Tiger Nuts (Chufa), The Best Crop You Aren’t Growing

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  • Опубліковано 27 лис 2024

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  • @iquommaatolani1781
    @iquommaatolani1781 3 дні тому

    I loooovvvve that Christina, the photobummer❤. Your tiger nuts came out fine and i believe they are tasty, I planted mine in bags in August and very soon I'll be harvesting mine, probably this last week in November. I hope for a great harvest. Thanks for this video.

  • @az55544
    @az55544 2 роки тому +10

    In 2020, I re-hydrated some from a past-edible date of tiger nuts from the grocery store. I started them inside (USDA zone 6a). Out of a handful, four germinated and I harvested 50. I dried them down, didn't plant last year, and will be starting half inside and direct seeding the other half this year. Thanks for your account of your experience over two seasons! edit: I also dried down the tops (cut before digging for harvest) to use as fiber (cord, basketry).

    • @esotericagriculture6643
      @esotericagriculture6643  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching and commenting. I had a bag of tiger nuts sit in my basement forgotten for 18 months, and as an experiment I soaked them to dehydrate, planted them, and most grew. Incredibly durable when fully dormant!

  • @Oysters176
    @Oysters176 7 місяців тому +3

    Can you replace Hazelnuts with these in Chocolate?

  • @vinnettepope8255
    @vinnettepope8255 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome tutorial on tiger nuts 👏 👌 😀 👍 😎. Thank you 🙏 😊 for sharing this wonderful 😋 video 👌 👏 👍.
    I make milk with it, and I use coconut 🥥 water and it doesn't need any sweetener 😋

  • @HeidiCancelleri
    @HeidiCancelleri Рік тому +2

    I love the goats!

  • @libellula3313
    @libellula3313 7 місяців тому +5

    Badgers eat mine in France! But I share because I like to see the badgers.

  • @chestnutoak1645
    @chestnutoak1645 Рік тому +1

    Useful review. Thanks,

  • @orangemoonglows2692
    @orangemoonglows2692 3 роки тому +4

    maybe try making a nut milk with them? i've heard it's good like that. this is on my list to grow next year.

  • @Hippie_punk
    @Hippie_punk 2 роки тому +2

    Never heard of these. Thankyou

  • @SgtSnausages
    @SgtSnausages 10 місяців тому +2

    They do not overwinter in our area (Ohio River Valley 6a/b (Cincinnati-ish)) ... at least not invasively. In a mold winter with no long-term hard freeze -which happens here once in a while - you'll get onsie-twosie per hundred or so to survive over Winter.

    • @definitelyp8652
      @definitelyp8652 3 місяці тому

      Are they easy to germinate?

    • @SgtSnausages
      @SgtSnausages 3 місяці тому +1

      @@definitelyp8652 I mean - stick 'em in the ground and wait.
      Germ rates and quality are gonna 100% depend on your seed source.

    • @definitelyp8652
      @definitelyp8652 3 місяці тому

      @@SgtSnausages Thanks will try etsy not sure who has them. Company on video doesn't carry them.

  • @soniracaza7840
    @soniracaza7840 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for the detailed information you’ve provided. I wonder if I can grow this crop in the Philippines?

    • @jennyanimal9046
      @jennyanimal9046 2 роки тому +1

      You will never get rid of it once it flowers.

    • @esotericagriculture6643
      @esotericagriculture6643  2 роки тому

      Yes, you should be able to grow in the Philippines. This is basically a tropical wet climate plant that’s is just durable enough to be grown elsewhere. Thanks for watching and commenting!

    • @esotericagriculture6643
      @esotericagriculture6643  2 роки тому +2

      @@jennyanimal9046 it never flowers, ever. Like a lot of root crops grown from off sets or pieces, like garlic, potato, sweet potato, this essentially never flowers . It does not survive the winters here either so zero invasive potential where I’m at. Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @marymcandrew7667
    @marymcandrew7667 2 роки тому +2

    They might be good ground into a flour, like almond meal. High protein and Fibre are always good! Very interesting channel, I'm a new subscriber.

