Grow guide
How to grow Oca
Oxalis tuberosa
- Type
- Misc edible
- Zones
- USDA zones 7–9
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 180–210 days
- Spacing
- 12″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Bush
- Frost tolerance
- Half hardy
- Sowing
- tuber
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Mulch As needed
- Harvest As needed
Notes
Andean tuber crop; short-day, so tubers form only in autumn — leave in ground 8 weeks after the equinox for maximum yield.
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