety and the flavor reminds me of Biscotti,(short bread).
Here’s a tip: very popular in the Philippines, ubi ice cream. Put your flavored ice cream in whole new level. Since you guys love to plant them please try make an ubi ice cream you won’t regret it promised!
Hi Robbie! I've been looking everywhere for a real ubi to plant. Where did you get yours?
They are illegal to import. Invasive species.
Hi Robbie and Gary, We grow the white Discorea Alatas, are you still growing the purple ones? Do you have any tubers for sale?
eBay and Etsy are good sources for Ube yams. If you live close to an Asian grocery store they may also have them for sale.
Those yams also come in other colors, white, yellow (my fav), pink. They are very delicious boiled, baked, or roasted. What state are you in?
Gary responding. Southern California, USDA zone 10a, Sunset zone 23.
I'd love to be able to find some to plant in my greenhouse. I'm in WA state. Any suggestions as to where to find some to plant?
Gary responding. I bought some of mine on Ebay.
how did they grow so big?
This is very expensive yam and very hard to find in fl. I just found small about in 30 some years I been in this state. Better yam than the white one. I'm growing not and can't wait to harvest. Thanks for sharing your video.
Here in philippines this purple yam is very cheap
Hello Robbie
I buy frozen grated purple yam (Dioscorea alata) and make ube ice cream from it.I see you grow it well and probably in tropical Australia, is that correct? I live in Victoria but, with the right aspect and through the summer months, I reckon I could grow Purple Yam. Purple Yam has a unique taste in ice cream and the Americans have taken this Filipino treat and developed it for ice cream. Are there any hints on how to grow it or is it just similar to growing sweet potato? I think like potatoes and beetroot it is best not to peel them before cooking in water as the water will reduce the flavour and make the pulp more liquid.
Gary responding. Actually we live in Southern California USDA zone 10a, sunset zone 23. A similar climate to say coastal Adelaide. When I started growing it I wasn't sure if it would grow here. No references found, still none. I would experiment. It goes dormant in the cool months so you could either bring the tuber in or mulch heavy. The vine and the roots die back so you don't need those. I can grow bananas so I leave it in the ground. They are in slight mounds for drainage. Cool not frosty soil is Ok. Cold and whet can cause rotting. I prefer to grow from tubers. I know seeds are available in Australia which might be worth trying but I think tubers do better. They can be cut into pieces. This is our playlist on purple yamsua-cam.com/play/PLcJJ-s_k5IBAzqcHHsWoXFgum4gXIYLco.html
The more purple the better the flavor...
Why is the interior of your ube white instead of purple?
Dear Robbie, the purple yam you have in hands you can deep fry just like French fries
where did you get the Ube. I live in Florida and what to grow Ube but don't know where to get it.
Gary responding. I bought some of mine on Ebay.
What's the difference between the two yam versus ubi and where do they come from?
Gary responding. Some Sweet potato varieties are called Yams in the U.S. Their Latin name is Ipomoea batatas. The Latin name for Purple Yams; Aka Ubi's or true Yams, is Dioscorea alata. Sweet potatoes originated in Central or South America. Ubi's originated in South east Asia. Sweet potatoes tend to vine along the ground. Ubi's naturally vine upwards. I need to get a video on the difference between the two plants.
Finaly a purple food that actually exists
12:30 the magic of nature. Just water the plant and it will outgrow your child.
i love ube ice cream
I had similar video in my channel like that.is that purple yam?
One guy buried in big plastic pipe. Easier to dig up. Another put in plastic as hydratufa? He said he learned as cooler weather came he had to feed fish less. A hint would be stinky water. Hold feed a few days and it clears. Wow.
Maybe you need to plant inside the tubs from washers. To control it taking over.
Gary responding. I do have some planted in my recycled dishwasher tubs along my staircase leading down to my garden.
Can you PLEASE tell us where to get a start of UBI?
Gary responding. I bought some of mine on Ebay.
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Bring your extra harvest to an Asian store near you. Have them sell it for you. That will disappear! Lol.. specially among Filipinos.
try to cook itwithchop ginger and sugar.
We growing this kind and deffrend others they growing up to 4 to6 ft long cool in my home Kingdom of Tonga,
Ube really grow big,12 to 25 lbs or more.
You can make an ice cream out of it guys.it does get a lot bigger thats still small actually.
Wow it cooks in ten.minutes?
Yes, it gets fork tender very fast. Thanks, Robbie
Like my friend
I've seen people making ice cream with ube.
Are the leaves of the purple yam edible?
Gary responding. I'm not 100% sure so I personally don't eat the leaves. Some South East Asians do eat them cooked, or use them to wrap food for cooking.
No, however the ube bear fruits, same like the roots, its nice as well to eat.
We pronounce it like oo-beh
Ube can be a good alternative to rice but it can't be harvested fast enough like sweet potatoes which only take 3 months to grow tubers. Ube sometimes take one year to grow tubers. The best alternative to rice is sweet potatoes because they are fast growers.
Gary responding. I grow both because here I have pest problems with regular potatoes. Ube is more similar in flavor to potatoes than any of the varieties of sweet potatoes I've grown.
I have heard that Ube has a high starch level which is what you need for good browning when fried.
Can I buy some ube from you?
You should never wash ube when you already cut it into cubes. If you boil them, boil them whole before you peel them. If you already cubed them don't boil steam.
Would you be willing to sell ube? Would like to buy some.
Try cooking it first with skin, then remove the skin using spoon. Just peel the skin so you don't lose the color. Most of the color is near the skin.
My parents told us during the World war ll, that is one of the main food that they have because it grows rapidly and they Grow everywhere. As i came to visit my Relations dir the first time in Mindoro, Phil., i brought about 5 Kilos of this sort of Ubi home to Alaminos, Pangasinan. I asked my Cousin to plant it, but i dont know what has happened in the Future. i am hoping that they have harvested some of them already.
Gary responding. When I was looking for information on this plant I found that in the Philippines they've created a lot of nice varieties of Ubi. I hope your cousin did plant some. Thanks for your comment.
Isn't it Ube? Ubi is a translated name.
Ube ....
Ube
Is it slimy?
Just under the skin. Ube needs to be peeled and cooked to be edible.