This popped up an my native plant hill all on its own. It was vinig up around my lobelia and i pulled it thinking it was a weed. Then i saw the flower so i replanted the string of tubers and made a bamboo trellis for it. I tend to let weeds grow if the flower is pretty. I was exited to find out what it was after i used my plantnet app to identify it. Going to check for seed pods soon as the flowers are just fading now. The flowers on mine are a deep mauve and white.
I have been growing these for about 30 years in zone 5, Ottawa, Canada. This year they got completely out of control so I need to dig them all up and hopefully sink pots in the ground to contain them. My flowers are dusky pink not as red as yours. The coolest thing about these plants is that the vines grow away from Cedar wood. You can place a cedar pole in the bed and all the vines will bend away to avoid touching it. I am guessing they don't like the cedar oil fumes? I am struck by your indoors comment. As in houseplants? Or greenhouse? I am allergic to the strong dark chocolate smelling flower perfume so houseplant is not an option but am curious. Maybe I could get a friend to grow it in their house?
Haha, i wish ours were doing that well! Some years ours just a break, perhaps because of a mild winter. Apios generally did not do well outdoors in our mild maritime climate, it's wet here most of the year. They just do 3x better in a greenhouse here. Have you grown the apios priceana? We have one plant for years, hoping to get seeds.
@@GardensforLife No, I have not tried that species. My health has not been good this year so I have been unable to keep up with my coommunity garden plot. My apios has completely smothered an 8 x 10 foot section of other plants. I am in the process of downsizing. I did finally find some homes for some of my unusual food plants but my lack of computer savy is quite crippling. Since nobody talks face to face and newspapers no longer have want ads, it has been impossible to find homes for things like my variegated Horseradish, edible Dahlias, etc.. I lost all my Yacon this year but that plant has always been a struggle for me. 😅 Yacon tubers are so yummy😋 so I have been stubbornly working at it for abot 20 years.💚
@@rofl970 Do you mean the stretch between tubers? Or vines? If soil is very rich, well drained and watered regularly, the stretch between tubers is small. If soil is lean/sandy but plenty of water stretch between tubers can be up to 12 inches. Mine are usually a tuber every 2 to 3 inches. Vines are delicate looking, very winding, but strong, reaching 4 to 6 feet.💚
You usually have to grow the first transplants for 3 years for first harvest.... then harvest every 2 years if you want decent sized tubers...you must cook them longer than potatoes for better digestion..... you can eat the leaves and the flowers raw...it can produce edible small peas if you are in the warmer zones. ... the flowers make good fritters...they grow best in zones 3-8 in USA.....zones 3 & 4 will need protection in cold months......it is an Native American crop (called hopniss) that they harvested for hundreds of years before the Europeans came to the continent
It's such an interesting crop Martin, I'm really looking forward to growing mine. I've googled them, they are incredible nutritious.. More protein than an egg, good news for a vegan. Sadguru recommends blending them with water, turmeric and honey, said it will sustain a person all day long! Anyway I'm just wondering when will I plant mine? Will I start it off indoors in a pot? And how much space to give per tublur? Many thanks
Sorry for the late reply, i didn't see your comment here. You can pot them up around now in March / April. I would plant Apios indoors as it seems to do much better. 30cm spacing is plenty.
I'm glad you asked. For the first 2 years it didn't grow at all, then it grew for a season and it took a brake again. I didn't get seeds from it yet. I'll take more care of it once i go full time in the coming weeks :D
@@KatBurnsKASHKA I'm in 9a, and got mine from someone in Maine. They do grow from Canada, down through the US gulf coast ( east of rockies). So you should have great luck with yours. What is understood is that they love to live in odd areas, which makes sense it likes Ireland ( an island). They like to live in wet lands, can grow around poison ivy, but are drought tolerant. While this is my first year with them, they seem to be a bit like jerusalem artichokes, also a north american native tuber that is delicious baked, fermented or mashed. Thanks.
@@walkingdead171 Not sure, we normally only sell the tubers. Seeds would have to be grown out for at least 1 year first to find out if they turn out good.
Another site has it that the seeds are "unreliable germinators", so you'd likely want to start a good number and be prepared to have a slow and erratic bunch, along with being uncertain that they would grow up the same as the parent plant. (The immature seed pods are edible too, so you're missing out on a snack that way too.)
@@jeffengel2607 yeah true the plants need to be selectively bred for reliable and hopefully bigger seeds, one day I’ll be growing these like the indians did
This popped up an my native plant hill all on its own. It was vinig up around my lobelia and i pulled it thinking it was a weed. Then i saw the flower so i replanted the string of tubers and made a bamboo trellis for it. I tend to let weeds grow if the flower is pretty. I was exited to find out what it was after i used my plantnet app to identify it. Going to check for seed pods soon as the flowers are just fading now. The flowers on mine are a deep mauve and white.
Martin you're supposed to cook them like potatoes to taste better :)
Thanks, will try that when we're producing enough. So far we've only been snacking on them and even raw there they're lovely. :D
I have been growing these for about 30 years in zone 5, Ottawa, Canada. This year they got completely out of control so I need to dig them all up and hopefully sink pots in the ground to contain them. My flowers are dusky pink not as red as yours.
