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Anonymous Wed 25 Oct 2023 18:30:46 No.2660158 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>2660177 >>2660186 >>2661112 >>2661179 >>2661953

Heard these taste like starburst, I wanna plant them

Seeds take years to sprout so I'm buying rhizomes

When's the best time to plant the rhizomes? I live in Connecticut. Could I get away with planting them now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 25 Oct 2023 19:53:41 No.2660177 Report

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I'm surprised you can even buy seeds, let alone rhizomes. Unfortunately I have no advice on when to plant them, but I can offer some advice on where to plant. At least in central NC, they are an understory plant growing in low-lying areas near streams. I imagine you would want partial sun at most, as they only really naturally get large amounts of sun in the early spring before the leaves have come in on the trees, and after that they're pretty much in full shade.

I've only ever eaten a few myself, but they are pleasantly tart, and do taste somewhat like a sour candy I suppose. Just make sure the fruit are ripe when you eat them, and don't eat any other part of the plant, unless you want a wart-removal drug fucking up your intestines.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 25 Oct 2023 20:12:08 No.2660186 Report

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>>2660158
Where are you buying rhizomes from? I also wanted to plant some

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 28 Oct 2023 20:20:56 No.2661112 Report

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>>2660158
I've eaten a bunch, I think they're kinda like passion fruit in flavor, texture and the fact it's a tough leathery ball filled with crunchy seed filled sour jelly balls.
They're not a garden plant. You gotta plant them in the right spot. They have companion plants like ramps, spring beauty and other rich spring ephemerals so if you see those, that's a good spot to plant. They will grow in shade, but they don't always fruit well. It seems the more sun they get, the better they produce. The best spots in my experience have been low areas in powerline cuts between two chunks of woods. They get the most sun, do best and produce the best. Deer also will eat them, so be careful of that. And other rnainals often get the ripe fruit before you can, so stay on your toes.

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Anonymous Sun 29 Oct 2023 00:38:49 No.2661179 Report

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>>2660158
The whole plant beside the ripe fruit is toxic, kinda evil to say they taste like starburst on a board full of autistic kids

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 29 Oct 2023 16:21:37 No.2661314 Report

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Thanks Karen, but nobody asked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Oct 2023 17:37:16 No.2661953 Report

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I have them on my property and wanted to make Mayapple jelly this year ... I ended up eating one single may apple.
They come up early and it looks promising, but then the god damn canadian wood nettle chokes them out and no matter how much I try to remove it comes right back. And it grows so close around the mayapple I even ended up with some friendly fire situations.

And then late summer when the fruit is finally ripening, the animals take it early, before it's ready.

Extremely frustrating.

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