"Nick wrote in message
"Dwayne" writes:
| Have you tried growing sweet potatoes on your own? It is a challenge
and
| rewarding when you dig them up and find that you have suceeded. I
still
| have some and some butternut squash from last fall in my storage room.
|
| I grow both on raised rows. Easier to keep watered, weeded, and they
dont
| suffer from too much moisture.

You're not posting from the UK, right? Our problem is that our summers
are usually cool and the period of high light is very short, which
means that it is already getting dark by the time that squash set
fruit.

Sweet potatoes are virtually impossible, as they need a long growing
season, and even winter squashes are borderline.


Marshalls do sell slips of a sweet potato that has been bred to grow in
cooler climates like ours. I tried them last year and unfortunately they
were delivered over one month too late. Did get some small SP's but the
slugs holed them all, even worse than normal spuds. I haven't bothered this
year.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.