Chufa is sold via Cabela's outfitterrs. Sent you the relevant link.Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Looking for 3 species... Chufa > >I am seeking tubers/roots of the following: >> >>Cyperus esculentus Chufa > > Friends, > Years ago I was a Conservation Officer in S. Alabama. We used > to buy Chufa Nute (tubers) in 50 and 100 lb bags that were planted > to provide fall feeding areas for wild turkeys. Turkeys love them. > I think this is the time to buy and plant tubers. > > Any one in the south have a feed n seed type store handy? > > I always grabbed a handful to eat during planting. They are > quite tasty and in far back retrospect, I recall them tasting like > Almonds..sort of.. but don't hold me to this. It has been MANY years > ago. > > Best Jim W. > -- > Dr. James W. Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. > Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 > USA > Ph. 816-746-1949 > Zone 5 Record low -23F > Summer 100F + > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/