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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: janeyk on July 28, 2003, 21:19:49

Title: SWEET POTATOES
Post by: janeyk on July 28, 2003, 21:19:49

Anybody tried to grow sweet potatoes out there ? I have 15 plants in a cloche that are currently just a mass of vine-like leaves. When do I harvest them ? Do I wait for a flower ?  Any other advice ?

???

Many thanks.

Janeyk

Title: Re: SWEET POTATOES
Post by: Admin Dan on July 28, 2003, 21:47:19

Where about in the country are you ?

We were thinking of sweet potatoes, but didn't think we would have much luck in this country.

We are in Liverpool.

Title: Re: SWEET POTATOES
Post by: janeyk on July 28, 2003, 21:50:25

I'm in Central Lancs. so not far from you. The variety I have tried are Beauregarde and I got them from Marshalls. So far so good thanks to the cloche and the slugs have only eaten a tiny bit of the leaves !

Title: Re: SWEET POTATOES
Post by: OP on July 31, 2003, 15:24:18

These are the only references I found that seemed to be any use:

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gqt/fsheets/0.../fsheetsq3.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gqt/fsheets/2.../fsheetsq7.shtml

Title: Re: SWEET POTATOES
Post by: Shazza on August 01, 2003, 14:39:28

There was considerable discussion about growing sweet potatoes on the kitchengarden.co.uk web site forum last year. If you do a search for "sweet potatoes" at http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/forum/search.asp
you should bring up all the postings. ;D