tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877603171717741431.post677765976472408672..comments2024-02-19T08:20:41.322+00:00Comments on Growing Oca: 2010 Oca Crop - HarvestAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14999959164086250161noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877603171717741431.post-90864334102756695192014-11-24T08:06:13.798+00:002014-11-24T08:06:13.798+00:00I had wanted to grow of a this year but I was too ...I had wanted to grow of a this year but I was too late to buy tubers from the suppliers I found. From the photographs you seem to have a huge variety of colours etc. I wonder if you would sell me some. I'm very ignorant about growing them and have a lot of reading to do. Do you grow any other interesting vegetables? My potatoes this year got blight but we had a few. I've decided to grow nearly all vegetables which you can't buy in the shop as it's soul destroying to see very reasonably priced vegetables in shops when I've slaved to grow my own. Regards JHAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521547990813847094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877603171717741431.post-10560065254635340682011-01-13T10:15:25.404+00:002011-01-13T10:15:25.404+00:00I think the white seems to tuberise earlier, so ma...I think the white seems to tuberise earlier, so maybe the pink just did not have time enough - it failed on the Darwinian selection criteria.<br />If the polytunnel can be kept cool in summer, I could see you getting good results in a normal year. You could pretty well count on keeping the crop frostfree until mid winter for a nice late harvest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999959164086250161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877603171717741431.post-20152382759402091642011-01-12T23:10:04.804+00:002011-01-12T23:10:04.804+00:00I had some Oca growing this year in County Leitrim...I had some Oca growing this year in County Leitrim, Ireland, (they'd actually self seeded from tubers I'd left in the poly tunnel bed last winter.)<br />I dug them up in October and found that I had a small, but decent enough crop.<br />Interestingly, I originally planted a mix of pink and white, but this years crop was 100% white.Ferris Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04112537164554514642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877603171717741431.post-36843026495071502922011-01-09T18:56:48.970+00:002011-01-09T18:56:48.970+00:00Hi Simon. Yes, they look great, but the cook is no...Hi Simon. Yes, they look great, but the cook is not impressed by their size. The replant tubers are pretty good at letting you know when they are ready to be planted; they should start sprouting much like potatoes.<br />Owen, but for the snow blanket, I think I would have been wiped out. As for a breeding programme, I have negotiated growing space on an extra couple of beds for this year, but it is not going to make much of a contribution to your vision of 100,000 plants.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999959164086250161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877603171717741431.post-11671947497932790212011-01-09T17:54:03.684+00:002011-01-09T17:54:03.684+00:00From where I'm sitting, Ian, you're doing ...From where I'm sitting, Ian, you're doing well! You'll probably get a meal out your ocas - don't think I will. All of which leads me to conclude that a breeding programme is required, but then I would say that, wouldn't I?<br /><br />Here's hoping for bumper crops this season.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877603171717741431.post-81793335477244997082011-01-09T16:10:35.016+00:002011-01-09T16:10:35.016+00:00It was a very harsh year right across Ireland and ...It was a very harsh year right across Ireland and the UK - but your yellow and especially the red tubers look great.<br />I harvested a little earlier in the year, perhaps that was a mistake - but it was my first year growing Oca.<br />Keep up the good work and keep us all informed as to next years planting dateirishkitchengardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104304816335270006noreply@blogger.com