Skirret is one of those rare perennial vegetables that needs no further breeding work to be an excellent potential staple crop. We just need more people to grow it! Skirret is a root vegetable in the carrot family. Each plant produces a cluster of sweet, 5-8" long white roots.

2016年1月5日 · Grown from seed, skirret produces a single ‘crown’: several shoot buds around the base of a stem, with a cluster of roots attached. Grown on, this crown will divide to form a clump made from several crowns. The clumps are easy …

Seed in late winter or early spring in a greenhouse, cold frame, sunny window, etc. Transplant 9-12" apart when seedlings are a few inches tall and after it grows a few sets of leaves. Harvest after the first frost, or better yet in late winter or early spring for the sweetest roots.

Sweet, nutty and delicious, like a cross between a carrot and a potato. They're good raw, but get sweeter when cooked. Easy to propagate from seed or from crown divisions. The leaves, flowers and seeds are all edible. Hardy to zone 5. 50+ seeds. Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Imagine a perennial root that tastes like the sweetest carrot you've ever eaten ... this is SKIRRET! Skirret literally means "sugar root". Skirret is our answer to the question, "how can I have an endless supply of carrot flavor without all of the hassle and work of planting carrots every year?"

Skirret is a delicious perennial root vegetable in the carrot family. It produces masses of long off-white roots that taste somewhat like a potato crossed with a carrot and a parsnip. They are great roasted, but can also be boiled, fried, stewed, added to soups, or eaten raw grated or out of hand.

An essential addition to the perennial vegetable garden, Skirret is a member of the carrot family and is similar to carrots and parsnips with its large delicious, sweet and uniquely aromatic roots that can be eaten just like a parsnip.

Quantity: 30 Seeds . Skirret is a relatively unknown edible plant in the Carrot family, Apiaceae. Although this plant was popularized in Europe, it actually originates in china. These perennial plants are hardy down to zone 4. Established plants produce an abundance of edible and delicious rhizomes. They taste quite sweet and nutty.

Skirret – Sium sisarum is a hardy herbaceous perennial root vegetable part of the family Apiaceae, that produces a cluster of sweet tasting slender roots. Skirret dates back centuries, pre-dating the potato, and were one of the main root crops …

Skirret (Sium sisarum) is a historically interesting and tasty root crop. Not particularly high yielding, but forgiving and perennial. After two years, or perhaps one in really favorable conditions, you get a small clump of thin, white, carrot-like roots.