Today I collected the first of my second generation crosses. These are the first seeds produced by plants that we grew from seed. Hopefully the first of many, although I won’t inflict you with any more pictures of seeds in bags. Since I don’t know the characteristics of many of the parent plants at this […]
At one point while chewing on a piece of oca stem, it occurred to me that it tasted quite a bit like gooseberry. As a lover of gooseberry pie, my next thought was to wonder whether oca stems could be used to make a pie. Today, we put it to the test. You might call […]
Several people have asked how I do hand pollinations with oca (Oxalis tuberosa). It is hard to show in pictures, so we did a brief video demonstration. The video will make more sense if you read these posts first: Maximizing seed yield of crosses Seeds from cuttings A few points to clarify: * All mentions […]