We’ve decided to do an experiment this year and try and grow asian water chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis).
Since our local grocery store doesn’t normally carry live water chestnuts, I special ordered 10 pounds of them from our local produce manager. We’re splitting the order with a couple other friends.
The order came in yesterday:
I’ll start them in tubs with some wet soil and transfer to the pool if/when they start to put on some green growth. Here they are ready to be covered in wet soil in their nursery bed:
Hopefully we will see some growth starting in a week or so. I sampled a couple last night from the ones left over after planting about 120. I just peeled the skins off and ate them raw… so much better than canned!
How interesting, I look forward to seeing the results!