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ever plant a sweet potato?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:25 am
Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:25 am
i had one sprouting on the counter so i stuck in a flower bed to see what it would do...
this is after a week
this is after a week
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 10:26 am
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 10:26 am to cgrand
Keep the soil drained.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 11:13 am to jimbeam
We did sweet potatoes a few years ago, zone 8, full sun garden plot, they did great. One thing to remember is after you harvest them, they have to cure for a couple months in whatever you can call a "root cellar" around your house somewhere, or they won't taste very good.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 11:15 am to cgrand
By the way, you can take a sweet potato and slice it into 100 little chunks and plant 100 of them.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 11:29 am to cgrand
I did the same thing a few years back. Ended up with a nice crop of taters, although my heavy soil meant that the potatoes were a bit misshapen and twisted. Also had some sort of burrowing critter ravage about 20% of them. It was pretty amazing to get a big crop out of one lone potato.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 11:59 am to cgrand
Beware of the La Dept of Agriculture showing up at your house with a fine and order to destroy the planting. Why? Anyone planting sweet potatoes must first contact the Dept of Ag to register their site, pay a fee, and have a potato weevil trap posted nearby.
Not kidding. I know a guy that planted some and they showed up and ordered him to disc under everyone of them.
Not kidding. I know a guy that planted some and they showed up and ordered him to disc under everyone of them.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:00 pm to hungryone
this thing might swallow my carport before the roots are ready to dig up.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:13 pm to cgrand
I meant to post something about that earlier. The vines, while pretty, go everywhere. They took over a huge chunk of my garden a couple years back. I quit planting them because of it.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:54 pm to Capt ST
Did you ever try eating the vines? They are edible.
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