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  • From: "Ken Bezilla" <kenbez AT hotmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Jicima
  • Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:40:44 +0000

Marie --

Someone who tried growing jicama here once told me that it takes a long growing season and will only get half the size it will as ones you see in the store.

I've always wanted to try it -- I got as far as starting it in the greenhouse -- but never got around to actually transplanting it out.

If you try it, I'd say to start it as a transplant, and put it out as early as possible and use IRT mulch and reemay.

Note that the beans it grows are supposed to be toxic (it's a legume, and you harvest the roots), so if you grow it, make sure the beans won't get eaten by kids or animals

Ken Bezilla
East Wind
southern Missouri, zone 6b

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