Yacon seedling

Our yacon seedling is developing nicely. The first set of true leaves were an interesting intermediate shape between the cotyledons and the typical yacon leaf shape. The second are looking much more regular - sharply pointed. The new leaves have a definite purple border, which I hope means that the tubers will have some color.

A second yacon seedling popped up today. This is from a second batch of seed sown in April. If it survives, we’ll have two new yacon varieties to evaluate this fall.

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