Salsify and Scorzonera: Forgotten Root Vegetables Worth in Australia

Salsify and Scorzonera: Forgotten Root Vegetables Worth RevivingSalsify (white) and scorzonera (black) are extraordinary cool-season root vegetables with a flavour often described as "oyster plant" — sweet, earthy, and completely different from any other root vegetable.Getting StartedBoth require a long cool growing season and deep, stone-free, well-worked soil — any obstruction causes roots to fork unattractively. Sow direct in autumn in warm climates or late winter in cool climates. Thin t…