Has anyone grown this?

[Pineberry]

It is called by several names hope someone can recognise at least one of them.
It is Cyperus esculentus (or chufa sedge, nut grass, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, or earth almond)

I was given a packet of them this year, but never heard of them before. Wonder if they are worth a try or just a useless novelty.
Does anyone grow it or at least tasted it?

[KittyColdNose]

One for growing in a tub I think. Never heard of them till now so had a look for some info.

Propagation and Culture. --It is propagated by planting the tubers in April or May, two inches deep, in drills two feet apart, and six inches apart in the drills. They will be ready for harvesting in October. In warm climates, the plant, when once introduced into the garden, spreads with great rapidity, and is exterminated with much difficulty. In the Northern and Middle States, the tubers remaining in the open ground are almost invariably destroyed by the winter.

[BionicBarb]

I love tigernuts but have never tried growing them. In Spain the are used to make a drink called Horchata (some people make it with almonds, but the proper way is with tigerneuts). We used to buy them in the sweetshop when I was a kid, in East London. I recently found them on E-Bay, sold as bait for carp fishing!!

[Pineberry]

So fish food then,
If I do not like them my dad can have them for his fishing instead. Good back up plan.

[Zenithtb]

And as the #1 invasive weed in the world, make sure you can keep it confined!

(Yes I have it, yes I've been trying to kill it for three years )

[Pineberry]

What are they like taste wise? Worth growing for taste or not to bother?

[BUFFS]

What are they like taste wise? Worth growing for taste or not to bother?

do they really taste like tigers n..s?

[JoeDaStudd]

So fish food then,
If I do not like them my dad can have them for his fishing instead. Good back up plan.

Just be aware tiger nuts are banned at most coarse fishing venues.


I'd heard of tiger nuts as a fishing bait (well mainly as there is always a sign "No Tiger Nuts") so I never thought about human consumption or trying to grow them.

They look like a very interesting crop if you can manage to control them and they if they taste nice.

[Zenithtb]

Mine are the purple not yellow ones (so taste bitter not of almonds). But yeah, around here they make Horchata from the yellow ones.

Having said that I don't like Horchata - too peppery for me.

They just spread and spread. Seriously look at the scientific research behind the invasions of this weed. Even if it tasted like creamy almonds I'd still try and kill them, but they taste more like a peppered almond