I harvested the yacon tuber eventually, even though the plants (3 clumps in different parts of the garden) are nothing more than dead leaves and shrivelled up stems. I was pleasantly surprised to see the size of the tubers. The second picture shows the yacon in summer. By autumn the plants were over half a metre tall and showing splendid display of leaves. This year none of the clumps produced the sunflower like flowers. I attributed the size of the tubers to the compost dug into the ground, before planting.
The yacon came from South America and I have yet to see the plant in nursery. I was given some tubers many years ago, and this has been my best harvest so far. Check out http://www.culture-wise.com for the March 2008 Ingredients page on yacon. Even if you don't care for the tubers, (delicious steamed, baked or raw), the plant makes an attractive bush in the garden.
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