LSU Groundnut Plants Apios Americana | Naturally Grown
LSU Groundnut Plants Apios Americana | Naturally Grown
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LSU Groundnut Plants Apios Americana | Naturally Grown
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A vastly superior strain of one of the best perennial vegetables available! What is groundnut? Also called 'potato beans,' this low-maintenance and trouble-free native USA plant is a legume, or bean family member. It rapidly grows lovely bean-like vines that like to climb. In late summer lovely purple, pea-like flowers appear.
After growing in ground for about 18 months the tubers can be dug. Yields on this LSU selected strain are massive- we harvested over 23 LBS off an 8-ft long bed in partial shade. Leave some tubers to continue to grow for perpetual yields! The tubers reach golfball up to softball size, although LSU claims basketball-sized tubers can be obtained, likely in sandy soils. Once harvested, which is quite easy as the tubers tend to grow very shallowly in the soil, you can then boil the tubers like potatoes and the starchy, Idaho potato-like flesh is really good with some butter and salt! Much higher in protein and nutrition than potatoes. Would be a great 'survival crop'. We've been very impressed with this plant and have wanted to offer it for years, so now is your chance!
CANNOT SHIP POTTED PLANTS TO TX, CA, WA, OR, NV, NM, UT, AZ, CO.
NATURALLY GROWN PLANT
Pests: None observed. Voles ate a tiny bit of the tubers, but nothing major or even impactful has hurt the vines or the yields of tubers, over years of trials.
Harvest: Dig tubers in autumn after frosts up until very early Spring. Tubers are mostly found only 1-4 inches deep, so this is very easy and fast.
Planting: Plant in spring to summer. Plant groundnut in full sun in well draining soil. It needs a trellis or something to climb on (large tomato cage, fence, bamboo sticks, trellis, etc.). Plant the tubers about 2-3 inches deep and cover with mulch, water in well. For potted plants, plant no deeper than how they arrive in the pots. Provide some trellis or chicken wire or bamboo for them to climb. We harvest about 4 lbs per foot of row. Space plant about 1-2 plants per foot of row. They grow rapidly. Harvest in 1-2 years for full harvest.
Plant Size: 1-3' Tall Vine in 5-Inch Pot
Zones 5-8b? Possibly colder zones with decently long summers. Not a desert plant.
