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Yacon «red» young plants

Smallanthus sonchifolius 'Yacon red' - vegetable-like, sweet, giant tubers

(€55,80 per plate) €0,93 per plant
( per plate) €0,00 per plant
(€55,80 per plate) €0,93 per plant
excl. VAT plus shipping
Plate equals 60 plants
Plant size: root ball ⌀ = 4 cm; height 5.5 cm
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Plates Price* per plant*
1-3 plates €46,80 EUR €0,78 EUR
4-43 plates €44,46 EUR €0,74 EUR
From 44 plates €42,12 EUR €0,70 EUR
(* excl. tax plus shipping)

Advantages Yacon red

  • beautiful foliage
  • vigorous growth
  • rich harvest

Fact sheet

Growth: fast-growing plant with a final height of more than 2 m; the plant is sensitive to frost, but should be harvested as late as possible

Ripeness/Harvest: October, at the time of the first night frosts

Fruits: the very large tubers have a red skin and translucent white flesh; the tubers can be eaten raw or cooked

Taste: pleasantly sweet, somewhat vegetable-like, tubers tend to become sweeter the longer they are stored, also fresh and can be used for juices

Variety description

t first glance, 'Yacon red' looks like a sunflower with too small flowers. Being a composite plant, yacon is also related to Helianthus or Jerusalem artichoke.
According to the meaning of "Fruits of the roots", 'Yacon rot' is primarily about the root tubers, the flowers are completely secondary. The vegetative growth is impressive, the stems hollow, the foliage large and the whole plant more or less woolly haired. The flowers appear very late and also only sporadically, around September.

So the object of desire are the tubers. These can grow very large and look quite similar to sweet potatoes - with which they have nothing in common botanically. 'Yacon red' is not hardy and is therefore uprooted at the time of the first night frosts. The tuber harvest is amazing, 10 kg per plant is not uncommon.

Technical data

SKU 05482
Brand Fruits of the Roots®
Type Yacon red
Lubera type
License type
Advantages Leaf beauty, Ease of growth, rich harvest
Growth fast-growing plant with a final height of more than 2 m; the plant is sensitive to frost, but should be harvested as late as possible
Annual growth Annual
Height 3 m
Blossoming time September, Oct
Blossom color yellow
Leaf color green
Leaves Summer green
Striking autumn color no
Ripeness/Harvest October, at the time of the first night frosts
Harvest time from October on
Fruits the very large tubers have a red skin and translucent white flesh; the tubers can be eaten raw or cooked
Fruit color red-skinned tubers
Taste pleasantly sweet, somewhat vegetable-like, tubers tend to become sweeter the longer they are stored, also fresh and can be used for juices
Sturdiness ***
Winter hardiness insufficient
Weight 0.0 kg