Hello Ashley, sorry to ask but I did not get a technique associated with growing sweet potatoes on my own. What exactly should I do with one sweet potato I'm gonna buy at a grocery store to plant zillion on my land? Yes, I did exactly that mistake last year you mentioned in the article : I buried 12 actual sweet potatoes in a ground and all of them got rot. Tell us please about a procedure to get seeds or seedlings.
Hi Ashley, I was told once that the sweet potato vines they sell as ornamentals in places like Agway are not edible but I’ve found at least a couple good sized tubers when I cleaned out the planters in fall. Do you know if those varieties are edible or not?
I honestly have no idea. I think often enough places tell you that, just because they spray them with stuff not intended for food crops. I would assume that it's not the plant itself, but more how they treat it before it gets to the store when it's planned as an ornamental. But I can't say for sure.
I added sweet potatoes to my Wyoming garden three years ago. They are a little tricky but I'm hoping this is the year for the ideal sweet potatoes. I'm including my recent post on growing sweet potatoes. Gardener Scott is out of Colorado and one of my favorite zone 5 YouTube gardeners. Hope this helps someone.
I planted a bunch of slips . But I had 3 other sweet potatoes with roots and slips all over them and I planted them a couple months ago because someone told me I would get sweet potatoes. I should’ve listened to my cut on this so I guess I’ll just have vines running all over and I can’t eat them because bugs have been eating everything regardless of what I do.
It's a brine, and it has to be strong enough for the salt to make it all the way through the egg evenly. You're not actually eating all that salt, much of it stays in the brine itself, and they don't taste very salty at all. There's a difference between putting 2T of salt on your dinner and curing in salt where most of the salt is left in the cure.
Hello Ashley, sorry to ask but I did not get a technique associated with growing sweet potatoes on my own. What exactly should I do with one sweet potato I'm gonna buy at a grocery store to plant zillion on my land? Yes, I did exactly that mistake last year you mentioned in the article : I buried 12 actual sweet potatoes in a ground and all of them got rot. Tell us please about a procedure to get seeds or seedlings.
Of course! The details of how to do it, with pictures, are all here: https://practicalselfreliance.com/sweet-potato-slips/
Are the vines themselves poisonous to animals?
Not that I'm aware of? I've never heard or read anything to that effect.
I just looked it up online. A few credible sources like the ASPCA say the vines are toxic to pets, but not to humans.
Thank you!!
Hi Ashley, I was told once that the sweet potato vines they sell as ornamentals in places like Agway are not edible but I’ve found at least a couple good sized tubers when I cleaned out the planters in fall. Do you know if those varieties are edible or not?
I honestly have no idea. I think often enough places tell you that, just because they spray them with stuff not intended for food crops. I would assume that it's not the plant itself, but more how they treat it before it gets to the store when it's planned as an ornamental. But I can't say for sure.
I didn’t think of that but that makes a lot of sense. Thanks!
I love the idea of using sweet potato greens in salads. They're expensive to buy, but apparently easy to grow. I'm in!
I added sweet potatoes to my Wyoming garden three years ago. They are a little tricky but I'm hoping this is the year for the ideal sweet potatoes. I'm including my recent post on growing sweet potatoes. Gardener Scott is out of Colorado and one of my favorite zone 5 YouTube gardeners. Hope this helps someone.
https://open.substack.com/pub/justjulie2/p/growing-sweet-potatoes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=56w2wo
I planted a bunch of slips . But I had 3 other sweet potatoes with roots and slips all over them and I planted them a couple months ago because someone told me I would get sweet potatoes. I should’ve listened to my cut on this so I guess I’ll just have vines running all over and I can’t eat them because bugs have been eating everything regardless of what I do.
The pickled egg recipes... 2 tablespoons salt? Yikes
It's a brine, and it has to be strong enough for the salt to make it all the way through the egg evenly. You're not actually eating all that salt, much of it stays in the brine itself, and they don't taste very salty at all. There's a difference between putting 2T of salt on your dinner and curing in salt where most of the salt is left in the cure.