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26 Jul 09, Barry Hayes (Australia - temperate climate)

For Meredith. The purple sweet potato appears in asian grocery/veg shops when in season. Keep watch. If you break off the stalk when nobody is looking you'll see the purple. I agree - they're the best variety. Put the ends (about 2") in a box on some potting mix, cover with damp potting mix to about 3" and put in a warm place for 3 weeks. They'll shoot. Break the shoots off and plant them - or cut a bit of the spud off with the shoots. Good luck. P.S. They hate frost and cold wind. Put wind guards around them until it warms up.

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21 Jun 09, elly (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi I have had my sweet potato in the ground for about 6 mth, and it has rained non stop since Feb. Will they be ok? how do I know when to harvest?

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31 May 09, Meredith.Baillie (Australia - temperate climate)

I am also wanting to find New Zealand Kumera. The purple one..(they are really delicious). As you cannot, as far as I know buy the tubers here in Australia, would anyone know where I could buy the seeds?

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26 Jul 10, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

There are no seeds to grow kumara. To get nz kumara one can buy the kumara but there are no seeds

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28 Jul 10, Phil (Australia - temperate climate)

If you cut the eye end off a kumera or sweet potato you can grow a new plant from this. Just as with regular potatoes.

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07 May 09, Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Claudie in Australia cool/mountain, I assume you have already planted by now. Lettuce is good this time of year, and so too are broccoli, bok choy, sugarsnap peas and broad beans. Pumpkin and sweet potato both take a looong time, and need warmer weather. Pumpkin takes up heaps of space, so not very practical in a mini garden.

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11 Apr 09, IAN (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I can only get yellow, white or red (with white flesh) sweet potatoes in Australia. But does anyone know where to get the red one with the yellow flesh? - these are common in NZ but I have never seen them in Australia.

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07 Apr 09, Claudie (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi there I have just decided to start my own mini Veggie garden and I am wondering what is the best thing sow in about two weeks from now. My family eat alot of lettuce and pumpkin and sweet potato. What should I do? :)

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18 Mar 09, Jean (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi, just to get this right, do I let the runners simply keep growing, exposing the roots of course, and where do the tubers actually grow. My runners are running riot and Roy is threatening to cut them off. Help!!

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02 Mar 09, Jason (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hello. I have planted a sweet potato in December that has grown many runners. How do I turn that into more sweet potatos and how long do they take to mature? Am I supossed to bury the runners in the soil?? Can't quite seem to get it to work.

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