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Planting sweet potatoes in garden
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Posted by monarae z4 IOWA (My Page) on Mon, Jun 11, 07 at 18:30
| Ok.....I know that here in Iowa sweet potatoes tend not to do so well. I have tried before, with them producing enough for a rather large family gathering with a few left over. Only 6 plants. Any words of wisdom out there for this silly gal?? I am trying it again! They are Beauregard (spelling? ) and they mature in 90 days. I know that the ground needs to be warm before you plant, so I figured now is the time.
Would love to hear from anyone else challenging the climate here in Iowa!!!
MonaRae |
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RE: Planting sweet potatoes in garden
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| 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. |
RE: Planting sweet potatoes in garden
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- Posted by jspece Josh - z4 IA (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 12, 07 at 13:15
| 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. |
RE: Planting sweet potatoes in garden
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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 |
RE: Planting sweet potatoes in garden
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| 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! |
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