Buy tubers online advice - go by price of total weight or tuber numbers?

[Samuel1988]

Afternoon everyone,

I wish to buy some tubers online (Jerusalem artichokes amongst several) and I was wondering what to go by: the amount of tubers or the total weight of the tubers the sellers are selling?

Thanks for your help,

Samuel

[alldigging]

How big is a tuber...


I always buy spuds by number - I only want 20 in total - so I know how many of each type to buy.

[Martin H]

I'd go by the weight. You can always cut a big tuber into 2 smaller ones if you want.

[Guest]

What fartickokes are you after? You are welcome to some fuseau and red boston they will soon multiply. I started with only three tubers of each

[Samuel1988]

I'm not fussed

This has prompted me to ask another question: where can I get these tubers from, in addition to others such as yams, oca, chinese artichokes etc?

I ordered 3 free seed catalogues and either none where in it or has a very limited (1 variety) selection.

@Norfolkgrey - thank you for your genorosity!

Samuel

[veggiechicken]

Vegetable Seeds : Unusual Tubers: Oca, Yacon etc
Jerusalem Artichokes & Chinese Artichokes
Seeds, Eclectic Victorian Vegetable Seed from Pennard Plants

Other suppliers are available
You can buy JAs in the supermarket when in season. They sell the smooth ones like Fuseau as they are easier to prepare. That's how I bought mine.

[Guest]

Have you tasted these veg? Are you after them because they are weird and wonderful and you want a few just to try or are you after lots to grow on a mass scale?

If its the first I can probably do all but yam, however I might be able to include red yacon. I am still to harvest most so unsure what the crops are like.

[Samuel1988]

I've tasted some and not others, I wish to grow them to eat

Samuel

[spanish_gardener]

Last Spring I sow different Jerusalem artichokes, including some from Sainsburys that were reduced due to sell by date and they have produced a heavy crop. Our summer was awful, cold and wet, but we had a mild September and October.

If you only want a few JA tubes, Waitrose sells them 0.5 kilo for £1.75

Waitrose Jerusalem artichokes - Waitrose

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ket_77463.html