Sweet Potato Time - 2014

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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #45 on: May 14, 2014, 13:51 »
Just discovered this thread ::)  I had been wondering about growing SP as I love them.  One day I was in the animal supply place and they had some strange looking ´dead looking´ cuttings, I asked what they were- sweet potatoes!!  So I now have 8 planted up at the edge of my veg plot.  I have been told they need loads of feed and loads of water.  Will be interesting what I get from the plants.  It is in the mid 30´s here, so should be warm enough for them  :lol:

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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #46 on: June 10, 2014, 21:11 »
i was just going to ask how much water SP's need.

mine are in the tunnel now with plenty of mulch, but the leaves do look droopy sometimes but watering doesn't seem to make a huge difference like it usually does when other plants are dry. they do seem to recover and perk up but there is not huge amounts of growth from them.

would a good soaking in the evening help or watering little and often?

is it worth adding fertiliser to them?

or are they just struggling in their new position?


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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #47 on: July 06, 2014, 13:37 »
How do you know when the SP are ready to lift?  Mine are growing well, one lot is really spreading. But who knows what is below the surface!

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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #48 on: July 12, 2014, 08:42 »
Just found this.  I have a sweet potatoe growing in old chicken poo bucket.  It looks healthy and is climbing well with the cucumbers.  Good to find somewhere I can gat advice.  I bought it on impulse as I like try some thing new each year.
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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #49 on: July 13, 2014, 16:56 »
How do you know when the SP are ready to lift?  Mine are growing well, one lot is really spreading. But who knows what is below the surface!

Pamela

From memory (given reasonably consistent high temperatures), I would work on 16-20 weeks from establishment.

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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #50 on: July 27, 2014, 11:53 »
My SP plants are doing brilliantly on the plot in all this heat! I'm throwing plenty of water on them once a week.

I have put some plants inbetween tom plants and these seem a little smaller so I wouldnt reccomend inter cropping them with tall plants.

We have a little slug damage afte rthe recent showers but I am probably over run with slugs as I just dont have the time at the mo to go slug picking.

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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #51 on: July 29, 2014, 12:54 »
I asked our neighbour when they would be ready- after the feria was the reply, so mid September.  Here everything is always ´after Semana Santa (Easter week)  or after the feria, so mid September´ No matter if Semana Santa is early orlate, it is always the week they go by for planting up things! :lol: :lol:

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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #52 on: September 21, 2014, 15:28 »
My plants have got big this year 3ft round maybe hoping there's something in the ground worth having
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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #53 on: September 25, 2014, 14:01 »
Dug some up- they were small but tasty. We have had rain for a few days sohopefully it will spur what is in the ground to fatten up some more.

Pamela

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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #54 on: October 09, 2014, 20:02 »
I dug one of my plants up this week to check on the size of the tubers. Slugs had distroyes the tubers closest to the surface. So I dug the rest of the plants up! some nice fat tubers but lots of damaged tubers.

Slug damage



Tubers

The edable ones


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Re: Sweet Potato Time - 2014
« Reply #55 on: October 13, 2014, 13:22 »
Dug the rest up this morning-  not too bad a crop- glad it is just me who likes them though- I will not have to share.  I will def grow them next year. 

Pamela



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