The coolest thing about these plants is that the vines grow away from Cedar wood. You can place a cedar pole in the bed and all the vines will bend away to avoid touching it. I am guessing they don't like the cedar oil fumes?
I am struck by your indoors comment. As in houseplants? Or greenhouse? I am allergic to the strong dark chocolate smelling flower perfume so houseplant is not an option but am curious.
Maybe I could get a friend to grow it in their house?
Haha, i wish ours were doing that well! Some years ours just a break, perhaps because of a mild winter. Apios generally did not do well outdoors in our mild maritime climate, it's wet here most of the year. They just do 3x better in a greenhouse here. Have you grown the apios priceana? We have one plant for years, hoping to get seeds.
@@GardensforLife No, I have not tried that species. My health has not been good this year so I have been unable to keep up with my coommunity garden plot. My apios has completely smothered an 8 x 10 foot section of other plants.
I am in the process of downsizing. I did finally find some homes for some of my unusual food plants but my lack of computer savy is quite crippling. Since nobody talks face to face and newspapers no longer have want ads, it has been impossible to find homes for things like my variegated Horseradish, edible Dahlias, etc.. I lost all my Yacon this year but that plant has always been a struggle for me. 😅 Yacon tubers are so yummy😋 so I have been stubbornly working at it for abot 20 years.💚
@@reneedevry4361how long do the strings of Apios Americana get?
@@rofl970 Do you mean the stretch between tubers? Or vines?
If soil is very rich, well drained and watered regularly, the stretch between tubers is small. If soil is lean/sandy but plenty of water stretch between tubers can be up to 12 inches. Mine are usually a tuber every 2 to 3 inches. Vines are delicate looking, very winding, but strong, reaching 4 to 6 feet.💚
@@reneedevry4361I meant how manny tubers can be on one plant? And how far does the wine grow?
You usually have to grow the first transplants for 3 years for first harvest.... then harvest every 2 years if you want decent sized tubers...you must cook them longer than potatoes for better digestion..... you can eat the leaves and the flowers raw...it can produce edible small peas if you are in the warmer zones. ... the flowers make good fritters...they grow best in zones 3-8 in USA.....zones 3 & 4 will need protection in cold months......it is an Native American crop (called hopniss) that they harvested for hundreds of years before the Europeans came to the continent
It's such an interesting crop Martin, I'm really looking forward to growing mine. I've googled them, they are incredible nutritious.. More protein than an egg, good news for a vegan. Sadguru recommends blending them with water, turmeric and honey, said it will sustain a person all day long!
Anyway I'm just wondering when will I plant mine? Will I start it off indoors in a pot? And how much space to give per tublur? Many thanks
Sorry for the late reply, i didn't see your comment here. You can pot them up around now in March / April. I would plant Apios indoors as it seems to do much better. 30cm spacing is plenty.
Good timing with your reply, thanks
What ever happened to the apios priceana you got ? Ever propagated from it???? Ever got any seeds ????
I'm glad you asked. For the first 2 years it didn't grow at all, then it grew for a season and it took a brake again. I didn't get seeds from it yet. I'll take more care of it once i go full time in the coming weeks :D
How many tubers did you start with? One per stick?
Each tuber makes a string
Interesting! I"m located in Zone 3 Saskatchewan Canada - wondering if these kinds of tubers would survive in this cold climate?
I'm not sure how cold hardy they are. They are a legume. You could still grow as a annual and store the tubers in the shed over winter. :D
they're native to Canada. I'm growing them in ontario - we get as cold as -25
@@KatBurnsKASHKA I'm in 9a, and got mine from someone in Maine. They do grow from Canada, down through the US gulf coast ( east of rockies). So you should have great luck with yours. What is understood is that they love to live in odd areas, which makes sense it likes Ireland ( an island). They like to live in wet lands, can grow around poison ivy, but are drought tolerant. While this is my first year with them, they seem to be a bit like jerusalem artichokes, also a north american native tuber that is delicious baked, fermented or mashed. Thanks.
Mala traducción de "Groundnut". No es "Nuez molida" sino "Nuez terrestre".
can you feed the leaves to the live stock? Eva
I don't know, but for that we have willows :D
@@GardensforLife yes, for sure
apparently they get much bigger with more water.
Great to know! Thanks
So this is not the diploid that can be grown from seed??
We grew these from tubers so they're true to the variety. Haven't seen seeds for sales in Europe yet. Perhaps ours will produce seeds this years. :D
@@GardensforLife will you be selling some? You could let em go for a high price probably, they are so rare, I’d buy them
@@walkingdead171 Not sure, we normally only sell the tubers. Seeds would have to be grown out for at least 1 year first to find out if they turn out good.
Another site has it that the seeds are "unreliable germinators", so you'd likely want to start a good number and be prepared to have a slow and erratic bunch, along with being uncertain that they would grow up the same as the parent plant. (The immature seed pods are edible too, so you're missing out on a snack that way too.)
@@jeffengel2607 yeah true the plants need to be selectively bred for reliable and hopefully bigger seeds, one day I’ll be growing these like the indians did