How We Harvest Taros! | Niue Style! | My Way! | Taro Farming |

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2021
  • Tato Farming: Planting and harvesting taros here on Niue is a lifestyle for most families. It is our staple food. Children help by working alongside their parents and learning at the same time. This is how the torch of knowledge is being passed on from generation to generation.
    This is how children or young people are introduced and inducted into the learning and values of hard work, patience, teamwork, delayed gratification and also skills of working without supervision, after they have been taught under supervision of course.
    These taro farming experiences will in no doubt help mould them into hard working and responsible individuals with fortitude. Skills gained and mental strength that can transform or translate well into other areas of their lives.
    There are lots of taro varieties and each has their own unique characteristics such as taste, texture, longevity in the ground, growth factors, external environmental factors and so forth. There is so much to learn, understand and appreciate about taro farming.
    It is an ongoing process which never ends unless you give it up altogether or leave the Island!
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    Samsung Galaxy S21 ultra phone
    #niuetaro #tarofarming #tarorootcrops #farming #taroharvest #teachemyoung #familytime

КОМЕНТАРІ • 242

  • @oteyzawagsi296
    @oteyzawagsi296 Рік тому +22

    Here in Philippines, I harvest my taros if they're 6 mos.i take out the young ones sprouting earlier, so that the mother taro will produce big taters, and those young ones I took out, I plant them in small nursery bags, then plant them when rooted.

    • @emmabaguio9136
      @emmabaguio9136 3 дні тому

      Oh i see❤❤❤❤thats y❤❤so good❤❤❤

  • @teesamataua4028
    @teesamataua4028 2 роки тому +25

    Nice music, good looking taro, good looking people, nice weather, everything looks good......who knew that living in our small islands in the pacific and dreaming of the big cities, the cars, trains, the Hollywood Movies, The Bruce Lee's Movie that one day we will be watching video of our taro and our beautiful polynesian everyday living.

    • @LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland
      @LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland  2 роки тому +5

      True aye! Thanking the Lord for amazing technology nowadays that enabled us to do this.
      Fakaue lahi for your comment.

    • @simotetoa6300
      @simotetoa6300 2 роки тому

      9

    • @LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland
      @LifeOnTheRockNiueIsland  Рік тому +2

      @M Seeker No. Mostly all Niue varieties with a few that has origins from Samoa. Don't know of any that are from Fiji. The popular Fijian pink taro is from the Niue taro.

  • @kimasarurupokets384
    @kimasarurupokets384 Рік тому +6

    Love it! Taro Pacific Islanders spiritual food..
    Greetings from Melanesia

  • @michellejenkins3938
    @michellejenkins3938 2 роки тому +12

    I like the one's with the purple dot, in Jamaica we call it dasheen.

  • @amgtravelvlogs7372
    @amgtravelvlogs7372 2 роки тому +6

    Sending full support to your Channel, watching from Dubai, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

  • @javenbautista5678
    @javenbautista5678 Рік тому +5

    Here in my province in the Phippines we cook the leaves, peeled petiole and corms with coconut milk, shirmp, small vinegar and ginger....

  • @avakinbot4267
    @avakinbot4267 2 роки тому +4

    For all you gym fanatics out there eat Taro after you hit the gym it has a variety of health benefits rich in carbohydrates

  • @nativoa4721
    @nativoa4721 2 роки тому +19

    This is the kalo Samoans are missing everyday Kalo Niue
    Samoa don’t have this kalo anymore The Best kalo there is on the planet 🙏🙏🙏

    • @teesamataua4028
      @teesamataua4028 2 роки тому +4

      Yes we grew up in Samoa with "taloniue" , "talomanu'a", '"ta'amutoga", and "ta'amuniukini".

    • @samwright285
      @samwright285 2 роки тому +1

      @@teesamataua4028 malo lava le faasoa

    • @samwright285
      @samwright285 2 роки тому +2

      Awesome content. Tonga have some really good taros too. Aloha🤙

    • @Mr_crease
      @Mr_crease 2 роки тому

      CAp

  • @pang-ngiavang1956
    @pang-ngiavang1956 2 роки тому +9

    Wow! I can make endless taro ice cream and coconut taro dessert! You guys are so lucky and bless to have all those taros.

