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Grow your own Yacon
       










Yacon :: Apple of the Earth, Peruvian Ground Apple or Ground Pear
Yacon are related to the Sunflower but are grown for the tubers which are eaten raw or cooked.

Growing Yacon

Yacon prefer a humus rich moist soil, plant tubers in June - July. Remember that Yacon will grow to 2m, so give them space. Plant after frost danger is over. Harvest when the plant starts to die, although many growers will ferret out a yacon or two well before this. Yacon become sweeter the longer they are stored, store in a dark place simililar to potatoes.
 

YACON TUBER SUPPLIERS

DALEY'S FRUIT TREE NURSERY
PO Box 154 Kyogle NSW 2474
phone 02 6632 1441

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