Identifying Edible Yams In The Wild: Air Potatoes vs. Winged Yams 

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Winged yam are my favourite. I miss them so much. They are like the first love that I never get over. I love them more than other types of tubers.

Wow it just grows and grows I got them all on my fence now I know what they are

D Bulbifera is consumed after boiling in rural area. Just for your info .

Still searching for a edible vs poisonous vid that can show a better side by side comparison of the leaf and bulb

thanks for your video. I am trying to find some starter yam bulbs to purchase

They look like hanging dog poop. I have the round ones. Glad you told me they are not good to eat. And yes the leaves are getting eaten. That's UF.

Thanks David. I've been growing these off and on in the Venezuelan Andes and didn't know there were poisonous varieties. A neighbor just gave me 8 of the light skinned angular types, and I started wondering if I might be poisoning my kids...... But I found your video and think we're good. And since I live in a free country, I can admit to planting them.😂

Now those are some really big bulbous or bublies.

I finally found my first dioscorea alatta. Yes, very yummy. They seem to be rare where I live (Orlando) , but the Dioscorea bulbifera are EVERY WHERE!

Love the yams parody😝

We have alot of that in the islands...they can grow up to hundred lb but if care for it ....

Like other yams or sweet potatoes, can you eat the greens from the air yam?

Everything has its wild varieties

I have seen a 1/6th PIECE root and grow- in a Pineless...err Pinellas Co. Park. Dessicated to half size I didnt pick up a piece in Smilax/Greenbriar vine but AC unit condensate have it life in May. Are kids throwing them and them being carried as "ammo" (against native plants) and the rolling down hills the only dispersal for the bulbils/population? Any record of sprouting in herbivore dung? I will try GarGoyLE schoolar....

Got purple D. alata growing in big pots this year. Someone told me it's only the most recent growth that's good for frying, etc.; anything older is used to make flower. Tis so, or no?

I live in citrus county florida. I've been searching for quite a while for these yams and finally had to order some online. They sent me about a dozen but only a couple of them are growing. Is there any chance you might remember the names of some streets or some place in particular that as lots of these yams growing?

David, what is the difference between Dioscorea alata and Ube? Ube is the purple yam, and they also call it Dioscorea alata. I'm confused.

I think we just found Dioscorea oppositifolia in the yard, I do not really care about them unless its poison But I cannot find a lot of info about it. any ideas?

Great info

D. alata is ube right? Didn't knew they grow wild in the US.

Fantastic

hey do you have the entire yams song recorded some where that I could listen to?

How can you tell if a yam is no longer viable for planting? I ordered some but I got confused by the instructions and thought I should plant them until spring. I forget what they looked like but now they are very skinny. He said they go dormant in winter

I've read that yam leaves & flowers are edible, btw.

Where I can find some to grow?

good eatting

So I ordered some of these "seeds" online I planted them they seem to be doing ok but I'm a little confused about the actual seed part is what I got the "yam berry" part that grows above the ground they are round and about a half inch if I want to make more of this plant what is the best way to do it should I take the berries and plant those or should I take the tubers and plant those?

Is deocroria alata illegal to plant in california or to sell in california?

Are long air potatoes edible?

So whats the theoretical maximum size of the root? 100lbs, 200lbs, A METRIC TON?!?! I must know. Side note, the release of those beetles seems like a bad idea down the road. Unintended consequences and such.

David, I am a Research scientist I am looking for Purple Yam Alata (edible) which must be a male flowering Yam. I have Alata white female plan(150~200lbs) so I can make cold resistant Plant on the northern side of the world. All my breeding material are southern side one.Only I have a small wild Yam(male plant).Where can I buy male and female Purple Yam?. Please help me.

Wait, so I got winged yams growing in my front yard?

So I have one of the non edible ones growing in my yard what do I do with it? Pull it up and toss it or what?

Why do the beetles eat the bulbosa and not the allata?

Is it edible

So you convinced me to get some alatta and plant it. Any videos planned for the future on how to cook the air potato instead of the underground bulb?

Mine are round and pretty so I don't eat them

why aren't they purple?

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ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C4DBhQZH_lo.html 1:24 / 6:05 Identifying Edible Yams In The Wild: Air Potatoes vs. Winged Yams Published on Nov 17, 2015 Learn to grow yams - get Crazy Easy Florida Gardening here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013... Identifying edible yams (Dioscorea alata) isn't hard: the main non-edible one growing in Florida is Dioscorea bulbifera, the hated "air potato" vine. Both species are named as invasive species; however, the winged yam (D. Alata) is a very good edible and isn't nearly as invasive as D. bulbifera. Here's how to identify edible air potatoes - and I show you a patch of really good looking ones growing wild in an undeveloped lot. Foraging for wild food is fun - especially when they taste as great as yams do. These are also a great survival crop. Preparedness! For more good stuff, visit me at www.thesurvivalgardener.com Category Education

Yummy I candy these bad boys

Tell this original name

the title of your video is identifying which is edible but you cannot identify it!