Derald wrote:

I find "rec.gardens.edible" to be rather specific appellation. Seems to me
that controlling morning glories in a -vegetable- garden quite satisfies that
specificity.

In the part snipped the morning glories took over and strangled the
edible plants. It's possible for a garden to hold both types.

I recently read that sweet potatoes are broadly classed as morning
glories. I was barely aware they weren't in the nightshade family
before that.

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Doug Freyburger wrote:

Derald wrote:

I find "rec.gardens.edible" to be rather specific appellation. Seems to me
that controlling morning glories in a -vegetable- garden quite satisfies
that
specificity.

In the part snipped the morning glories took over and strangled the
edible plants. It's possible for a garden to hold both types.

I recently read that sweet potatoes are broadly classed as morning
glories. I was barely aware they weren't in the nightshade family
before that.

Guess you know that sweet potatoes leaves can be used like spinach.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

http://www.wordnik.com/

Bill who putters wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:

I recently read that sweet potatoes are broadly classed as morning
glories. I was barely aware they weren't in the nightshade family
before that.

Guess you know that sweet potatoes leaves can be used like spinach.

I do now. Back when I thought that sweet potatoes were potatoes and
thus nightshades I never would have imagined it. The leaves of
nightshade family plants are so varied I would have no idea and no
specific reason to look up the botany article on sweet potatoes.

Huh, so morning glories taking over the garden does still count as all
in the edible topic. I don't recall ever tasting the leaves of a
morning glory flower.

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Derald wrote:

Bill who putters wrote:

Guess you know that sweet potatoes leaves can be used like spinach.
Never heard that. I gave up growing sweet potatoes long ago because of
their vulnerability to insect pests: Down here, borers and earwigs eat the
tubers while grasshoppers eat the leaves, LOL! If the price keeps going up (I
can't believe I typed "if..."), I may try them again but in containers. The
grasshoppers don't know it yet but a surprise awaits them next season:
http://www.planetnatural.com/site/semaspore-grasshopper-bait.html.

Look at.

http://goo.gl/ch6BO

All sorts of recipes. Enjoy.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

http://www.wordnik.com/