achocha (Cyclanthera pedata), Blog, climate, mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum), oca (Oxalis tuberosa), potato (Solanum tuberosum), ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus), yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

Summer heat and Andean crops

Posted on by bill
30
Oct

This was a pretty normal year on the coast of Washington.  We had a cool winter, a cool spring, a cool summer, and so far, we’re having a cool fall.  We’re close enough to the ocean that the temperature of the Pacific just off shore is a much better predictor of our temperatures than anything […]

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achocha (Cyclanthera pedata), Blog, seed saving

Achocha: Saving seed

Posted on by bill
09
Oct

It is easy to save seed from your achocha (Cyclanthera pedata, also commonly known as caigua) plants, although you might wonder at what stage they are ready to harvest.  These instructions will also work for the closely related Cyclanthera brachystachya and probably for other Cyclantheras as well. I had been trying to time things so […]

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