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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 07 5:14 pm Post subject:
I've been planting mine out now, some in a greenhouse, some in tubs in the garden and some will go direct in the garden. Surprisingly tubers are already forming (right hand side of pic).

mochyn

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 07 5:22 pm Post subject:
OK I give in: I'll have to try growing them next year.

cab

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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 07 5:39 pm Post subject:
Thats a lot better looking than my plants!

starmoonlilly

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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 07 2:49 pm Post subject:
Guess Id best get mine out then. 5 in greenhouse and 2 outside, its so wet I hope they can cope outdoors

deanom

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Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 07 8:33 pm Post subject: Mixed success with slips

I ended up trying both methods to produce slips. The glass method didn't work for me. some of the tubers rotted, and the others never really got off.

The bunch in a tray on a propagator were very strong. about twenty individual plants per tuber.

The difference may have been the propagator. The glass attempt was on a windowsill with no added heat.

I might try both methods on a propagator next year to see which works best.

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 07 8:37 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

Thats a lot better looking than my plants!

It must be the grey soil, TD's are doing much better on a table.

NannyP

Joined: 26 Aug 2005
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Location: Vienne, France

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 07 11:15 pm Post subject:
Cut up two large shop bought sweet potatoes and left them in a washing up bowl of peat for 2 months or so......I tipped them out and planted some on Saturday......the peat stunk But there were loads of slips...I still have some more to plant.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 07 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Mixed success with slips

deanom wrote:

I did that, I found the tuber in the peat rotted but the tubers in the glass jars in the propagator rooted. The main factor thought was the variety of the tuber.

Mine seem to all be happy in their final positions, if they all grow I think we might have too many sweet potatoes...

cab

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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 07 8:04 am Post subject:
No such thing as too many sweet potatoes. Stored right they last and last, we had home grown till March.

NannyP

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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 07 11:57 am Post subject:
That's good to know.....some tips on how to store them, and ordinary potatoes would be good

cab

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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 07 11:59 am Post subject:
I found that a couple of weeks in front of the French windows to dry out (remember, you're well past the heat of summer) followed by being put in the bottom shelf of the veg rack in the larder (which stays coolish) and they were right as rain right through till they were used up. Ordinary spuds are a different matter

NannyP

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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 07 8:45 pm Post subject:
Thanks. I asked my neighbour what he does with his excess potatoes, as he has tons. He said to put them in the cellar and cover them. The cellar, in my opinion, is not completely dry, as it has a partial earth floor. Is this good or bad?

judith

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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 07 9:30 am Post subject:

NannyP wrote:

I asked my neighbour what he does with his excess potatoes, as he has tons. He said to put them in the cellar and cover them. The cellar, in my opinion, is not completely dry, as it has a partial earth floor. Is this good or bad?

It sounds perfect for root vegetables - they want a slightly damp, but frost-free environment to store well. Not so good for, say, squashes, which need warmer, drier conditions.

NannyP

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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 07 12:04 pm Post subject:
Great, thanks for that.....now I know where to keep my potatoes and sweet potatoes.

starmoonlilly

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Location: Northampton

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 07 9:04 pm Post subject:
How are everyones sweet potatoes doing with all this rain? I still havent got mine out, the cool nights and inclement weather is putting me off (I think Im going to kill 'em) Probably kill 'em anyway by keepimg them in pots Sigh......

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