Growing Sweet Potato, also Kumara

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20 Apr 17 Vicki (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi I live west of Inverell NSW and have been growing Sweet potatoes for a few years now in wicking beds and have been getting a good harvest each year why is it that temperate areas for this veggie are not recommended to be grown here. You are right when you say the vines will travel one of mine was going up a palm tree. I find your sight very informative thank you.
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21 Apr 17 Jo (Australia - temperate climate)
They are often not recommended for temperate areas because of shorter seasons. If you strike them from cuttings and get them growing early you should be able to harvest a good crop. I Know of them growing in Toowoomba (cold winters) and they were bordering on being weeds. They are also grown by many people in southern Victoria.
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