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13 May 22, Kathy Blackburn (USA - Zone 7b climate)

What sweet potato is good for zone 7b Long Island NY

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18 May 22, anonymous (USA - Zone 7b climate)

Probably any.

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30 Aug 21, Bonnie Hawks (USA - Zone 6b climate)

Can this area plant. Potatoes/sweet potatoes in the fall?

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01 Sep 21, Melinda Schwab (USA - Zone 8a climate)

Sweet potato farmers here grow sprouts by “bedding” seed potatoes in March. This is done by placing the whole potato in the ground, covering them with a thin layer of soil and plastic. Sprouts will be cut and transplanted from the greenhouse or bedding field to a different field in May or June. It takes approximately 90-120 days without frost to grow a sweet potato. Sweet potatoes are ready to dig 90-120 days after sprouts are transplanted. Around here in August the rows are plowed and sweet potatoes are flipped on top of the ground. Most sweet potatoes are cured. Curing changes starches in the sweet potatoes into sugar, making it sweeter and the skin tougher. It takes 4-7 days of 80-85̊ temperature and 80-90% relative humidity to cure sweet potatoes. After being cured, sweet potatoes are stored at temperatures between 55-60º F and 85% relative humidity. This special storage process is why sweet potatoes are available 365 days a year here in USA. Here in North Carolina, USA sweet potatoes are shipped all over the world. It is one of our largest farmed food crops. I hope this helps... ~Melinda

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14 Dec 21, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)

Thank you - excellent information - especially about "bedding" the sweet seed potatoes and cutting the sprouts for transplant!!!

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07 Sep 21, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Where I live sub-tropical Australia we are becoming the sweet potato capital of Australia. The sprouts are called ?

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18 Oct 21, Peter Hurley (USA - Zone 4b climate)

Sweet potato sprouts are known as "slips". In the United States sweet potatoes tend to be the reddish type with orange flesh, a good variety is Georgia Jet, Australia may be more familiar with what we would call yams.

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01 Sep 21, (USA - Zone 6b climate)

April May if you had checked the planting guide here.

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17 Jun 21, Mathi (USA - Zone 7b climate)

I Live in Zone 7b, Can i Plant potato now? Instead of seeds, I am planning to start with sprouted one from kitchen. Thanks in advance

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09 Aug 21, Anon (USA - Zone 7b climate)

It suggests you plant Mar April. You grow potatoes from potatoes not seeds.

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