Aquaponics Digest - Sun 08/29/99
Message 1: Re: Taro
from dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
Message 2: Re: Taro
from dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
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Subject: Re: Taro
From: dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:07:01 +0100
Can anyone tell me the name for taro in the Caribbean? Is it known under
a different name? Is it propogatable only by tuber cutting?
Thanks...
Mike...
William Brown wrote:
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> I live in Taro land. Find out what the shipping requirements/restrictions
> are in you neighborhood and I'll try and find the variety you want and send
> it to you (from Hawai) for cost. Contact me off the list. PS Excellent
> hydroponic candidate.
> William Brown mahiwai@cmpmail.com
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> From: Wendy Nagurny
> To: Aquaponics
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 4:01 PM
> Subject: Taro
>
> > Was it this list that someone was looking for some taro a while ago? I
> just
> > spotted some for auction on ebay. It is listed under Miscellaneous:
> Garden
> > items: Plants/Seeds: General.
> > Wendy
> >
> >
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Subject: Re: Taro
From: dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 21:22:05 +0100
Found it!! Now I know why I didnt recognise the name!! We call it
dasheen or coco!!
Thanks... I would like to do some trials, see..
Has anyone done tubers apart from taro, and willing to share
experiences?
DASHEEN(COCO, EDDOE) TARO
This is a native of the Pacific region and the term Taro covers a
variety of tubers of this family. The Dasheen is grown in the Caribbean
and arrives in the UK via sea freight. This starchy tuber is used
instead of or with Potato and its leaf is consume like that of spinach.
Description:
Large tuber of about 3-8in diameter and 4-10in length when cut you will
see either a mauve or whitish flesh with some red speckle. The taste is
like that of a nut with a dumpling like texture. Dasheen grows near or
far from water and depending where the taste will alter. The Japanese
commercially cultivate this tuber for it;s starch which is then
extracted for the use in glue for stamps and envelopes.
MikeB. wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me the name for taro in the Caribbean? Is it known under
> a different name? Is it propogatable only by tuber cutting?
>
> Thanks...
> Mike...
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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