{"id":1419,"date":"2016-07-01T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/advisor\/gardening-tips\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2023-02-08T13:21:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:21:57","slug":"growing-jimcama-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/growing-jimcama-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Jicama In The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you grow Jicama in the UK? The answer is yes as long as we get a long season which we have done over the last few years. You will need to start the seeds early i.e. early spring on a window sill inside them move on the 6-inch pots using John Ines&#8217;s soil-based compost again inside. This is so that the plant reaches a good size when you plant them outside in larger containers once the risk of frost has passed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus) is a root vegetable native to Mexico and Central America, and it is not commonly grown in the UK. However, it can be grown in a greenhouse or indoors in containers, as it requires a long, warm growing season. Jicama plants prefer warm temperatures between 21-29\u00b0C and will need regular watering, especially during dry spells.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you grow Jicama in the UK? The answer is yes as long as we get a long season which we have done over the last few years. You will need to start the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-head-gardener"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/gardening-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}