The colony was small so I only took one to identify but it’s the real deal. I’ve been keeping an eye out for them for a while, it’s nice to finally see one.
These are the easiest natives to grow where I live, they just seem to LOVE it here. I haven’t tried one yet because i want them to establish a bit more thoroughly first. How was it?? Euell Gibbons apparently said they were top tier right?
I haven’t found colony large enough to really harvest yet. This was from a smaller one I found near my work site. I only took one for a proper Id
But one reason they’re so rare to find up here is because a lot of less careful foragers will overharvest from one spot and unintentionally wipe out the colony as a result so they must be good.
I gotta start going deeper when I hike so I can find a proper place to harvest from.
That’s very responsible, I wish others would be. Whichever of us happens to taste it first will have to come back and give an update lol.
All the woods near me are soooooo overrun with invasives that I just plain refuse to ever disturb the natives when I find them… Instead I grow my own at home.
What do you eat from it?
The entire plant is edible but it’s the tuber where all everything else comes out of that’s the prize as it’s very similar to potato
However if you do find a colony, harvest responsibly because removing the tuber kills the plant completely and the rest of the colony will need to repopulate.
I don’t trust my ID skills without a field guide, so they’re safe from annihilation by me. But that’s still nice to know, thank you!
Knowing me I would harvest nightshade. I hear it tastes great, but nobody ever asks for seconds.
They say everything is edible at least once! I’m not going to test the theory but it’s what they say!
It’s always better to be safe than sorry, especially with foraging.