  • @merlienanan5951
    @merlienanan5951 2 роки тому +10

    In Trinidad we call that tool a Louchet. And the Taro plant we call Dasheen. We boil and fry it with various veg and non veg sides. The leaves we make bhagi and our national dish calaloo.

    • @barriotiklifetv
      @barriotiklifetv Рік тому +1

      here in the Philippines we eat the stem of taro like this

    • @ranivonwurttemberg7352
      @ranivonwurttemberg7352 Рік тому +1

      I am growing it in Georgia US. Yes, mom always added dasheen in the bhagi. So sweet.

    • @leafbranch1872
      @leafbranch1872 Місяць тому

      In Trinidad the dasheen grows big like this?

  • @tmtSHD
    @tmtSHD 2 роки тому +6

    Visiting the island of Niue is on my bucket list.

  • @bening77
    @bening77 Рік тому

    Taro yuhu
    Nice sharing farming information.
    Awesome plants
    Thanks you

  • @ramishrambarran3998
    @ramishrambarran3998 Рік тому +9

    The tool is called a " Luchet", sold in our hardware stores.
    We call Taro, "Dasheen" in our country.
    Its origin is Tahiti.
    It is planted in very wet waterlogged soil here.
    Our leaves have a purplish colour in the middle of the "Y" on each leaf.
    Cooked, one type is bluish, the other is white.
    Young leaves are sold in bundles in our markets. Very popular and important food item in our diet.
    Nice family video. Keep it up. All the best !
    Trinidad & Tobago.
    West Indies.

    • @davebrunner1272
      @davebrunner1272 Рік тому +2

      Hi. My family grew it here in Florida,we also called it Dasheen it was more round than what he was digging. I still grow it. Some of my family don't like it because we ate so much of it as young ones but to me it brings back good memories.

    • @ramishrambarran3998
      @ramishrambarran3998 Рік тому +3

      @@davebrunner1272 Yes. I understand. I am 67, and came from an agricultural background. In years gone by, meat was eaten only on Sundays, or less often. Garden produce was eaten according to the season, as there were no freezers or packaging facilities. So, when cassava, breadfruit, yams, dasheen were in season you ate lots of it !
      I have a friend who says he will never eat breadfruit again. They had a tree in the front yard !!!
      We have more of the rounded dasheen in my country. But I have seen some big ones. In nearby Venezuela there are long ones, maybe around 10 lbs.
      Bundles of young dasheen leaves are a very important food item in our markets and supermarkets.
      Trinidad & Tobago.
      West Indies.

    • @vantablacklogicthoughts5186
      @vantablacklogicthoughts5186 Рік тому +1

      Thank u I came to say the same thing and am from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and we call I dasheen

    • @ramishrambarran3998
      @ramishrambarran3998 Рік тому +1

      @@vantablacklogicthoughts5186 We call the bundle of leaves, " dasheen bush". We make " Saheena" an Indian delicacy with the leaves, bhaji, and calalloo.
      Trinidad & Tobago.
      West Indies.

  • @emmabaguio9136
    @emmabaguio9136 3 дні тому +1

    Its my favorite food,,wow grow so good the soil is so healthy ,i love ❤ planting 😊

  • @Mcd21
    @Mcd21 Рік тому +1

    Great to see a father proud of teaching his son his history and showing the world his knowledge

  • @bossman5289
    @bossman5289 2 роки тому +10

    Taro the main roots of the Pacific Islanders. It's nice to see the kids learning the basics and traditional ways of doing things that have been passed by from our ancestors. Greetings from the Republic of Palau🇵🇼💖

  • @user-pk2xr8ez7j
    @user-pk2xr8ez7j 10 місяців тому +1

    Big taros Good Farmer planting Good taros.

  • @coconutterrence8549
    @coconutterrence8549 Рік тому +2

    you have a great show and living in a great place but i,m a bit old now (terry)🌴🤙🌺the flowers for your wife

  • @heaistevenhoko1845
    @heaistevenhoko1845 Рік тому +7

    Thank you for your inspirational taro harvest. I am encouranged to plant a taro crop, coming this December. Great crop. Our ancestral food crop.

  • @dougieWApng
    @dougieWApng 2 роки тому +5

    Love this. Taro, our Pacific food. Thank you for sharing. Much Love form PNG.

  • @jackahloo2106
    @jackahloo2106 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful harvest. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to Sunday lunch.

