The only thing I sprouted them for was food...grabbed a trowel, went out in the back "yard" and dug up a couple all winter whenever we wanted sweet potatoes for dinner.
The only thing I sprouted them for was food...grabbed a trowel, went out in the back "yard" and dug up a couple all winter whenever we wanted sweet potatoes for dinner.
You got that right. You'd be best off to plant them in the spring, as soon as the ground warms up a bit!In Texas in winter you can probably dig up potatoes with a hand trowel. In New York, you'd need a jackhammer.
Do you grow gold or white? I've never tried growing sweet potatoes - always figured it was too warm here.In Texas, here...its easy to grow sweet potatoes. Fun to go out in the winter and spade a couple up for dinner.
I remember my mother trying to grow an avocado tree that way. Never even a hint of success.I remember my mom sprouting sweet potatoes. She stuck toothpicks around the middle and suspended it over a glass of water. But that was long ago - probably before the practice of treating the taters was instituted.
Do you grow gold or white?
Thanks. I'll look into growing the golden/orange variety. I'm not a fan of white sweet potatoes.@StarSong
I have never lived in your climate, but I would guess and think that Sweet potatoes might grow well there, either as ornamental vines, with their lovely foliage, or for the eatable tubers.
They need a long warm growing season, unlike the regular types (not "sweet")
of potatoes that grow well in the chilly shorter growing seasons in the Northern USA areas.
Yup, bought some yesterdayStill very popular!
One pound of fine salt to four pounds of small potatoes or you can pay a premium price for the salt and potatoes in one bag.
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