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06 Aug 10, Jo Hyland (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

What soil conditions best suit the sweet potato, as far as the pH goes? And are they a high yield plant, or do they produce relatively few tubers, requiring a large crop to be planted? I would like a decent crop, as I go through at least a kilo of them a week - sometimes more.

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19 Jul 10, Joanne Lockyer (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi we recently went to NZ for a holiday and were quite impressed by Kumara. Where can I located some plants in Australia as we would like to try and grow our own. thanks

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13 Jul 10, ben (Australia - temperate climate)

hi everybody i live in western Australia and you can get the orange(anytime), purple(most times) and sometimes the cream coloured ones. I buy them more than normal potatos

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23 Jul 10, Karl (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Ben when you say you can get purple most of the time is that purple on the inside?

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15 Jun 10, Michele -- Launceston (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I found a sweet potato tuber with shoots about 2cm long in the vegetable storer in the cupboard. I want to know if it will keep for a couple of months so I can plant it out when the threat of frost has gone . I paln to plant tomatoes, capsicum, peas and chiilis at the same time..... mid October ish.

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03 Aug 11, [email protected] (Australia - tropical climate)

next time plant them in a very large pot, wine barrel etc and keep indoors by a sunny window till frost passes. just trim the shoots that over hang or trellis them

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09 Jul 10, CC (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

My brother grows sweet potato & they grew from shoots, which he planted in the ground.

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11 Feb 10, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Sandra, have a look at this site www.bbc.co.uk/search/sweet_potato

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10 Feb 10, Sandra Rowland (United Kingdom - cool/temperate climate)

Is it possible to grow sweet potatoes in the uk?

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01 Jan 13, Jane (United Kingdom - warm/temperate climate)

I didn't think so, but I read on the blog of a Canadian gardener how she had a massive crop last summer, so I'll have a try this year. She cut the sweet potato in half and suspended it with the end in water until it grew shoots, then twisted the shoots off and planted them once all danger of frost was past. She also warmed the soil with black plastic.

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