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tracy-fuerteventura

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« on: October 18, 2008, 11:05 »
hi guys my sweet potato slips are now ready to plant out they have got great root systems and i am sure they will do well but how far apart do i plant them i really need hands on advice as a book ive got says 1 meter apart and one site on the net said only 40 cm apart HELP !!!!!

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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2008, 11:24 »
Most of the sites Ive looked at say between 40 cm and 75cm, so Id go for the 75cm spacing if I was you Tracy

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tracy-fuerteventura

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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2008, 16:02 »
have gone with 60cm purley because my planting mound is 3 meters in circumfrence so i divided that by my 5 slips see how that turns out
cheers tracy


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