Was talking to guy in town. He has been growing them for past years. And they keep well for him has them in 5-gallon buckets in heated garage. His plants look great-has about dozen.

I've never grown the food-type sweet potato, but my neighbor does and brings us 5 gallon buckets full of huge potatoes in the fall.

Well, that is encouraging! I got them in today. Only 8 plants, but this is an experiment! hehe!
If you hear any words of wisdom from these folks, I would appreciate it if you passed it on.

Thanks

MonaRae

I've had varying degrees of success, usually depending on the weather, so it's like any other crop. Water seems to be the important ingredient as the tubers develop - August and Sept. - our dryer season. The best crops came from the wettest years. One crop was awful, and that was a dry year.

Good luck!