To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Chufa
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:35:02 -0500
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