Today it was finally time to harvest our first yacon plants.  You’re supposed to wait until it flowers and dies back.  It’s been flowering, and after a huge rain recently, the branches finally fell down.  I could see the yacon tubers bulging right out of the ground.  It’s been 6 months since these went in the ground.  Here’s what the garden looked like and the one fallen-down yacon plant:

It was quick and easy to dig around the roots and pull out.  I was amazed to see the size of the tubers.  Interestingly, they didn’t point outward, but instead downward, packed close together.  I guess that’s due to the fact we got these plants after they had lived in a pot for a long time  Here’s the root ball, and the whole bucket of yummy tubers from just one plant!