What the heck have I dug up?

[Karen]

I moved to ED recently. I'm having a lovely time with my first ever garden. I'm even getting used to finding monstrous sized stag beetles (apparently ED is a hot spot for these endangered beasties)

I have recently dug up a tuber or mutant bulb . It's about 10 inches long and heavy. White and no sign of eyes or flowering but with healthy roots. I've not been able to identify it on the interwebs. Any keen gardeners like to have a guess? 

[malumbu]

Thought you were going to say a second world war bomb, old air rade shelter (we had remnants) or an indigenous American burial ground 

Looks like a spud.

[Moovart]

Put it in a pot of soil and wait for it to reveal itself.

[snowy]

Its a Jerusalem artichoke?

[Ruskin]

I thought it was the head of a femur and was preparing to urge you to call register human remains with the police. 

[Sue]

14 hours ago, malumbu said:

Thought you were going to say a second world war bomb, old air rade shelter (we had remnants) or an indigenous American burial ground 

Looks like a spud.

I agree it looks like a huge potato!

The bits that look like roots are strange though!

[malumbu]

22 hours ago, snowy said:

Its a Jerusalem artichoke?

Nibble it, spud and artichoke are pretty obvious tastes, if it is sweet it could be a mangleworzle.  Not sure of spelling.

Added a link. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worzel_Gummidge

[fishboy]

On 26/05/2025 at 17:22, Karen said:

I moved to ED recently. I'm having a lovely time with my first ever garden. I'm even getting used to finding monstrous sized stag beetles (apparently ED is a hot spot for these endangered beasties)

If you're finding Stag Beetles then please be really cautious if you have any piles of dead wood, as the larvae live & feed in them for around 7 years before emerging as beetles. Hence why they are endangered, as many people get rid of this kind of stuff when clearing overgrown gardens & land. 

We regularly used to see them walking across the path in the park near Colyton Road, but not a single one since that area was cleared & mulched by the park staff a few years back...