"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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"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

I live in Kansas. My butternut squash have sprouted and will go into the
ground in about 10 days. They will be ready to pick in August or Sept.
They taste better if left on the vine until the stem has died and got
completely dry.

If my sweet potato slips hurry up, I will pull them and plant them about the
same time. I leave them in the ground until just before the first frost.
If your growing season is short, they may be smaller, but it would be
interesting to try.

Normally peanuts, artichoke, sweet potatoes, and celery are not grown in
Kansas. I have all of them planted (celery and peanuts are in the garden,
they rest are in pots or the hot house and will go out by the first of
June). My aunt said that my grandpa used to raise peanuts here, and I know
my mom raised sweet potatoes from slips she bought. I raise my own slips
(you can to).


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.

I have seen a lot of stuff that was grown in Alaska that I couldnt believe.
It is worth a try at least once. All else fails, plant the sweet potatoes
in pots or buckets and bring them inside if you have to till tiem to pick (I
have done that also - one potato grew per pot).

Have fun. Dwayne

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


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.