sweet potatoes, home grown vs bought

Started by manicscousers, July 05, 2008, 18:43:15

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manicscousers

hope the others catch up  ;D

manicscousers


amphibian

Being a relative of bindweed you'd think they'd cover your whole plot in a few hours.

saddad

I use bought slips as you know, beauregard... coming on nicely now... come down and see them sometime... ( to paraphrase a well known saying!!)
;D

manicscousers

leave 'em in the ground 'til your open day, saddad, we'll see them then  ;D

saddad

They won't be going anywhere until October at the earliest!  ;D

manicscousers

one of them has a flower coming on, do I leave it on or does it take away from the tubers ?

saddad

I'd leave it just to get a photo... they are related to Morning Glory...
:)

amphibian

Quote from: manicscousers on July 06, 2008, 15:02:33
one of them has a flower coming on, do I leave it on or does it take away from the tubers ?

Pretty sure they let them flower in commercial cultivation. Flowering is rare in such temperate climates.

manicscousers

you can just see the bud, I think  :)

manicscousers

that one died when I wasn't there, here's another on the same plant  ;D
pretty, in't it ?

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