Sweet potato?

[CaroltheCarrot]

HI, just found this page that show how to grow sweet potatos.
Unusual Vegetables. Sweet potato.

thanks for that,think will give these a try

[supermum]

I bought mine last year from an ad. in the Telegraph, 9 plants and big sacks to grow them in...they did really well an gave loads of pots. I saved 3 small tubers that were too small to eat and tried to over winter them but only 1 is still growing. still, i is better than non.

[Nicos]

Bramble- those look good!

My poor spindly whole potato has 3 long 'stems' with leaves at the tips.
Don't look very exciting actually- I'm strting to thing your way with plugs would be much better!

Let us know how you get on with them!

[Paulottie]

All potted up and looking good thanks.

[chris]

Where'd you source them from? Ebay or Dobies?

[Bramble_killer]

Where'd you source them from? Ebay or Dobies?

the pot ready plants came from suttons.

[21again]

They have some Beauregard Improved Sweet Potato Plug Plants free at Ideal World, just pay p+p of £4.99.

Is it worth buying these now or is it too late in the year?

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[chris]

I've read they need a long growing season, so I guess it depends on how developed they are?

I bought 10 a while ago, as above - they're grown massivly, but I still think I bought them too late. We'll see though, if I get any sort of sucess I'll get them really early on next year.

[Fernw]

I had 5 Beauregard and 5 T65 which weren't delivered until mid to late May and were very slow to start off but now although not overly tall they look healthy and strong growing. July in Scotland has been lots of heavy rain and strong winds so I havethem in potato bags in a poly greenhouse so they get what sun there is at present. I've not grown them before so hope they will do well.

[Alison]

I had 5 Beauregard and 5 T65 which weren't delivered until mid to late May and were very slow to start off but now although not overly tall they look healthy and strong growing. July in Scotland has been lots of heavy rain and strong winds so I havethem in potato bags in a poly greenhouse so they get what sun there is at present. I've not grown them before so hope they will do well.

They won't really get tall at all, they just creep along the ground unless you train them up something. I'm winding mine round some canes to keep them under control.

[Fernw]

Thanks Alison, I'll bear that in mind when they start getting out of control.

[sheena]

Ok you can all laugh at me if you like...

I assumed potato when sprouting goes into ground like normal spuds.
It was only today that I noticed it was growing like a climber, hence my reading of the thread.

So, have i done the right thing, should I be pulling slips off and potting them up?
The vine is a good 10" long but it has taken ages to get to that stage. Like 4 months!

[bearded bloke]

( just make sure you buy the orange skinned ones- not creamy/yellow!)

Why not the cream skinned varieties Nicos ? I am just curious as I brought a few different tubers back from Madeira & some are cream skinned