I ’ve written multiple times onedible vs. non - edible air potatoesbut what I have n’t covered much is the edibleDioscorea bulbifera .
Dioscorea bulbiferais the common barbaric change of air potato that will mess up you up if you rust it .
To make things complicated , however , there are some edible cultivars – though they ’re very rare . As a harvest , they have awing electric potential . Imagine a staple root you do n’t have to drudge up !
I was given one – break it out :
Looks different from the wild ones , does n’t it ? The physique is quite sculptured . The edibleDioscorea bulbiferabulbils await like a Gaudi carving .
The barbarian , toxicDioscorea bulbiferabulbils take care like this :
Round and very not - eatable .
Those hold in eminent levels of diosgenin , and that will mess up you up .
Here , check out my new video on the edibleDioscorea bulbifera :
Seriously – is n’t that the coolest thing ever ?
A Potential Staple Crop Cast Aside
Unfortunately , the zephyr spud beetle released by UFeat the edibleDioscorea bulbiferaso the era of this potentially being the unadulterated easy - to - grow staple “ beginning ” crop are already over before they had a opportunity to begin .
They are about the pretty matter I ’ve ever catch :
Wish they were as easy to grow as they were before the beetles were released .
Dioscorea bulbiferais potential staple root craw that could be harvest without digging , and its potential has already been wrack by the government ’s deliberate release of an insect pest .
attend – when something grow SO GREAT as to be an invasive , why not count on out HOW TO USE IT ?
Yes , the wild air potato vines are a pain in the ass - in - the - neck . They rise on their own with no care and have spread all over the state .
But , if instead of releasing a pest to wipe out the barbaric menace , UF decide to work on grow edibleDioscorea bulbiferacultivars , they could have given the DoS an incredible unexampled staple crop !
No . Instead they decided to release a rapacious pest that will render future cultivation of edible air potatoes hard at well .
I really do n’t understand the way these investigator think .
My goal has always been to grow the most amount of food for the least amount of workplace . When you have something that ’s potentially a swell edible crop or has excellent uses , why not just take the notice you ’ve been grapple and conjure towards utilizing that “ pest ? ”
Dioscorea bulbiferacould have been the next Idaho potato .
Instead , it ’s a “ noxious weed . ”
Whatever , scientists .
