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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: chumpy7 on January 10, 2021, 12:55

Title: sweet potato
Post by: chumpy7 on January 10, 2021, 12:55

Just bought a bag of sweet potatoes from Aldi. The variety is Beauregard. Make your own slips for 85p per bag.
                    regards Mick

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Post by: mumofstig on January 10, 2021, 13:17

You just have to hope they haven't been sprayed with something to stop sprouting while in storage - Good luck :)

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Post by: al78 on January 10, 2021, 17:50

No harm in trying I guess, but my understanding is the slips you can buy are from varieties which are better suited to the very marginal UK climate.

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Post by: chumpy7 on January 10, 2021, 20:08

Beauregard seems to be the most popular variety for UK growing, that's why I posted it.

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Post by: Ema on January 28, 2021, 18:51

Any shoots yet?

I grew some a few years back from an organic s pot ended up with the equivalent of a bag of carrots with a few slug holes

Tried to grow my own slips another year and the spud just wouldn’t sprout.

I should give them another go as I’ve got a lot of materials to make cold frames this spring

Title: Re: sweet potato
Post by: chumpy7 on February 24, 2021, 19:35

I started 8 of 'em in water, all got loads of root and shoots. best shoots so far abour 2". Plenty of time yet.

Title: Re: sweet potato
Post by: chumpy7 on March 05, 2021, 13:17

Looking good