Growing taro for more than its roots. By Jeff Spurrier . Jan. 22, 2013 9:07 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. Email; ... And even though the plant is dormant in winter, ...

A staple food in African, PNG, Asian, Caribbean and in particular Polynesian cultures, taro is believed to be one of the earliest cultivated plants. In 2018 global production was over 10 million ...

Even easy-to-grow taro will start to look tatty when the temperature dips. Williams with one of his choko vines growing at Burnley Credit: Wayne Taylor It’s during summer that these plants are ...

Over the weekend the team, with the help of volunteers, planted more than 500 donated dryland taro plants along the strip, which measures about 400 feet long by 10 feet wide.