Jicama - anyone grown it ?

ladylouise62

I came across this root whilst looking at carb intake, and wondered about growing it since it's not in the shops here. It would normally prefer a better climate, but as you can buy the seeds here I would expect it to be possible.

So, does anyone here have any experience of it?

youngie

small article in kitchen garden mag(feb13 issue)can be grown here has a fairly long growing season needs warmth but needs reasonable depth of soil recommends tunnel cloche to cover the vines

Sambucus_Nigra

Dies at first sign of frost I believe.

Produces decent sized tubers after a few years, so it's alot of space to devote to it for such a long growing period needed to produce any reasonable food.

ladylouise62

Always a catch, eh? ;-) Thanks.