grace
I had sliced off the piece of a sweet potato that had sprouted and planted it in a pot. As luck would have it I saw it growing well. When the leaves turned yellow I dug it up and was happy to see a full grown sweet potato. That encouraged me to plant more cuttings of the vine that had grown.
It did show results but only to be destroyed by mongoose that we have seen in our garden. We got nothing for this effort.
We have now planted cuttings on a raised bed where I have noticed mongoose do not climb. Keeping my fingers crossed. We should see results in a couple of months.
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Question of
Do you like sweet potatoes?
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Yes
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No
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Question of
Have you grown sweet potatoes?
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Yes
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No
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I love sweet potatoes especially when taken with tea.
Even just boiled sweet potatoes taste nice.
I mostly loved boiled than cooked.
I have never tried sweet potatoes so it doesn’t look like it
They are filled with nutrients
Then it’s good for health
This is the first time I am growing sweet potatoes, I have only grown the normal ones so far.
That is interesting Do get back when you see success
I have a garden, but I don’t grow sweet potatoes.
They are easy to grow provided there are no predators.
Our sweet potato is the Kumara and I tried to grow it in an old clothes basket and it failed. I will have another go one day but I put the Agria potatoes in an old clothes basket and they are growing.
What is the secret of growing successful kumara I have yet to find out..maybe you know?
Here they grow easily. It needs a bit of a sandy soil and ofcourse there should be no predators around.
Sorry to hear that, gardening is not an easy job. Hopefully it will be more successful in the new place!
I will checking that spot in a few days Hopefully there will be sweet potatoes underneath (lol)
You’re lucky, we’ve no success in growing sweet potatoes …
they just don’t bear fruit
I am not lucky but the mongoose is (lol)
Expect a thank you and x’mas card from them soon :p
You do not mind seening them around but they must behave (lol)
I love sweet potatoes. I visit a food outlet here that serves sweet potato chips which are delicious
You can try to grow them. They are easy to grow provided there are no predators (lol)
I don’t have the kind of garden where I can grow them but I do buy them.
Don;t like sweet Potato, neither grow it
They are a rich soiurce of many nutrients. You do not know what you are missing.
It is not a loss. At least the Mongoose was fed, who certified the produce was good and the Gardner a kind person.
The wearer knows where the shoe pinches (lol)
Thatis sad loss for you Grace. It’s like my wife lovingly caring for some really healthy plants, coriander, corn, peppers, lettuce, and sweet potatoes, and the plants were just ready for harvesting when just 6 hours ago, hail came and flattened everything… Last season we got nothing either because bugs spoiled the lot. I could never be a farmer doing this year after year. They are very special people. On the one hand, Mother Nature is killing their efforts with drought and on the other hand, greedy people are murdering them and stealing them Some have been on their land for 400 years and are 6th and 7th generation farmers. In 25 years, 80,000 farmers have been reduced to 30,000 as a result of robberies and killings and the weather, these few that still exist must feed 65 million mouths.
typo, “Stealing from them”
Farmers need to be venerated, your wife and me included. What if it is just two potatoes but I worked for them and the mongoose feasts on them (lol)