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dufflight
 Post subject: ARROWROOT
PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:29 am 
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I've allways had canna lilies growing as a wind break and a source of mulch. But I'm now replacing it with arrowroot. Kinda looks the same but the roots are edible. And it grows a lot faster. A good year round potato substitute.
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Jaymie
 Post subject: Re: ARROWROOT
PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:28 pm 
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Location: here and there, near Townsville, dry tropics
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its going great guns here :thumb:

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:10 am 
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What colour are the flowers?
And will it grow in water like cannas?

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 Post subject: Re: ARROWROOT
PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:07 am 
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They love the water and I've left the AC hose at there base for weeks with only vigorous grow as a result. Google has pictures of them growing at the edge of water. Not sure about the flowers.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:17 pm 
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I'm guessing they wouldn't grow at all well here then, too damn dry!

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:50 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: ARROWROOT
PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:26 pm 
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Its still growing. :shock:
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 Post subject: Re: ARROWROOT
PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:01 pm 
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we've got two types of arrowroot. one is the same as Duff's, Queensland Arrowroot (Canna edulus). The other one is West Indian or Jamaican Arrowroot Maranta arundinacea

the WE Arrowroot, is a lot smaller, only to 1m

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Do they have smaller roots as well, ie, smaller yield?

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I don't know yet. They have only been in the ground for about a year. The WE plant was only a single stalk when I started it, and it has comeback this summer with about 12 stalks. The Qld plants are only a few months old, but easily 2m high.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:14 pm 
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Whats it taste like?
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ummmm? dunno? the chooks like it

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I keep meaning to try it but it kept growing so I didn't want to knock the plant around. The bits I put in the AP system have gone nuts. I might pull a few plants and see what its like cooked. I tried a bit raw, tasted like raw potato. :)

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:57 pm 
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Bought one of these one pot was divided into four plants, hope they grow as well as duff's.


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