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Title: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: lost the plot on January 11, 2007, 21:51:28

Hi
Can any one help me?

Has any one grown sweet potatoes and if so where do you get the seed from and do you grow them like regular spuds.
Clare

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: cookie on January 11, 2007, 22:14:03

Hi Clare, Welcome to A4A.
I grew loads of sweet potatoes last year. If you look on the wiki above, it gives you all the info you need . They grow from slips obtained from another potato , but given the climate in England, don't worry about them until at least May.
Good Luck,Andrea

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: triffid on January 11, 2007, 22:18:10

Hello Clare,

We had a conversation not so long ago about just this subject -- catch up with it here

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,91/topic,25657.0

and you'll find quite a bit of useful info (as well as some photos of enviable crops! ;))

PS Sweet potatoes aren't related to regular spuds. :-)

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: lost the plot on January 12, 2007, 14:33:36

Thanks Tiffid, intresting reading. Clare

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: saddad on January 12, 2007, 19:07:40

Here's one I grew last year! It weighed nearly five pounds. The little one is one from Sainsburys!
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e190/Plot52/SPot3.jpg)

but this is more like it...
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e190/Plot52/SweetPots.jpg)

;D

We are still eating the Gallon and a half of soup we made with the big boy!
8)

Sorry for showing off again but didn't follow the link...
:-[

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: manicscousers on January 12, 2007, 20:03:07

lovely to see them, saddad, brings back summer and gives us all hope :)

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: cornykev on January 12, 2007, 20:52:56

What did the bigun taste like Sadad you probably told us but I forgot. ;D

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: saddad on January 12, 2007, 21:59:40

Not as sweet as bought ones and more starchy, mixed it with same amount of bought ones and then 50-50 with pumpkin to make a great soup!
;D

Title: Re: Sweet Potatoes
Post by: cornykev on January 13, 2007, 18:06:04

Its like a bloody melon.

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