Growing black salsify
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2018
- Black salsify is truly a delicacy. I have quite a lot of them here at home and they’re actually surprisingly easy to grow. Watch this clip to learn how it’s done!
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Hi Sara, i think you haven't mentioned the two things i love best about the salsify. First of all, the root can of course be eaten raw, and it's a real treat in spring after it stayed in the bed throughout winter. It is slightly sweet, fresh, crisp in texture, and juicy, and in spring it's something we all need so much: having those fresh juicy veggies that are rarely found in storage vaults at that time of the year :) And the second thing i love best is that a salsify root can grow in the same place for several years without losing its gastronomic value, texture, and taste! This is marvelous, because it means that i can leave some of the grown plants non-harvested and harvest them any time later. I do this to some of the plants that didn't grow very well in their first year; in their second one, though, regardless that they will bloom and produce seeds, they will grow the roots too, and those won't turn either bitter or dry or wood-like as many other root veggies do in such case. Then again, sometimes i get salsify sprouting from the bits of root that broke off during harvesting and stayed in the soil. I leave those to grow for a couple of years and then can harvest nice roots :) A truly marvelous plant! 😍
Thank you for such interesting information on this wonderful vegetable! Salsify is quite rare in Australia, so this is very helpful to me.
thanks for the post. i was having trouble sprouting seeds and wondered if i could take root cuttings
I bought some organic roots from my farmer's shop. I am wondering if i can propagate from root.. do you know if it is possible to propagate? I dont have the seeds
Never heard of this vegetable before and now I want to try it! Thanks for the video and the captions in English!
Hope you like it!
Hi Sara :-) I'm so happy I've found your channel. It's fascinating to see how effectively you are dealing with such adverse weather in your garden!
That tuberous chervil mentioned in the comment above intrigued me greatly, then I've found that it seems to be quite common wild plant here, in Poland, and some people simply go and collect the bulbs, which grow very shallow somwhere in a damp, semi-shade forest edges. It seems best to collect them in springtime in their second year, before new leaves show up, or in late autumn previous year. Some people here grow the plant in gardens as well.
I've been told to sow the seeds in February or early March, as soon as snow melts, not later, but since it is biannual plant I think sowing it in November or December /even in a snow/ could work better, because the seeds probably need to be stratified at least for several weeks /6-8/. I've just bought that tuberous chervil seeds and hope to receive them soon, then I'm going to give a try to both methods and share the results.
Hugs from Warsaw :-)
Oh, and it is called "Świerząbek bulwiasty" in Polish, but don't bother to pronouce it - it's just in case you would like to find something more about the plant and find out how an automatic translator works ;-D
So nice and well detailed. Thank you for sharing.
Great info ... looking forward to sowing my seeds now
Good luck!
I'm going to try and grow them this year, they sound terrific! My question if they are a companion plant to garlic? I have already planted my garlic and wondered if I could plant these between the garlic bulbs?
This was a delightful video tutorial, Sara! I have a row of salsify - in fact, like yours, it is black skinned, so we call it scorzonera - that I grew for the first time last year, so it is just now starting to show its new spring leaves here in Tasmania. I have never eaten it before, so now I am keen to try it! I will leave some to flower so that I can sow a much larger bed of them next time. Another comment says that the roots continue growing even when they flower, which is unusual for root vegetables. Salsify is rare here, but obviously it is something that is very valuable to gardeners in cool climates who need overwintering veggies to feed themselves very early in the season.
Do you also grow Hamburg parsley root, and tuberous chervil? These sound like two other great root vegetables for winter-early spring harvests. I think these would be more well known in Europe than Australia too. I would love to see a video about these too, if you have them.
Thank you for your interesting comments, love to read them! I thought black salsify could be called both salsify and scorzonera? Well, English is not my first language so I have to learn a lot. Yes, I grow parsley root as well. But ther chervil is a tricky one! It is very difficult to make it germinate. I have tried four times and no result. What I understand it is a superb root and I am so courious about it. If you hear any good advice on how to sow chervil, please let me know =)
@@Skillnadens I'm sure "black salsify" is correct, but it is not really popular in this country, so what do I know?
I love to hear you speaking in Swedish, too! Maybe I will learn a little from watching your Swedish videos and reading the subtitles. I hear many words which are similar to English ones, or German.
I will try growing chervil root and see how successful I can be. I think the seed needs to be very fresh for it to germinate.
Thanks for nice tutorial. I sowed today black salsify first time in my life and was looking for information, what color its seed should be. In the autumn 2018 I planted some salsify roots, bought from a shop, and collected seeds last summer by myself. Seeds are white, so I was afraid, that they are not mature enough, but it seems from your video, that black salsify has normally white seeds, so that is ok.
Another topic, that interests me, is how many years these seeds will stay viable? Should I let some plants to flower each year to refresh these seeds, or is it enough if I do that every second or third year? Gardening centres here are usually not very well stocked with salsify seeds.
Kan man så den sent på sommeren for å høste i april? Eller vil den være for liten (typ fra juli - mars/april).
Can one regrow from the tops like carrots?
Where can I obtain the plant thank you for your REPLY
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Where can I get the seeds to purchase thank YOU for your reply
Hi! I am glad that you are interested in Black salsify! 😊 I think it is probably best to try to buy online. Best of luck!
What the hell language is this?
Swedish I think
Kinda sounded welsh