Chinese Water Chestnuts
A handful of fresh Water Chestnuts which can be prepared and eaten raw or cooked.
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This popular Asian cooking ingredient is a tropical member of the sedge family. These nutritious underground corms reaching up to 4cm in diameter have an appealing crisp nut like texture. They can be cooked as a vegetable offering a contrasting texture to many dishes or they can deliver their sweetness and juiciness prepared fresh and raw or lightly steamed or sauteed for salads Water chestnuts can be grown in a pond of a container, an old bathtub or a salvaged water tank cut in half are ideal options. Plant the corms in spring, about 5cm deep into friable soil preferably rich in organic matter and course sand. Keep the plants moist until the shoots are about 10cm tall, then fill the container up with water until it's about 10cm deep, with the tips of the leaves just showing. Leave the container flooded at that depth for about 6-7 months, then drain off the water in late autumn. Leave the soil moist but not wet for another month or so until the shoots die down, then harvest the water chestnuts. Water chestnuts will grow in most areas of Australia, but they are frost tender and require at least an 8-month frost-free growing season. A single corm is said to be able to produce 100 corms within a growing season!
Other Names: Water Chestnut, Water Chest Nut
$12.90 ($2.00-$12.90 choose a size)
Preferred Climate Subtropical
Grown From Rhizome
Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 0-1m
Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)
Can it Handle Frosts? Sometimes
Amount of leaves in Winter? No Leaves (Deciduous)
Suitability in Pots Yes
Water Requirements Frequent Watering
Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest First Year
Sun or Shade Full (Sun:80%-100%)
Preferred Soil Type Poor Drainage (Clay)
Soil pH Neutral (6.6-7.3pH)
Fruiting/Harvest Months July, August, September
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Customer Tips & Reviews Chinese Water Chestnut★★★★★ 4.1 of 5 stars
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★★★★ 3y ago
NORTHFIELD, SA, Australia
Trying first time, tastes good.
Potty Bob 1
★★★★★ 3y ago
POTTSVILLE, NSW, Australia
Set up a chub for these , looking forward to eat g fresh .looking for a solar pump to keep them fresh .
Dave S Fergusson
10y ago
Capel, WESTE
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Never plant your corms too close together, because the root systems will get entangled & make harvesting a nightmare!
Kath
★★★★★ 11y ago
CAWONGLA, NSW, Australia
I have them growing in three ninety litre bowls which they share with the tadpoles, frogs, water lilies, dragonflies,snails and leeches. Dwarf tree frogs love them. Harvest when the tops die down. Keep the pot topped up and provide an object for the ...
linnie
★★★★ 12y ago
CAWONGLA, NSW, Australia
I have wanted this plant for ages, because the chestnuts taste great in asian dishes... now I am doubly keen because I have started basket-weaving, and the stems are wonderful fibres!
shirlbaby1
★★★★★ 13y ago
Cooroibah, QLD, Australia
Lots of new bulbs, growing strong and well but bulbs are quite small, but very tasty
Graibeard
★★★★ 13y ago
Carnegie, VIC, Australia
They grew well enough, didn't fill the pond though and are a bit on the small side - 20mm Still okay though.
Phil1
★★★★ 13y ago
Bellingen, NSW, Australia
Very easy to grow. Grew3 plant in laundry tub last year. Just replanted 2 tubs this week. Good crop. kept well in fridge.