Yacon is sweet potato? Where is the specialty?

Begonia can not be watered too often, according to the climate for watering. Spring and autumn is usually 2, 3 days to water once, summer is 3-5 days to water once, winter once a month to water on the line. Watering is not dry, such as soil dry and timely watering on the line. When the air humidity is low, spray as much water as possible. If there is a lack of water, the leaves of the plant will gradually turn yellow and dry up.

1. is it a sweet potato

Yacon is not a sweet potato, but it is very similar in appearance, but it does not belong to the same plant.The skin of yacon is smoother than that of sweet potatoes, and it contains more water.But the taste is very different, yacon taste will be more crisp.

Smallanthus sonchifolius is a perennial herb, it is also known as Smallanthus sonchifolius, Ginseng fruit, fruit skin for the purple, irregular shape.It can be eaten raw or as a side dish.In addition, cooked food can be used to stew ribs and hot pot and other methods of eating, or processed to make it into crown Europe, fruit shop and so on.

2. where is the specialty

Smallanthus sonchifolius is a specialty of South America. It is a tuber food often eaten by Indians.At the beginning, it was introduced successfully in Taiwan, and then it was planted in Yunnan.Now, it is planted in many areas of China, such as Hunan, Hainan, Hubei and Fujian.

It likes the sun, and the ability to withstand strong light is also very good, but it is afraid of drought.It is suitable to be planted in warm and cool mountain areas with low latitude, and it can grow normally when the annual average temperature is below 18 C.Suitable growth temperature is 5-25 , can not tolerate cold, usually in the face of frost, the stem part will die.

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