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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 16:30

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 16:30

hi all

i was given a potted sweet potato ages ago.

planyed in a nice container and made sure if yould drain well.
its in the polly tunnel but i have a problem!

the top hasnt realy grown since i planted it and has not trailed like i was told it would.


should i just empty the pot and give it up as a bad job?

thanks

nathan

Title: sweet potato
Post by: gobs on October 24, 2007, 17:22

Green house job, methinks, if it's still alive, but does not cost to try. :wink:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 17:27

its been in there for months now (tunnel), thats why im thinking is it a scrap job

nathan

Title: sweet potato
Post by: gobs on October 24, 2007, 17:34

It might well be, if you had this cold wet summer like we did. Look for healthy, firm tubers, even if small, they might shoot. :wink:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 17:40

sweet potatos are grown from slips from a shooting tuber  not a planted tuber

didnt know if you knew that? it was new to me when  i found out

nathan

Title: sweet potato
Post by: WG. on October 24, 2007, 17:55

see kumara in the Glossary  :)

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 18:21

hi wg, hope you are well?

ive seen that and its one of the reasons why i thought mine are no good!

its been planted a minimum of 118 days, going on the guide in that post 110 sould see them fully grown

the tops on mine havent grown much but they look healthy :shock:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: muntjac on October 24, 2007, 18:27

spring with warm weather in ablack bin liner in deep compost  :wink: old tomato compost revitalised is fine :wink:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 18:30

Quote from: "muntjac"

spring with warm weather in ablack bin liner in deep compost  :wink: old tomato compost revitalised is fine :wink:

do you mean planting from scratch or re-plant up this one munty?  :?

Title: sweet potato
Post by: muntjac on October 24, 2007, 18:40

planting from scratch ,search yams n sweet potato n you will find a way i do em :wink:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 18:42

i followed the guide on here best i could when i first done them

think its a case of  

it didnt werk for me!  lol


think its scrap time the current ones then! :roll:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: muntjac on October 24, 2007, 18:46

i would thye like loads heat  :wink:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 24, 2007, 18:49

will tip them out in the morning then

thanks
munty

nathan

Title: sweet potato
Post by: sweet nasturtium on October 24, 2007, 19:45

:oops:  where's the glossary???  :?:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: WG. on October 24, 2007, 20:04

Quote from: "nasturtium"

:oops:  where's the glossary???  :?:

Sticky in Welcome Forum

Title: sweet potato
Post by: new_2_veg on October 25, 2007, 11:51

just emptyed out the pot and theres a small potato growing, its about a inch long :roll:


not sure if to plant up in the tunnel and see what happens

nathan

Title: sweet potato
Post by: sweet nasturtium on October 25, 2007, 12:31

Great article of Leonie's - ours is not to reason why it can't be under Information or why the glossary is not...  :wink:

Title: sweet potato
Post by: WG. on October 25, 2007, 13:46

Quote from: "nasturtium"

Great article of Leonie's - ours is not to reason why it can't be under Information or why the glossary is not...  :wink:

Run that one past me again please.  Preferably in English  :wink:  :)

Title: sweet potato
Post by: gobs on October 25, 2007, 15:58

I thought it was foreigners who no understand :roll:  :roll:

But yes, it is a brilliant article, everything is in there. 8)

All I could add that I prefer the orange flesh and they shoot in damp sand or similar as well, I'm actually going to try both ways this year for comparison.

And a wide range is available nowadays, ex. Th&M. :wink:

And a Big Badge of Patience to Munty this week on several accounts. :wink:  :)  :)