tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134341373474313620.post6721317890016850184..comments2023-06-27T09:54:42.250-04:00Comments on ATLANTA VEGGIES : Sweet Potato Weather Alert!Amy W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14108368551894382300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134341373474313620.post-59473021737699957942009-10-18T10:59:50.103-04:002009-10-18T10:59:50.103-04:00owlfan,
For the varieties that I planted, it is u...owlfan,<br /><br />For the varieties that I planted, it is usual for each plant to form more than one tuber. It is possible that other varieties form fewer (or one!). For Beauregard, one or two will likely be visible above the soil surface, but others could be much deeper. I usually work through the whole planting area with a digging fork, lifting the soil starting at one outer edge. <br /><br />After I think I've found them all, I make another pass from a different direction, re-digging the whole area. I usually find a couple more smaller tubers.<br /><br />Sweet potatoes are a bit tricky in that some will develop fairly deep in the soil, which means that the digging fork needs to bring up soil from more than just a few inches down, and sometimes a potato or two will form where a bit of vine has taken root beyond where they were originally planted. <br /><br />When pulling up the vines, it is helpful to note where roots have formed. One year, when I was less than diligent about keeping the vines inside the garden, I dug up a couple of potatoes from the lawn.<br /><br />I am guessing that the one you found off by itself either had a vine attached at some time, or it had been attached through a root underground to a nearby plant.<br /><br />Hope you find them all!<br /><br />-Amy, NW of AtlantaAmy W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14108368551894382300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134341373474313620.post-66810155153348023892009-10-17T16:39:50.902-04:002009-10-17T16:39:50.902-04:00Thanks for the warning. I dug up some of my sweet...Thanks for the warning. I dug up some of my sweet potatoes today - I got 2 enormous ones. One question was, how to I know I've gotten them all? I found one only because I could see it sticking up out of the ground - it wasn't attached to any vine right there.owlfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864203297228110988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134341373474313620.post-22639135380768334962009-10-17T09:43:49.994-04:002009-10-17T09:43:49.994-04:00Supermom,
What variety did you plant in your cont...Supermom,<br /><br />What variety did you plant in your containers? One year I gave a container-gardening friend a slip of Beauregard to plant, and as the tubers grew they split the large, double-walled container she had planted in! <br /><br />This year, in spite of the exploded container, I planted one Puerto Rican sweet potato slip in a large container. The person who gave me the slips said that the variety wasn't as exuberant a producer as Beauregard, and this turned out to be true. <br /><br />I dug up all the sweet potatoes yesterday. They are basking in front of the little space heater as I write.<br /><br />Hope your sweet potatoes are delicious!<br /><br />-Amy, NW of AtlantaAmy W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14108368551894382300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134341373474313620.post-90404032470294688512009-10-16T21:10:26.116-04:002009-10-16T21:10:26.116-04:00Thanks for this. I've been wondering when I s...Thanks for this. I've been wondering when I should harvest the sweet potatoes I planted. Mine are in containers so even less cold resistant than they would be in the ground and mulched. Thanks also for the info on how to cure them, though I don't expect to have many this year, I'm hoping to have more next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com