How easy is it for you to get sweet potatoes? You might practice on them
first and when you have done it successfully, try it on the yams. Sweet
potatoes need a long growing season, which I dont have. However, I have
learned that the big ones arent nearly as good tasting as the smaller ones.
I dig them in October before the first frost, and make the best of what I
get. Both sizes last in the celler for a long time (I still have 18 that I
grew last year, and this is the end of June).

If you are interested in trying, contact me and I will let you know what I
was told to do to get them started.

Dwayne


"sw" wrote in message
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Dwayne wrote:

Could you contact the produce persons in your grocery stores, and see if
they can obtain them for you? You might find one that has that
capibility.
Once you have the tubors in your possession, you should be able to grow
your
own "slips" from them, to plant later.

Possibly, although I'd have to find a store selling *seriously* exotic
vegetables :-) I could also investigate the possibility of airmailing a
half dozen tubers from NZ, but I wondered whether anyone had already
tried to grow the things.
I'm a vegetable novice; even if I acquired some I'd probably kill the
resultant plants...

regards
sarah


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