Hi swvirginiadave, If I can find that many burdickii, I would still like to trade with you and with Jesse, I won't know until things start growing here. Would like to trade for a pound of your Apios americana but also wondered, is there also a possibility that you would sell me some extra if I cannot find 2 dozen of the burdickii? Pretty sure I will have 2 dozen for you and Jesse to trade but just in case. My gmail changed where mail I receive, after reading even when I try to save it, gets lost somewhere but I have started a folder to save your emails and Jesse's so that I can retrieve them. Not sure what is going on with my gmail.

I would love some of the Seminole pumpkins! I have Ipomoea aquatica water spinach & Canna edulis achira also known as Indian Shot. I also have Cosmos bipinnatus sensation in mixed colors. Drop me a line if you would like to trade.

Hey Houzz folks! An update on Apios! This year we have made our groundnuts available through our seed distributor Sow True Seed out of Asheville, NC. These are the Blackmon line from the LSU trials back in the 1980s and 90s. As we continue to develop an agriculture model for them, the price will continue to get better. This is a great perennial food that grows from Ontario to Florida and almost anywhere in the US. Great for homesteading and permaculture gardens. Great in containers. Beautiful miniature wisteria-like blooms. It’s a legume, so it fixes nitrogen as well. Native Americans shared this with great food with the pilgrims when their crops were failing and it helped them survive. If you’re a plant buff, you need this one in your garden. A 0.2 oz tuber yields 2.5 pounds in two growing seasons! Here’s the link: https://sowtrueseed.com/how-to-grow-groundnuts-apios-americana/

Well, I was on my yearly mission to research, buy and accidentally kill an American groundnut, when I stumbled on this thread. I was thinking it sounded familiar, and then I came across my own post over a year ago. Two questions, or areas of question: Does anybody have more experience/wisdom to share? Observations about different varieties? I think I will try growing in a container first, to propagate more tubers for experimenting elsewhere. My J artichokes are in partial to shade, where they do well enough, and the ground nuts might like more sun, so I don't want to start them there again. (Tho, FYI, I think I keep killing them b/c I tend to not water enough to get things established). Second question: How do I know if a thread I've posted on receives more posts? Is there a Gardenweb notification system I could sign on to? If I care, should I write a list and do periodic searches? What do other people do? Thanks.