tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post3002170948446373927..comments2024-03-17T20:03:11.733+00:00Comments on Radix: Happiness is a root called HopnissRhizowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-45288672916439777132014-03-07T21:24:37.792+00:002014-03-07T21:24:37.792+00:00I've been reading about it all day today and f...I've been reading about it all day today and for sure will try it when the weather warms up. <br />I'm in a summer dry temperate climate in the Romanian plains.<br /><br />From what I understand, the dutch tubers should be hardy to at least -25 C right? Pfaf.org lists it as hardy to zone 3<br /><br />Also been reading about people harvesting it by just pulling the plant up - and the roots come up as pebbles on a string, did you find that to be true?<br /><br />Thank you, great blog and great rootsGabrielhttp://www.permacultura.ronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-4316203891534890712010-01-16T22:10:59.338+00:002010-01-16T22:10:59.338+00:00Hi Mark
As you have mentioned in some of your oth...Hi Mark<br /><br />As you have mentioned in some of your other posts, Bradyrhizobium species are required for apios nodulation. As my original plants came as tubers, they were already colonised with what are presumably the right species and they nodulate really well. It's easy enough to pick off some nodules then crush them in some water and pour them on any "virgin" seedlings or tubers that don't have any nodules.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-3350838964562868582010-01-16T03:17:15.058+00:002010-01-16T03:17:15.058+00:00What kind of rhizobium inoculum does Apios need? ...What kind of rhizobium inoculum does Apios need? I remember somewhere I think it said cowpea (this means the Bradyrhizobia group of bacteria). Not sure if such exists in British soil and it needs to be ordered. Any ideas? I need to know as I will be going back to Scotland sometime soon, and would like to get reasonable tubers. Maybe the corerct inoculum might help increase the size of the tubersMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298303681158987258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-45639378408314619812009-07-17T14:32:10.659+01:002009-07-17T14:32:10.659+01:00Thanks for the answers!
I look around and found a ...Thanks for the answers!<br />I look around and found a rapport from 1993 written by Hoshikawa, http://mitochon.gs.dna.affrc.go.jp:81/csdb/jc/jc64/64323.pdf could it be the one you reffered to?<br /><br />I wonder if they, in japan, has any development going about with their native Apios fortunei. <br />I have also come across some information that the Apios priceana has bigger tubers than A. americana as a average. Is it perhaps that the A. americana is much more common and more suitable for selection of different clones?<br /><br />My hopniss was collected in Maine, usa, some time back. I got it from a botanical garden, where i work in the summers seasons. It grows well there, almost like a weed (at least in the bed where it grows). I will try to grow my plants in different places to see how it goes. The biggest tubers i have dug out of the soil has been maybe 3-4 cm wide. But those i've seen in picture from the japanese pages haven't been so much bigger.<br />By the way, the hopniss from my work does set flowers but i haven't seen seedpods on it...Axelhttp://kezoor.angelfire.com/tahini.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-54765184806149115222009-07-13T20:03:25.851+01:002009-07-13T20:03:25.851+01:00Here's another website that might be of intere...Here's another website that might be of interest to you Axel (and anyone else interested in hopniss):<br /><br />http://www.apiosu.jp/<br /><br /><br />Clearly "apiosu" is being cultivated as a niche crop and has been promoted on TV. They seem to be selling the tubers - presumably these are from an improved variety. <br /><br />It would be great to hear from anyone in Japan who has experience of growing, eating or breeding apiosu/hopniss. <br /><br />They are claiming that apiosu contains 30 times the calcium, 4 times the iron , 5 times the fiber, 6 times the protein, 2.5 times the energy, (calories?) compared to ordinary potatoes as well as vitamin E . It's good for young and old, pregnant women etc - oh no, not another superfood!!!.Rhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-3893211970453837572009-07-13T16:49:03.309+01:002009-07-13T16:49:03.309+01:00Hello Axel
Nice to hear from you. I know that Ap...Hello Axel<br /><br />Nice to hear from you. I know that Apios americana has been introduced to and is cultivated in Japan on a small scale. The URL you give shows some intriguing possibilities, both in terms of cultivation and preparation for use in soup. Another name, apparently, is "apiosu", which kind of figures. I'm guessing this is Apios americana, but I'm not certain. I read a paper about the introduction of hopniss to Japan, but can't seem to lay my hands on it at present. I think the work was carried out at Tohoku University by someone called Hoshikawa. It's quite possible that Japan would be a good source for improved cultivars and cultivation techniques. <br /><br />Does hopniss grow well in Sweden? Where did you get your plants from? I expect the northern adapted triploids would do best for you - unless you know different.......<br /><br />Good luck<br /><br />OwenRhizowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898344291012563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352076248333591052.post-6394046937044219702009-07-12T12:10:59.531+01:002009-07-12T12:10:59.531+01:00Hello!
Nice blog and nice to read about hopniss or...Hello!<br />Nice blog and nice to read about hopniss or potatisböna (potatobean) as we call it sweden! <br />It's really interesting that they undertook it to make hopniss-varieties for commercial growers. It's sad they were unable to continue.<br /><br />I found something interesting about hopniss while searching the internet. Maybe Japan has some nice cultivars of it!? They call it hodoimo, i'm not sure if its Apios americana, A. priceana or A. fortunei that they are growing though. But they seem rather serious about, making chips (crisps) some kind of drink and some kind of candy. I even saw a picture of some tubers on a stick on a barbeque!<br />Look at this: http://hodoimo.naganoblog.jp/<br /><br />I hope you have a nice harvest later on!Axelhttp://kezoor.angelfire.com/tahini.htmlnoreply@blogger.com