  • @ericsebasio681
    @ericsebasio681 Рік тому +3

    Your sweat well harvested bro...keep your vlogs coming...🇳🇺

  • @dannysioeli9320
    @dannysioeli9320 2 роки тому +3

    Those are huge Uso👍 seki

  • @localsavaiian7512
    @localsavaiian7512 2 роки тому +6

    Fa'afetai tele/ Fakaue Lahi for sharing. Beautiful plantation you got there, love it. Malo le Galue Tama Niue.

    • @samwright285
      @samwright285 2 роки тому +1

      Malo foi le asiasi mai i lea itu le vai

  • @naufaletolu8190
    @naufaletolu8190 2 роки тому +3

    Well done 👍 Niue Taro farmers from Perth Western Australia 🇦🇺👏💛❤️

  • @yourtube15807
    @yourtube15807 Рік тому +1

    Delicious with prawns ....

  • @leilani156
    @leilani156 2 роки тому +2

    Supporting the polys in the pacific islands 🤙🏽

  • @niueanlaho
    @niueanlaho Рік тому +1

    fakalofa........good harvest yummy taro.......

  • @salimerekhorami5039
    @salimerekhorami5039 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely love that tool! Well made and stood the test of time.

  • @sionemehi3622
    @sionemehi3622 2 роки тому +3

    Big ups my brotha much love from your Tongan brothas in US Arizona yessssssah

  • @EroniRavutianatuwawa-cw6cb
    @EroniRavutianatuwawa-cw6cb 4 місяці тому

    Wow 😮 that's beautiful my brother 👏🏽 thank God, congratulations 👏🏽

  • @rututai8932
    @rututai8932 2 роки тому +4

    Always love the Niue taro's.❤

  • @nanchu2151
    @nanchu2151 2 роки тому +17

    Vinaka from FIJI. Keep the clips coming on planting our island staple DALO it's called over here.Yet we say one of the best varieties here is called SAMOA..I guess Niue varieties isn't here yet.keep our Pacific food alive..Palusami for miles..please send clips on planting yams,tapioca,kamala,here we have kawai,banana,other root crops..we're rich in the Pacific!! We just started realizing.. took us a long time

    • @supersayinmangos5847
      @supersayinmangos5847 2 роки тому +7

      Niue talo is already there - lots of shoots were sent over to the taro bank in Fiji ( supposed to keep incase something happens and we lose our Niue taro varieties).
      Nek minit heard Fiji is growing the Niue taro and markets to NZ as Fiji pink ?
      Fiji pink taro selling in Auckland is the Niue taro. So much for a taro bank initiative? Please check your side Nan Chu…

    • @nanchu2151
      @nanchu2151 2 роки тому

      @@supersayinmangos5847 O my goodness. Thieving devils.Kai Viti my people or Kai idia ...disappointed but not surprised..SORRY..

  • @daniaditya7699
    @daniaditya7699 2 роки тому +4

    Great taro farmer.
    👍👍👍

  • @nikifomai8569
    @nikifomai8569 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome Family. Love it.

  • @collinellis1595
    @collinellis1595 2 роки тому +5

    In jamaica we call it dashene .dont take the small ones out . Just pull the main one out.

  • @Gun.B.T.A.
    @Gun.B.T.A. Рік тому +1

    Thanks to god. For everything

  • @nl8643
    @nl8643 Рік тому +2

    Love this video! Hi from Washington, D.C.!

  • @estheroppong4782
    @estheroppong4782 2 роки тому +4

    In Ghana we harvest them when the leaves are dried out and that’s when they get big.

  • @roadcoadog
    @roadcoadog 2 роки тому +3

    The leaves cooked with coconut milk, fried fish, dhal, Basmati rice, WOW it's better than spinach .

  • @edwardapera2878
    @edwardapera2878 2 роки тому +2

    beautiful uso

  • @migzlavezaresbagwistv6749
    @migzlavezaresbagwistv6749 2 роки тому +2

    Watching your channel idol and your subscribers . taros so nice to mixed this in our native delicacies mixed with casava and secret regredience and wrapped with banana leaves turn to casava and taroos cakes. wow so delicious it reminds our province. in leyte philipines.nice channel idol . salute.

  • @futunaislandadventure8418
    @futunaislandadventure8418 2 роки тому +2

    Like your video brother from vanuatu 🇻🇺❤️.

