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sandy0225 · 04-06-2009, 04:12 PM

Lorax that is one big juicing naranjilla.Wow!
I'd like to have seeds of the ones with the two inch spikes. It's so hard to get good seeds here of the thorny ones. I saved seeds of mine and I'm growing them out and going to try to increase the thorns since most people prefer the thorny ones for ornamental purposes.
Paula, I didn't check this post for a long time or I would have told you that they seem to need quite a bit of water. They do ok here in Indiana in full sun though, if you keep them watered. I'm thinking of trying to grow one in my pond this year and see if they'll acclimate to full water.

Here's pictures of the yacon, I'm not really trying to promote my ebay ad, but I just happen to have pictures of it on there.

Live Plant! Yacon-Bolivian Sunroot,edible tuber unusual - eBay (item 190298464493 end time May-03-09 05:32:09 PDT)

We ended up getting 6 artichokes off the one plant we kept. I think we would have gotten more but I kept on letting it wilt down. We had some really dry weather and I had it in a really bad dry place.

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 487,682 Feedback: 40 / 98% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,802 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: pepino, yacon, solanum, artichoke& tobacco Lorax that is one big juicing naranjilla.Wow! I'd like to have seeds of the ones with the two inch spikes. It's so hard to get good seeds here of the thorny ones. I saved seeds of mine and I'm growing them out and going to try to increase the thorns since most people prefer the thorny ones for ornamental purposes. Paula, I didn't check this post for a long time or I would have told you that they seem to need quite a bit of water. They do ok here in Indiana in full sun though, if you keep them watered. I'm thinking of trying to grow one in my pond this year and see if they'll acclimate to full water. Here's pictures of the yacon, I'm not really trying to promote my ebay ad, but I just happen to have pictures of it on there. Live Plant! Yacon-Bolivian Sunroot,edible tuber unusual - eBay (item 190298464493 end time May-03-09 05:32:09 PDT) We ended up getting 6 artichokes off the one plant we kept. I think we would have gotten more but I kept on letting it wilt down. We had some really dry weather and I had it in a really bad dry place. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!