Chinese Water Chestnuts

(1/7) Chinese Water Chestnuts

A handful of fresh Water Chestnuts which can be prepared and eaten raw or cooked.

(2/7) A handful of fresh Water Chestnuts which can be prepared and eaten raw or cooked.

YouTube:Water Chestnuts growing in water easy to grow yourself

(3/7) YouTube:Water Chestnuts growing in water easy to grow yourself

Potted Waterchestnuts Nursery

(4/7) Potted Waterchestnuts Nursery

Chinese Waterchestnut

(5/7) Chinese Waterchestnut

Leaf of the Chinese Waterchestnut

(6/7) Leaf of the Chinese Waterchestnut

Chinese Water Chestnut For Sale

(7/7) Chinese Water Chestnut For Sale

fullscreen1

Chinese Water Chestnut

Eleocharis dulcis
Fruit Trees > Perennial vegetables > Chinese Water Chestnut
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... Read More
Other Names: Water Chestnut, Water Chest Nut

$7.90 ($2.00-$12.90 choose a size)

Buy 4+ @$7.90ea usually:$12.90ea

Specifications of Chinese Water Chestnut

Preferred Climate SubtropicalLearn About Climate Zones

Grown From RhizomeLearn About Propagation Methods

Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 0-1m

Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)Learn about Pollination

Can it Handle Frosts? Sometimes

Amount of leaves in Winter? No Leaves (Deciduous)

Suitability in Pots Yes

Water Requirements Frequent Watering

Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree? No (Full Size)

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

Growth Rate Fast

Create a Filter to find similar plants

Perennial Vegetables
Nutrition Fat High
Create Filter filter_vintage

Customers also bought

These plants are often purchased together. Also check plant information for suitability in your orchard.

Star Apple

$29.00 ($4.90-$59.00 choose a size)

Sometimes known as Cainito is native to the West Indies where it is a very popular fruit. Fruit can be purple or green skinned. When cut in half there is an attractive star pattern. The flesh is sweet and tastes very smooth and aromatic. A very attractive tropical tree, leaves green above and gold underneath. Not suitable for temperate climates.
Click Choose above to view Specials

Jujube - Sugar Cane

$124.00 ($119.00-$124.00 choose a size)

Early season harvest of small to medium, round to elongated fruit. Extremely sweet fruit with crisp texute, and good resistance to splitting. The tree is very vigorous, but unfortunately it can be thorny. Jujubes are well suited to the hot dry conditions of inland Australia
  Special  

Cinnamon Myrtle

$14.90 ($14.90-$19.90 choose a size)

The leaves have a pleasant spicy cinnamon-like aroma and flavour. The attractive flowers are creamy coloured and star shaped, produced en masse, followed by star-like capsules. The cinnamon myrtle is well suited to the home garden. The tree is adaptable to a broad range of conditions and different soil types. Cinnamon myrtle is suitable for full-sun and semi-shade situations, in open plantings or as a managed hedge. The tree is tolerant of light frosts. Leaves can be harvested as sprigs for use in cooking. Its used in savoury recipes, desserts, confectionery and herbal teas. Cinnamon myrtle can also be used in floristry.
Buy 2+ @$14.90ea usually:$19.90ea
  Special  

Cassava

$4.95 ($4.95-$19.75 choose a size)

The tuberous root is white and has a satisfying but bland taste. Harvest can start from earlier than 12 months. Tubers are best dug when small and used within a couple of days or stored in the ground on the plant.Cassava is a shrubby plant growing to about 1-3m, with thin stems and attractive large palm-shaped leaves. A perennial shrub cassava produces a high yield of tuberous roots in 6 months to 3 years after planting. The tubers are the main part that is eaten, but the leaves can be enjoyed as a vegetable dish. Cassava is an important daily source of starch for 300-600 million of the poorest people around the world. It is among the most productive uses of subsistence land, producing 40% more starch than rice, and 25% more than maize. Note that all cassava is poisonous!! In some bitter varieties, all parts of the plant are laced with a highly toxic poison (hydrocyanic or prussic acid). Sweet varieties have lower or marginal concentrations of the toxin. But the more toxic varieties produce bigger tubers! Plants from the tropics have evolved toxins as a defence against predators more so than those from temperate climates which is why they require cooking in order to eat them. Thorough cooking dispels or denatures the harmful toxins, and makes the remaining portion safe to eat. Powdered cassava is treated like a flour and made into cakes, unleavened bread, pasta, crackers. Sliced cassava is also made into crisps. Flat bread made from cassava meal can keep for a year without spoiling. Dried chips or pellets are used as animal feed. Young tender leaves are rich in Vitamin B and protein, but also has more of the toxins. They are eaten as a vegetable. Like the tubers, they have to be boiled for minimum 15-20 mins in an open topped vessel to remove their toxins.Best grown without the use of fertilisers as too much vegetative growth is promoted at the expense of tubers
Buy 4+ @$4.95ea usually:$5.90ea
  Special  

