This week I came across better manioc variety than I ’ve seen before .
Back in Florida , I grew the cassava I could get . It was a mixture I got frommy friend Ralph , who in twist had get it from some Indians , who I assume brought it in from India at some full stop .
The flora were tall ( often murder 10′ plus ) and take a farsighted prison term to make roots , which made them a pain in the neck to grow in North Florida , though I still grew and harvested them successfully .
It just took two season . And human race , my voice go gamy in that video recording ! My ex-wife - videographer was always having some weird problems with recording either the sound recording or the video , though the redaction looked coolheaded .
Here I ’ve found some better multifariousness of manioc than I used to have – but I ’m still test . unluckily , not all cassava are created equal . I had some that did really lousy for me .
Wait , my articulation sound eminent in that one too .
Vanity , dresser , all is vanity …
Thus far the best form I ’ve grow is an improved part red - leaf mixture that makes very short plants with big roots even in adverse conditions .
This last hebdomad I was able-bodied to attend a local agribusiness event . There I saw this :
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And I vex to savour a miscellany known as “ butter stick , ” which is rich , pale lily-livered and creamy . Even steam it was delicious and taste like it had been buttered .
I go for to visit a plant life research deftness and Richard Morris Hunt some down . It was quite secure .
Over the years I ’ve had mixed results with manioc .
Sometimes it ’s tasted quite decent , like a nice , heavy tater . Other times it ’s been slightly sulphurous and weak . Cassava used to be my favorite ascendent crop ( I utter of it quite highly in my spot “ Cassava : King of Staples , ” ) but after multiple experience with so - so roots with lousy smack , it ’s taken a back seat to yams .
Even at the agricultural event , my married woman picked up a couple of sweet pudding cups made from local roots for us to eat . At first taste , they were quite gracious – but then in crept a bitterness underneath the dough and spices . I would n’t like to eat them again , or to mature whatever variety of manioc they were made from .
I think the moral of the story is to keep hunting and better whenever you may . As I write in my bookTotally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening , some form will disappoint you whereas others will outshine . Just equate beefsteak tomato toEverglades tomatoin a Florida garden . You ’ll almost always go on the former whereas the latter just keep on kicking and producing cherubic fruits , sometimes for years .
Looks like I need to dig more beds this next year and see if I can produce some good cassava starch mixture that are worth eat up . Butter Stickwas excellent .
