Blessings, Darlings!
I removed all the sweet potato vines from my garden. They go into compost unlike the tomato vines which, due to risk of blight, don't get composted. While removing the vines I found yet MORE potatoes. Bringing my harvest up to about 18 pounds. I'm VERY happy with those numbers, given I had NO idea what I was doing and planted only 3 slips 'lasagna' style over solid clay soil. These are, after all, a crop that loves SANDY soil, the opposite of what I have!
So, I hear you asking, how are they for eating? Remember - I've grown these in the wrong soil and in a drought/heat wave, so YMMV. Not as sweet as most orange sweet potatoes to me, and while the skin on most of them is thin ... just under the skin is a fair amount of fiber which can be nasty. But I'm sure that I'll learn how to deal with that better soon.
I expect that the leaves are edible, too, but haven't tried them yet. The deer LOVE them. I let the deer in at the end of the season, so they could help remove the vines. Working WITH nature rocks!
So, again - nice flavor, GREAT color, GREAT yield.
Frondly, Fern
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I've heard of purple ones .. never tried 'em - but will now - thx! My hubby discovered 3+ years ago he's allergic to nightshades so we can't do potatoes anymore .. but do lots of white sweet taters and yams. Good job on the harvest! :)
ReplyDeletep.s. Sorry about that guy on Twitter a while back -- nipped it in the bud after I saw your tweet. Take care, j