This needs the same conditions as rice or water raised taro. Water chestnuts require fertile soil and shallow water, with high temperatur...Read Morees. The top has a tuft of smooth straight leaves - the bulb sends out a lot of runners that grow dark brown corms at the end, about an inch or so in size. They are edible raw or cooked - they are sweet and crunchy, with a nutty flavor. They can be raised in a kid's plastic pool, in just a few inches of water.
Harvest is easy from a container: all the fruit is right on the bottom of the pool next to the plastic, and easy to get to. If raised in a pond the nuts have to be dug for and are some work to find. They grow good here in Florida and they are invasive in warm areas, so it is best not to put them in a pond where their growth can't be controlled or contained.
Water-chestnuts were perennial for me here in zone 8b. They are definitely more cold hardy than I first thought.
While tas...Read More
You can purchase the viable fresh bulbs cheap from Asian grocery store or supermarket!
You can grow them in the deep pai...Read More
Very easy to grow so far here in N Florida. Give plenty of sunlight.
This needs the same conditions as rice or water raised taro. Water chestnuts require fertile soil and shallow water, with high temperatur...Read More