#ApiosAmericana: A tuberous legume climber with fodder leaves (tested on guinea pigs) and tasty "nutty potato" tubers.
You can get improved cultivars from US #permaculture farms from an 80/90s LSU breeding programme.
It grows aggressively in late season, interplant with early maize worked.
Harvesting can be annoying, I grow them in bags. Doesn't produce seed in Central Europe, reducing the invasive potential it has.
https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Apios+americana

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I #interplanted tree #kale 'Lippische Palme' (Brassica oleracea convar. acephala var. sabellica), an old variety from Westphalia, with #zucchini, #garlic last year, #tomatoes, #apiosamericana, #salad and #spinach this year. There are various tree kale varieties.

+grows tall, without competing much for sunlight with lower growing veg if spaced broadly
+great fodder and food (esp. winter)
+can be continuously harvested between 8-5
+low maintenance
+insects like it

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