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30 May 22, Bryon Ellison (Australia - tropical climate)

Where can I get kumara Wairaraka. Red with white flesh and very light central red streeks

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31 May 22, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

You would have a very slim chance of finding some in Australia.

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01 Jun 22, Bryon Ellison (Australia - tropical climate)

Does any one know what is a similar species in Australia?

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30 Apr 22, Robyn ballantine (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

When we have a big supply, how do you cure? And keep them. ? I have found they just rot when we dig them up

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02 May 22, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Don't water them for the last 2 weeks or so before digging them up - toughen them up a bit.. Put them out in the sun or shaded area for a week or two to get a tough skin. Then in a cool dry place. They should keep for few months.

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21 Apr 22, Julie Edwards (USA - Zone 5a climate)

When do I plant the slips sweet potatoes? In my zone. We have been having late frost as late as March the past couple of years

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22 Apr 22, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

There is no planting guide for your climate zone in the USA. Your climate doesn't suit by the sound of it.

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05 Apr 22, (Australia - temperate climate)

i was looking for websites to help with my school project and this helped so much. thanks alot.

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14 Mar 22, Malcolm (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

I have grown a large bed of kumara in a school garden. The entire bed is covered in healthy top growth. But I can't feel any tubers when I lift up a section of top growth. I'm interested in the comments on pulling up runners, although I may be too late now, in mid-March. Do I just hack away at the long vines, cutting them back to where they enter the soil. Or am I wasting my time, since we are about a month from harvest?

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09 Apr 22, Will (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

No, you are not wasting your time growing them. Even if there are no tubers, the top leaves can be harvested. They are commonly harvested & eaten in the Philippines. Steam them. They commonly used them with raw tomatoes, in their summer.

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