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Everything Else => Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles => Topic started by: Tropical Bay Area on February 09, 2021, 09:04:37 PM
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Anyone know anything about this? I’m growing one.
If anyone wants t\h\is plant I’ll try to sell some suckers once it grows larger
This tree is deciduous
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Do you have any pictures of your tree? I have one growing now that is dormant.
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supposely the younger leaves can be used for cooking...someone told me if you crush them..it can smell like chicken soup or something. (i tried...not really).
i have one that my parents planted i assume a long time ago....and that's the only reason i still have it around
i'm i socal and it does drop most of its leaves during the winter here though it's suppose to be deciduous.
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Do you have any pictures of your tree? I have one growing now that is dormant.
Yeah sure, it’s growing now lemme add some pics
(https://i.postimg.cc/0zDx5BHp/9012439-D-75-CF-48-AC-A151-700-F331-F31-EB.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0zDx5BHp)
(https://i.postimg.cc/sBzzM4tb/B9-E80-E25-4-D58-43-F7-ACC6-B35-C0-F5013-E2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sBzzM4tb)
(https://i.postimg.cc/F1H9bG74/BBE05-A8-A-C0-CB-470-D-8006-30-AC403-AA41-C.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F1H9bG74)
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Does it really taste like beef? I watched Weird Explorer's video on it and wonder if it is any good in cooking?
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Does it really taste like beef? I watched Weird Explorer's video on it and wonder if it is any good in cooking?
It tastes sort of like beef, but I truly haven’t memorized what beef really tastes like since I haven’t eaten it in a long time, just don’t like it I’m not on a diet
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Yeah I have a couple of these trees. It's true about the taste. In my family it tastes just like Beef and Onion to us very strong. We use the leaves to make veggie burgers. If your tree leaves doesn't take like Beef and Onion it's not a real Toon Sinensis. But someone else taste buds might just be different.
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Here’s what it looks like now. The flavor is really liek onion and beef! I love it so much
(https://i.postimg.cc/q6rvPGJF/image.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/q6rvPGJF)
(https://i.postimg.cc/crsJTT5g/image.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/crsJTT5g)
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Do you have plants/seeds for sale?
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Do you have plants/seeds for sale?
I'd be interested in some too.
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Sorry, I don’t have any, you can find them easily , but maybe around next spring I will have a couple.
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Its acommon herb used in Buddhist vegetarian cooking in taiwan. They dont eat onion, garlic etc and this replaces that. The beefy/oniony flavor seems right. Personally not a fan, but millions love it. It will grow strong year round if you dont get too cold. Fairly drought resistant.
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Sorry, I don’t have any, you can find them easily , but maybe around next spring I will have a couple.
I bought a bunch of seeds a little while back, and some of them are just starting to sprout. How do you take care of yours? How well do they do outdoors in the bay area? I live near daly city and I'm not sure how long I'll have to baby them indoors before I can take them outside.
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They should be fine. I was given root suckers from a tree planted outside without protection in Illinois. D
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supposely the younger leaves can be used for cooking...someone told me if you crush them..it can smell like chicken soup or something. (i tried...not really).
i have one that my parents planted i assume a long time ago....and that's the only reason i still have it around
i'm i socal and it does drop most of its leaves during the winter here though it's suppose to be deciduous.
you r the only one who finds that tree uninteresting. Still your opinion will be useful, as i have never seen that tree real and i m asking different people to form an opinion whether to buy or not. What do the leaves taste like to you? If it does not smell like chicken soup or something, what does it smell like?
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I can't say for the plant since mine is still sprouting but even the seeds give off an onion-y and meaty smell. Quite peculiar haha
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They should be fine. I was given root suckers from a tree planted outside without protection in Illinois. D
Hi! i have never seen this tree unless in video, but based on this page https://jurassicplants.co.uk/collections/all-plants/products/toona-sinensis-onion-tree under "specification" it says it is hardy to -10 Celsius and fast growing. For zone 10 as yours, it should be best to take it outdoors to its permanent position just now, by the end of April. With some fencing to protect from animals, of course. Let us know if any cat bite it because of the meaty smell.
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Mine is still small. It is a root sucker from a tree that is in roughly zone 6. I intend to plant it out this coming Fall. My trees suffer from the Summer heat more than a normal Winter. Regards, Dan