  • @srwasa1822
    @srwasa1822 2 роки тому +2

    Good size taro variety. You're blessed.

  • @ricliu4538
    @ricliu4538 2 роки тому +8

    Love this...the world will know the power of Taro soon

    • @bronsonperich9430
      @bronsonperich9430 5 місяців тому

      Taro feed the slaves in the Carribean and is one of the oldest culitvated crops in the world.

  • @terawhanauetu9702
    @terawhanauetu9702 2 роки тому +2

    I love taro..it's my favorite all time root lol..this harvest is joyfully to watch

  • @BishopNephi69
    @BishopNephi69 2 роки тому +1

    Nice taro!

  • @missymason2377
    @missymason2377 Рік тому +1

    Educational

  • @penielitela7144
    @penielitela7144 2 роки тому +15

    Growing up in Manu'a having a kalo plantation is the sign of a real man and with kalo the size of your harvest is what every young man hoped for when time to harvest the kalo plantation. I was surprised to hear you name the kalo Manu'a because that is exactly what it was. But like another person commented, the best in our plantations was the kalo Niue, purple and tasty, the smell of it will never compare to any other taro. Malo lava...

    • @licelewanigatu1390
      @licelewanigatu1390 2 роки тому

      Good...have you tried the yellow taro here in Fiji...taste good and smell nice!!!!

    • @penielitela7144
      @penielitela7144 2 роки тому +5

      @@licelewanigatu1390 As a matter of fact I have, my ex-wife is kaiviti, I have been to all the Fiji markets in Suva, Lautoka, Sigatoka and Nadi. The varieties are plenty and the tastes was also amazing. But, the talo Niue is still the best to me because it's what we grew up growing the most. We have the yellow variety also, and it's mostly grown in swamp or what we call in Samoa, Kaufusi.

  • @belinestiban2851
    @belinestiban2851 Рік тому +1

    Wow sir amazing vegetable ❤️🍀

  • @Rey123-ch5el
    @Rey123-ch5el Рік тому

    Wow I love it

  • @teresitavillanueva7826
    @teresitavillanueva7826 2 роки тому +2

    New subscriber from France 🇫🇷

  • @tasivinajama
    @tasivinajama Рік тому +2

    Your new sub from Solomon Islands. Great content brother.

  • @jonathanjones20
    @jonathanjones20 2 роки тому +6

    Aloha from Hawaii, I hope one day to grow taro like this

  • @zarahelmafaalii3125
    @zarahelmafaalii3125 2 роки тому +5

    Love this so beautiful...my grandmother is from Niue... Veemoa & Punimata bloodline

  • @junnahmorea8962
    @junnahmorea8962 2 роки тому +1

    Nice song and the taro's look so nice

  • @s.hawkins9222
    @s.hawkins9222 2 роки тому +3

    Hard work..well done.

  • @waitahamangi
    @waitahamangi 2 роки тому +1

    Living the life #fulfilling 👏

  • @sarasmaharaj3902
    @sarasmaharaj3902 Місяць тому

    . Bula woo love taros. That's a big one❤

  • @ZeeKay1430
    @ZeeKay1430 4 місяці тому +1

    Cheers Bro! 🇫🇯 🇦🇺
    Got me hungry as watching all this dalo 😆

  • @mrdjhex
    @mrdjhex 2 роки тому +3

    Thanks for sharing & great harvest of taro. Love the island of Niue 🇳🇺 Monu Tagaloa

  • @vasasikanagalebasau6017
    @vasasikanagalebasau6017 2 роки тому +1

    Bula Niue I like the DALO plantation very green and fresh thanks for the video

  • @joytupou9763
    @joytupou9763 2 роки тому +5

    Very good video.. very good harvest...
    Thank you.

  • @mariesagonocia8503
    @mariesagonocia8503 2 роки тому +2

    Nice harvesting,beautiful family giving hands to help the job to be done,GOD BLESS

  • @priscillatudela5892
    @priscillatudela5892 2 роки тому +5

    Very nice your video. Now I know to harvest taro. Thank you for video your great man SHOWING your experience. From Saipan CMNI Marianas near Guam watching.

  • @yollybenas8457
    @yollybenas8457 2 роки тому +1

    wow that's so many nice farm have a great day

  • @niuleni
    @niuleni 2 роки тому +3

    Love Niuean Taro ♥️

  • @amgtravelvlogs7372
    @amgtravelvlogs7372 2 роки тому +1

    That was awesome 👌.

