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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

We frequently planted chufa as a food source for wild turkey, when I 
was a youngster growing up in UCLA(upper corner of lower Alabama), 
and my BIL still plants them from time to time.
I always liked the sweet coconut-like flavor of the tubers, and 
evidently, the turkey, deer, and racoons did as well.
Seed tubers were fairly expensive($3-$4/lb?), last time I priced any, 
but they're easy to grow - we'd just disc up a patch, broadcast the 
tubers, and disc 'em in.  I'm sure dad applied some fertilizer, but I 
don't have a clue as to how much.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY