{"id":9490,"date":"2016-12-29T18:48:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T17:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2016-12-29T18:48:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T17:48:14","slug":"and-end-of-the-year-yacon-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=9490","title":{"rendered":"..and end of the year Yacon harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yacon (<em>Polymnia edulis\/<\/em><i>Smallanthus sonchifolius<\/i>) also gives higher yields when grown on inside until the end of the year in a large pot; however, it is much less day length sensitive than ulluco and oca&#8230;when I had a cold greenhouse, yacon would give at least as good a yield as this by October&#8230;<br \/>\nThe sweet tasting tubers are becoming quite popular in recent years! Yacon is in the<em> Asteraceae,<\/em> the roots containing inulin like its edible tubered cousins J<em>erusalem artichoke <\/em>and<em> Dahlia.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9492\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9492 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700245-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1700245\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700245-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700245.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The yacon was moved into my living room which is heated&#8230;about 2\/3 of the leaves froze off before harvest, but it resprouted from the base and continued flowering&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9494\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9494 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700240-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"P1700240\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700240-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700240-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700240.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The propagules were sprouting (small nodules used to start next year&#8217;s plants)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700248-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"P1700248\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700248-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700248-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700248.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700242.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700242-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1700242\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700242-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700242.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700237-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"P1700237\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700237-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700237-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1700237.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yacon (Polymnia edulis\/Smallanthus sonchifolius) also gives higher yields when grown on inside until the end of the year in a large pot; 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