(1/1) Oca Romeo Tubers
Yam - Oca
CategoryA tuberous vegetable that produces colourful tubers that can be cooked like potato or eaten raw. The plant is attractive, having the typical leaves of oxalis, which is similar to the well known clover leaf. These are best suited to temperate climates. It ... Read More
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Yam - Oca - New Season
$14.75 ($4.90-$19.75 choose a size)
The Oca Yam is a red, waxy, crinkled tuber. Size can vary from 3 to 10cm in length. The tubers have a tangy, acid nutty flavour and are a great accompaniment to roast dinners. Temperatures over 28 degrees cause plants to wilt. Grow best in moderately cool climate. Freezing will kill the plant. Plant out after the last frost, can be kept in a bag in the fridge with moist coir until planting.
Buy 4+ @$14.75ea usually:$19.75ea Aramex Free Freight
Yam - Oca - Solomon
$8.90 ($8.90-$17.90 choose a size)
The tubers are pink with red eyes. It is an average producer of 1/2 to one kg per plant. When harvesting tubers vary in size from small to large. Soil conditions can cause spottiness of the skin. Minimum of 3 tubers in a bag.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit.
Yam - Oca - Bunyip
$8.90 ($8.90-$17.75 choose a size)
The tubers are cream lightly blushed with pink and with pink eyes. Tubers are sold in minumums of 3 in the bag. Oca is a close relative of the weed oxalis that you may find in your garden and produces tasty tubers in late Autumn/early Winter, though oca does not go weedy. They have a starchy, potato like flavour and texture. They prefer cooler climates but may be grown from Autumn onwards in warmer areas
Yam - Oca - Romeo
$8.90
The tubers are dark pink on a creamy background with darker eyes. It is an average producer of 1/2 to one kg per plant. Tubers vary in size with many med to large.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit. Minimum of 3 tubers in each bag.
Yam - Oca - Aphrodite
$12.90 ($8.90-$12.90 choose a size)
Aphrodite is a variety from the Garden Larder breeding/selection program. The tubers are cream coloured with pink eyes. It is an average producer of 1/2 to 1 kg per plant. Tubers vary in size.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit.
Yam - Oca - Juliet
$8.90
Juliet is a variety from the Garden Larder breeding/selection program. The tubers are off white coloured but occasionally with the slightest pink tinge. It is an average producer of 1/2 to 3/4 kg per plant. Tubers vary in size with many small.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit. Minimum 3 tubers in each bag.
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Special
Yam - Oca - New Season
$14.75 ($4.90-$19.75 choose a size)
The Oca Yam is a red, waxy, crinkled tuber. Size can vary from 3 to 10cm in length. The tubers have a tangy, acid nutty flavour and are a great accompaniment to roast dinners. Temperatures over 28 degrees cause plants to wilt. Grow best in moderately cool climate. Freezing will kill the plant. Plant out after the last frost, can be kept in a bag in the fridge with moist coir until planting.
Buy 4+ @$14.75ea usually:$19.75ea Aramex Free Freight
Yam - Oca - Solomon
$8.90 ($8.90-$17.90 choose a size)
The tubers are pink with red eyes. It is an average producer of 1/2 to one kg per plant. When harvesting tubers vary in size from small to large. Soil conditions can cause spottiness of the skin. Minimum of 3 tubers in a bag.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit.
Yam - Oca - Bunyip
$8.90 ($8.90-$17.75 choose a size)
The tubers are cream lightly blushed with pink and with pink eyes. Tubers are sold in minumums of 3 in the bag. Oca is a close relative of the weed oxalis that you may find in your garden and produces tasty tubers in late Autumn/early Winter, though oca does not go weedy. They have a starchy, potato like flavour and texture. They prefer cooler climates but may be grown from Autumn onwards in warmer areas
Yam - Oca - Romeo
$8.90
The tubers are dark pink on a creamy background with darker eyes. It is an average producer of 1/2 to one kg per plant. Tubers vary in size with many med to large.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit. Minimum of 3 tubers in each bag.
Yam - Oca - Aphrodite
$12.90 ($8.90-$12.90 choose a size)
Aphrodite is a variety from the Garden Larder breeding/selection program. The tubers are cream coloured with pink eyes. It is an average producer of 1/2 to 1 kg per plant. Tubers vary in size.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit.
Yam - Oca - Juliet
$8.90
Juliet is a variety from the Garden Larder breeding/selection program. The tubers are off white coloured but occasionally with the slightest pink tinge. It is an average producer of 1/2 to 3/4 kg per plant. Tubers vary in size with many small.Cook like potatoes, usually roasted until soft, but can be microwaved or added to stews. If you leave the tubers to dehydrate they become sweet, often sweet enough to eat like you would dried fruit. Minimum 3 tubers in each bag.
