Topic: Sweet Potatoes

[Chilipepper]

Hi i want to try and grow some sweet potatoes this year any advice as to how and when to plant etc
Thanks

[Eristic]

There is currently a heated debate running in The Basics section where all is revealed.

I'm in the Blue corner.

[PJW_Letchworth]

Would anyone know if sweep potatoes are more prone to wireworm damage than normal spuds?

[manicscousers]

we definitely didn't have as much slug/anything damage on the sweet potatoes as we had on the spuds  :)

[ceres]

Me neither.

[PJW_Letchworth]

That's odd because even though the sweet pots were very tiny, they were riddles with holes.  The early and main crop spuds were a lot better than the year before.  Perhaps I'm just unlucky.  I wil be growing the sweet pots in tubs in the back garden this year.  Any tips would be gratefully received.

[Eristic]

They grow quite well in buckets but need lots of room for the roots which can go pretty deep.

[thifasmom]

They grow quite well in buckets but need lots of room for the roots which can go pretty deep.

so what size container would you suggest should be the minimum?

[thegreatgardener]

A pot 36 in Dia and 30 in depth is what you need.