  • @lasarusaluma7823
    @lasarusaluma7823 2 роки тому +3

    Good harvest.
    Vinaka

  • @wigowigo843
    @wigowigo843 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome👍

  • @reginastande422
    @reginastande422 6 місяців тому

    Keep up the good work

  • @guskalo1981
    @guskalo1981 2 роки тому +5

    Love your videos. Greetings from Ontario Canada.

  • @nainasatamanikaiyaroi2330
    @nainasatamanikaiyaroi2330 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks?great harvest taro

  • @StevenLee-xj6gx
    @StevenLee-xj6gx 2 роки тому +1

    Nice and well drained soil 👍

  • @rahmatputraputra7782
    @rahmatputraputra7782 2 роки тому +1

    Nice musik, goot taro, keldi

  • @tolihopokingi468
    @tolihopokingi468 2 роки тому +1

    Remind me my father's talo. That is awesome

  • @user-tc9pb7gl4e
    @user-tc9pb7gl4e 6 місяців тому

    Tjo its wild flowers here in Africa .Watching from Johannesburg South Africa 🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍

  • @mahi-ai-kalo
    @mahi-ai-kalo 2 роки тому +1

    Cheehoo..... some big taro! 💯🤙🏼

  • @sarah_farm
    @sarah_farm 6 місяців тому

    I just cant believe how they have access to just such a large variety of fruits , trees and plants. Feels like they live in paradise. Fresh produce right on their door step , surrounded by nature and enjoyed together in a close knit family and community! All the money in the world cant buy what they have.

  • @joannaman1191
    @joannaman1191 2 роки тому +1

    Love taro😊

  • @ocandenis7642
    @ocandenis7642 11 місяців тому

    Bravo, great work ❤

  • @ericaroberts8380
    @ericaroberts8380 2 роки тому +1

    Wow Yummy Yummy 😃

  • @johnizaiah465
    @johnizaiah465 2 роки тому +2

    Solid. Well done bro

  • @nancyrenguul8815
    @nancyrenguul8815 Рік тому

    Wow very big, good job, good hands

  • @user-vo8uh6vv8p
    @user-vo8uh6vv8p Рік тому +2

    We call it gabi. Our ancestors ate more of it than now. You guys have the big itchy kind that you have cook for a long time. We call it badiang and only eaten during famine or natural calamities

  • @mixkicauangguksabahborneo434
    @mixkicauangguksabahborneo434 2 роки тому +1

    Nice sharing 👍

  • @teawaawafirmin416
    @teawaawafirmin416 2 роки тому +1

    Great video, i really appreciate

  • @fullcircle4723
    @fullcircle4723 2 роки тому +1

    Ka mau te wehi. Awesome

  • @subhashnaidu7327
    @subhashnaidu7327 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice video. Thank you

  • @Godziraa
    @Godziraa 2 роки тому +2

    Loving the music mbro 🕺🤙❤

  • @jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16
    @jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16 Рік тому +1

    Praise the LORD for creating happy herbs!

  • @tanemahuta7365
    @tanemahuta7365 2 роки тому +17

    Finally a thorough video on taro harvest with proper technique... Keep it up cuzz, I'm growing my first coco and kalo this year, your tips are really helping... Tenopai

    • @bronsonperich9430
      @bronsonperich9430 5 місяців тому

      Hard bro. This video helped me to establised my plantation. Kei Aotearoa koe bro?

  • @HulKetsatey
    @HulKetsatey 2 роки тому +1

    Growing taro

  • @wiilli7685
    @wiilli7685 2 роки тому +3

    Beautiful abundance harvest brother. Great job with the farm which is the main essential on the island.

  • @truthandjustice7219
    @truthandjustice7219 2 роки тому +2

    We called them dasheen back in Jamaica..

  • @karasavage1610
    @karasavage1610 Рік тому +2

    I Love it my grandfather come from Niue savage family

  • @juliesfranz461
    @juliesfranz461 Рік тому

    Amazing

  • @CML95018
    @CML95018 2 роки тому +2

    Love kalo Niue 💚

  • @yusrisaadun5497
    @yusrisaadun5497 Рік тому +1

    Very good size of taro

  • @apolosimatani4999
    @apolosimatani4999 2 роки тому +1

    Wow...just like here in Fiji...