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Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 10:22 am Post subject: Tigernuts / Chufa / Cyperus esculentus
I'd like to have a go at growing tigernuts. Does anyone know of a supplier?

Piggyphile

Joined: 02 Apr 2009
Posts: 891
Location: Galicia

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 10:32 am Post subject:
I have fancied this for a while and so will watch responses with interest. The only supplier I can find is https://www.sandmountainherbs.com/chufa.html US based but they say they ship all over the world

tai haku

Joined: 17 Apr 2011
Posts: 472

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 10:51 am Post subject:
never tried but I've read a blog that has: https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/chufa-tigernut/

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4656
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 11:08 am Post subject:
Are you on the Book of Faces? https://www.facebook.com/groups/141198905918483/

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 11:32 am Post subject:

NorthernMonkeyGirl wrote:

Are you on the Book of Faces?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/141198905918483/

No, but I've just sent a request

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 11:34 am Post subject:

tai haku wrote:

never tried but I've read a blog that has:
https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/chufa-tigernut/

I saw that the other evening - I want them even more now!

I've left a question asking where they got thier tigernuts from.

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 11:35 am Post subject:

Piggyphile wrote:

I have fancied this for a while and so will watch responses with interest. The only supplier I can find is https://www.sandmountainherbs.com/chufa.html
US based but they say they ship all over the world

Thanks. If I have no luck over here then I'll investigate

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 12:59 pm Post subject:
These people are selling 'fresh' organic - might just sprout then? https://www.nutsandseeds.co.uk/tigernuts/12-tigernuts-fresh-raw-organic-5060278081854.html

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 1:33 pm Post subject:

OtleyLad wrote:

These people are selling 'fresh' organic - might just sprout then?

https://www.nutsandseeds.co.uk/tigernuts/12-tigernuts-fresh-raw-organic-5060278081854.html

Worth a shot - thanks!

Finsky

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 1:51 pm Post subject:
I grew them few years and then I got vine weevils into planters....YES they do love tiger nuts. They are lovely things to eat..like chewing coconut flesh, but lot of effort goes cleaning them...and if your crop is success, you get millions of them In the end I decided they were too much work..

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 2:17 pm Post subject:

Finsky wrote:

I grew them few years and then I got vine weevils into planters....YES

they do love tiger nuts.
They are lovely things to eat..like chewing coconut flesh, but lot of effort goes cleaning them...and if your crop is success, you get millions of them

In the end I decided they were too much work..

Oh, that's a shame.

Do you think they'd grow in a large tub, like potatoes do?

tai haku

Joined: 17 Apr 2011
Posts: 472

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 3:10 pm Post subject:

Mithril wrote:

tai haku wrote:

never tried but I've read a blog that has:
https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/chufa-tigernut/

I saw that the other evening - I want them even more now!

I've left a question asking where they got thier tigernuts from.

That nugget is hidden away in another comment on there already:
"Ottawa Gardener of The Veggie Patch Reimagined. I’m sure you’ll know her through Facebook groups et"
She is in the FB group NMG posted I believe..

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 3:28 pm Post subject:

tai haku wrote:

Mithril wrote:

tai haku wrote:

never tried but I've read a blog that has:
https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/chufa-tigernut/

I saw that the other evening - I want them even more now!

I've left a question asking where they got thier tigernuts from.

Thanks - I totally missed that

Finsky

Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 6:50 pm Post subject:

Mithril wrote:

Finsky wrote:

I grew them few years and then I got vine weevils into planters....YES

they do love tiger nuts.
They are lovely things to eat..like chewing coconut flesh, but lot of effort goes cleaning them...and if your crop is success, you get millions of them

In the end I decided they were too much work..

Oh, that's a shame.

Do you think they'd grow in a large tub, like potatoes do?

Yes, they are good tub plants. I started mine in small pots and planted them on once they were few inches tall.

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 14 7:02 pm Post subject:

Finsky wrote:

Mithril wrote:

Finsky wrote:

I grew them few years and then I got vine weevils into planters....YES

they do love tiger nuts.
They are lovely things to eat..like chewing coconut flesh, but lot of effort goes cleaning them...and if your crop is success, you get millions of them

In the end I decided they were too much work..

Oh, that's a shame.

Do you think they'd grow in a large tub, like potatoes do?

Yes, they are good tub plants. I started mine in small pots and planted them on once they were few inches tall.

Brilliant, I shall buy some.

I had a response to my question on Of Plums and Pignuts and ARC have some. (I did look there - can't think how I missed them first time round). But they are £8! I think I'll take a punt on ebay first and resort to ARC if I have to

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