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George.com · 19-04-2008, 01:15 PM posted to rec.gardens

"PDM" pdcm99minus this wrote in message
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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

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