    • @esotericagriculture6643
      @esotericagriculture6643  2 роки тому

      I’m pretty sure that they can be made into a flour like substance. I haven’t tried it but it can be done.

    • @samanthanaude5273
      @samanthanaude5273 5 місяців тому +1

      I buy Tiger nut flour to bake with as I have to ear gluten free. I've ordered organic Tigernut seeds to try grow my own

    • @definitelyp8652
      @definitelyp8652 3 місяці тому

      ​@@samanthanaude5273Are they easy to germinate?

  • @truejoy3821
    @truejoy3821 3 роки тому +1

    Will be growing this God willing next year

  • @feralkevin
    @feralkevin Рік тому +1

    When you store them dry, can you plant them the next year dry? Interesting they store in the soil just fine over winter and don't mold.

    • @esotericagriculture6643
      @esotericagriculture6643  Рік тому

      Yes, they can be planted out the following year after being dried. I would typically soak in water until they swell and then plant.
      In my climate the cultivated form isn’t cold Hardy and doesn’t overwinter so they can’t be stored in the ground.

    • @feralkevin
      @feralkevin Рік тому

      Thanks! Mine overwinter in my little nursery in pots. Harvesting is a big pain, and the yield per area as you say is low. I was looking to see if perhaps I could grow them hydroponically or something where they aren't such a pain to harvest. @@esotericagriculture6643

    • @feralkevin
      @feralkevin Рік тому

      Thanks! @@esotericagriculture6643

  • @tbjtbj4786
    @tbjtbj4786 2 роки тому +2

    If you have a lot of wild turkey or wild hogs . Growing chufa is bacily a food plot.

  • @kathyl9222
    @kathyl9222 Рік тому +1

    Oh lots of people are growing this plant unintentionally, it’s a known weed.

    • @SgtSnausages
      @SgtSnausages 10 місяців тому

      The native weedy variety of Yellow Nutsedge generally isnt worth the effort. The "nuts" are about 1/40th the size/weight AND they will successfully overwinter the harshest of Winters becoming an invasive, hard-to-kill monster.

  • @F12Mahon
    @F12Mahon Рік тому

    Do you have turkeys? They may did them up to eat the tubers.

  • @george6977
    @george6977 Рік тому

    They can be grown in the UK so I shall plant some organic tiger nuts I bought via the internet.

  • @larrya7822
    @larrya7822 Рік тому

    I pulled up a chufa (I'm in South East Michigan, It' Aug. 23). It was about a foot tell and seeding, but it didn't have any tumors. Was it to sooner to pull them up ?

  • @mari-at-wiredlikeme8728
    @mari-at-wiredlikeme8728 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @alyncook7315
    @alyncook7315 3 роки тому +1

    Tasting History had a video using these in a recipe

    • @esotericagriculture6643
      @esotericagriculture6643  3 роки тому

      Awesome, I love that channel. I haven’t seen that video though. I’ll have to find it.
      Thanks for watching and commenting!

    • @alyncook7315
      @alyncook7315 3 роки тому +1

      Egyptian cake one

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 Рік тому

    Do you think we can make Choco Krispies out of them

  • @beautyzhuwao6380
    @beautyzhuwao6380 3 роки тому +1

    Do you sell them

  • @merryrobertson4854
    @merryrobertson4854 2 місяці тому

    Can you make an oil from them?

  • @Oysters176
    @Oysters176 3 місяці тому

    Isn't Seabuckthorn easier than these for Oil?

  • @anondeilvers91
    @anondeilvers91 Рік тому

    I reckon that it would make very good quality fodder for pigs as well.

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 Рік тому +1

    I had to stop the video because I thought it was some other animal I have😂
    Goats will do that to get your attention they know you respond to a certain crying they will do it😂

  • @ingbor4768
    @ingbor4768 3 місяці тому

    Portuguese food exported to the New World.

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 Рік тому

    cocoa puffs what they look like

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 Рік тому

    Raised bed

  • @RatkeGaming
    @RatkeGaming 5 місяців тому

    THAT STUPID VIDEO EFFECT RUINS ALL THE VIDEO