Sweet potatoes....

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:19 pm

So how did folks do with the sweet potatoe shoots I delivered? tom, Jaye, WPcowgirl, Jan (WWW), eggsagerate (Linda)?

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 7:55 pm

I didnt know what to expect..but i planted the ten i had..seven survived and grew well...they were a surprisingly white colour when i dug up the hills...real interesting shapes...got about 6 quarts of various sized tubers..I'm not sure exactly what i was expecting but boy oh boy are they tasty...thanks Bert for bringing them to me and thank you very much Kathy for the gift...much appreciated...I'll definitely do this again... :running-chicken:

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:05 pm

I got shoots from Kathy and like yours Tom, mine were white. Not what I was expecting either. Only had enough for a meal but they were tasty. Mine struggled along and out of the 5 or 6 shoots I had only 4 grew. I think the dry hot conditions we had hindered them even though I hand watered, they really took off when we got all that rain in the early Fall but it was too late unfortunately.

Post by **WLLady** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:42 pm

They arewhite cultiver sweet potatoes...not orange....so getting white tubours is good lol

WaupoosCowgirl · Post by **WaupoosCowgirl** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:35 pm

I didn't get any. I didn't plant a thing this year!

windwalkingwolf · Post by **windwalkingwolf** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:40 pm

I got them in very late--late June. My bad :/ They never really took off, and I got maybe a gallon container of small tubers. Which are long gone LOL, they were very tasty!

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:22 am

I didn't get mine planted as early as i would have liked, because of other stuff taking priority. In spite of the shorter time they had to grow, and the drought, I did get 5 rather large tubers, the same number again of smaller tubers, and adozen or so teeny ones. I still have a couple of the big ones left. They have great flavour and we've really enjoyed them. I cooked up the teeny ones too. They were added several times to our dog's dinner. And he was most appreciative.

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:05 am

So technically you had 100% success from what you planted!

WPG: that's right, I dropped off EO eggs to you. How well did you do with those?

Post by **Killerbunny** » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:44 am

Going to have to try to get some next year - hint, hint Jan, Tom, Bert!

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:12 pm

Kathy... I need a quick lesson in what to do to start slips of my own... Can I do it from some of these smaller tubers? And how?