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Post by macmex on Apr 8, 2022 8:39:47 GMT -6
Well, the greenhouse has been a pleasant place to hang out in lately. I still have more sweet potatoes to bed but am hoping to do more outdoors when it's warmer.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Apr 8, 2022 10:25:23 GMT -6
That sure is pretty George. Thanks, for posting that.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Apr 10, 2022 15:28:25 GMT -6
Those sure do look beautiful. How many varieties are you growing this year?
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Post by chrysanthemum on May 6, 2022 20:44:59 GMT -6
Oops. Posted on the wrong thread.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 4, 2022 4:25:22 GMT -6
bon, nice!! What variety of sweet potatoes are you growing?
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Post by woodeye on Aug 4, 2022 5:41:54 GMT -6
Good deal! I'm sure you will enjoy them, bon...
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Post by macmex on Aug 4, 2022 6:12:43 GMT -6
Somehow I missed the question way back when asked. I have the following varieties growing:
Ginseng Orange High Orange Old Yellow Grand Asia Japanese White Red Wine Velvet Oklahoma Red Barberman Hopi Molokai Beccas Purple Okinawa Korean Pink Vietnamese Red Brinkley White Gunlock Ozark County
Experimental Five seedlings (grown from seed this year) Seedling #1 (second year grow out of experimental cross)
This is a picture of the inside of a cooked Seedling #1. It was FABULOUS but the next root I tried, some months later, was not so good. So, I'm growing 6 plants this summer for a better trial.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 4, 2022 15:06:42 GMT -6
Yeah, that's not only food security, but pure fun. Looking forward to updates and reviews with so many varieties. With emphasis on the food security, it's why I have 3 refrigerators and 2 freezers. That's an exorbitant number of cooling and freezing units for anybody to have, but almost bizarre considering that I live alone. Ain't gonna go hungry around here.
I totally agree, looking forward to reviews from macmex on all of these varieties...
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 4, 2022 15:11:43 GMT -6
I’ve never tried growing slips from special varieties. Whatever the grocery store sells is what I’ve used in the past. Someone told me they were probably Beauregard. Sometimes they can be a bit stringy. Where y’all get the Oklahoma Reds?
In the last couple years they haven’t been going on sale around turkey day. I used to stock up for .10 a pound. Now they be a buck a pound!
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Post by hmoosek on Aug 4, 2022 16:19:29 GMT -6
Will do! Thanks a bunch!
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Post by macmex on Aug 12, 2022 7:05:48 GMT -6
Moose, I think you're probably right that you've had Beauregards. They're good, dependable sweet potatoes that fit the average consumer's expectations.
Here's a link, explaining why I am so into sweet potato preservation and why this is such a challenge.
My Vision for the Sweet Potato Network
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 12, 2022 10:06:07 GMT -6
I’m growing plants, too, that originally came from grocery store. They match the description of Beauregard and do well for me here. macmex, I just noticed recently that in my neighbors’ garden bed where we planted slips together toward the end of April that there are sweet potatoes poking up out of the ground in a couple of places. Is this a sign of a problem, or does it mean that they should harvest those particular tubers? They don’t seem huge, but I wasn’t expecting them to be above the surface.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Aug 12, 2022 11:59:47 GMT -6
When mine do that, I just cover them with straw. Macmex is the expert there though, I don't know if that affects the quality or not?
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Post by macmex on Aug 12, 2022 12:39:44 GMT -6
Ron "poked me," as I hadn't seen your question. I've seen sweet potatoes do this. Just can't recall how often or if it is a varietal thing. I never worry about it other than that rodents will often find the part sticking up and eat it. I've had relatively little rodent pressure in my garden this year (thanks to my cat and a number of snakes) but last night I found a sweet potato, still in a tray in which I'd produced slips, that had been almost completely consumed by rodents. Covering them certainly wouldn't hurt.
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Post by woodeye on Aug 12, 2022 16:03:34 GMT -6
Moose, I think you're probably right that you've had Beauregards. They're good, dependable sweet potatoes that fit the average consumer's expectations.
Here's a link, explaining why I am so into sweet potato preservation and why this is such a challenge.
My Vision for the Sweet Potato Network
Thank you for the link, macmex. I just read it and it's very interesting.
I have the daybooks that my grandparents wrote in from 1900 to 1956, raising sweet potatoes and selling slips was their main business venture. Right here on the land I live on now.
I need to get with it...
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