Massive Kumara (sweet potato)

[George.com]

I dug out some of my kumara (sweet potatos) today. One massive tuber is 30
cm long and 45 cm round. The kumara must like the soil.

rob

[PDM]

What kind of soil you got? What you feeding them?

PDM

"George.com" > wrote in message
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>I dug out some of my kumara (sweet potatos) today. One massive tuber is 30
>cm long and 45 cm round. The kumara must like the soil.
>
> rob

[George.com]

"PDM" <pdcm99minus this > wrote in message
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> What kind of soil you got? What you feeding them?
>
> PDM
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> "George.com" > wrote in message
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>>I dug out some of my kumara (sweet potatos) today. One massive tuber is 30
>>cm long and 45 cm round. The kumara must like the soil.
>>
>> rob

its a raised garden a couple years old. It had a mixture of loamy soil,
mushroom compost & organic matters such as grass clippings & old hay mixed
up plus vegetable matter like mustard all mixed together. Full of organic
matter. A few months ago it had a top dressing of compost and horse poop. We
have had a very dry summer, very dry. 4 1/2 months with FA rain and I have
not watered the kumara much. I have put a trickle hose across the patch a
few times.

rob

[PDM]

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Sounds like it's very good soil; so no wonder you got such good results. I
guess that all the organic matter kept the soil from drying out. Wonder how
big if you had watered?

PDM

[Terry Waters]

I dug out some of my kumara (sweet potatos) today. One massive tuber is 30
cm long and 45 cm round. The kumara must like the soil.

rob

I have some sweet potatoes in 8" pots which I grew from my own cuttings. Will they over winter to produce potatoes next year

Terry