Groundnut tubers (Apios americana)

Groundnut tubers. You’ll receive a few smaller seed tubers to get you started. Once they are established, they can really produce! Groundnuts love a rich, well-draining soil, full or part sun, and space to sprawl and climb.

Varieties:

• Best Blackmon — this may be 1972 or 2019. I’m not sure anymore as the label has been lost for years. This variety produces very well, and you can harvest egg sized and larger tubers annually, once well-established.

• Blackmon 2183 — another great selection from the breeding work of Bill Blackmon.

• “Michellin Man” — another long-forgotten label of a Bill Blackmon selection. Makes dense clusters of tubers on short stolons, hence the name Michellin Man.

• Duke’s Delight — selection from the late James Duke, Maryland herbalist.

• Indiana Diploid — fertile seed-producing strain from zone 6 in Indiana.

• Peavine Island — wild selection from the Lower Susquehanna River. And old-timer name from groundnut is peavine, and this selection comes from Peavine Island, where groundnuts are still abundant.

• Bill Blackmon numbered selections — some varieties are more productive for me than others — you’ll have to experiment and see which do best for you — but all worthy of cultivation and from the breeding work of Bill Blackmon. (The ones which are more productive for me have more options in stock.) Selections are named numbers: 1.8, 1.9, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.17.