Achacha

$34.00 ($27.00-$129.00 choose a size)

A cousin of the mangosteen, Achachas are tangy and refreshing with a delicate subtle sweetness, a fine balance between sweetness and acidity, producing an unusual taste sensation. Fruit should be picked mature as it does not ripen further on storage. Originating from the Bolivian part of the Amazon basin in South America, the Bolivian name of the fruit is Achachairu and translated means honey kiss. Achacha is protected by Plant Breeders Right (PBR) and cannot be grown or propagated without licence agreement with Achacha Fruit Group
Buy 1+ @$34.00ea usually:$39.00ea

Chinese Red Bayberry

$79.00 ($39.00-$79.00 choose a size)

Fruit is typically a deep, brilliant red, but may vary from white to purple. Flesh colour is similar to outer colour, or somewhat lighter. Flesh is sweet and tart with berry flavours. Single seeded. Besides eating fresh, the fruits may be dried, canned, soaked in liquor. The bayberry is an evergreen dioecious tree with separate male and female plants. Our seedlings are not sexed and it is recommended to grow at least 3 to be assured of at least one female.

Chinese Water Chestnut Reviews & Tips

Star Rating

Customer Tips & Reviews Chinese Water Chestnut★★★★★ 4.4 of 5 stars

Juliana ★★★★★ 6months ago

NARKO, QLD

Chinese Water Chestnut

I purchase plants that produce eatible fruit.

Rosemary ★★★★★ 2y ago

MOGGILL, QLD

Chinese Water Chestnut

Doing well in its tube stock pot and I will be planting out soon. I can highly recommend the video without which I would have done the wrong thing. Looking forward to trying to grow my first crop.

Elizabeth ★★★★★ 2y ago

BURNETT HEADS, QLD

Chinese Water Chestnut

great product

sarah ★★★★★ 2y ago

CURTIN, ACT

Chinese Water Chestnut

Received happy and healthy

(1/1)

fullscreen
Anand Rathod ★★★★ 6y ago

NORTHFIELD, SA, Australia

Trying first time, tastes good.

Potty Bob 1 ★★★★★ 6y ago

POTTSVILLE BEACH, 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 13y ago

Capel, WESTE

Chinese Waterchestnut

Never plant your corms too close together, because the root systems will get entangled & make harvesting a nightmare!

(1/3)

(2/3)

(3/3)

fullscreen
Kath ★★★★★ 14y 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 ★★★★ 15y 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 ★★★★★ 16y ago

Cooroibah, QLD, Australia

Lots of new bulbs, growing strong and well but bulbs are quite small, but very tasty

(1/3)

(2/3)

(3/3)

fullscreen
Graibeard ★★★★ 16y 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.

Damian ★ 16y ago

Noble Park, VIC, Australia

harvested grape sized fruits

Phil1 ★★★★ 16y 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.

  • Subscribe
  • Postage Free Truck
  • Plant List
  • Calculate Freight
Customer Service
Contact Us
Daleys Fruit Tree Group Facebook
Frequently Asked Questions
Email Newsletter
Online Plants for Sales
Mail Order Plant List
Online Nursery
Fruit Tree Reference Booklet
Wholesale Nursery
Returns Policy
About Us
Meet Our Staff
Apply for a Job
Daleys History
Testimonials
News






Home  Terms & conditions  A-Z Plants Text  A-Z Plants Pictures   Contact Us  Consent Preferences  Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery