Category Archives: Growing sweet potatoes

Harvest Monday, March 18, 2013 – Starting Sweet Potatoes Slip + Seed Starting Mix Update + Garden Tip

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Started rooting sweet potatoes slips for Locust Grove Heritage Garden where I am a volunteer. Because of major issues with sweet potatoes loving critters in my garden last year, I have decided not to grow any this year. Left to right: frazier … Continue reading →

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Harvest Mondays, March 26, 2012

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

My Asian pear in bloom. Direct sowed sugar snap peas (24 feet) and regular peas (5 feet). All these seeds were a few years old so I soaked them for 24 hours before planting, will see how well they germinate. … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, February 27, 2012 – An Update

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

On my Harvest Monday, February 13 posting, I posted about rooting sweet potato slips for Locust Grove Heritage Vegetable Garden. All four (4) sweet potatoes rooted. I potted them and will be taking them to Locust Grove’s greenhouse where I know … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, February 13, 2012 – Two (2) Must Have Seed Starting Tools

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

What did you think when you read the title????? Did those 2 items in the photo below enter your mind????? Yes, they are 2 indispensible seed starting tools every gardener should and must have. You probably already have those 2 items lying around … Continue reading →

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Growing Sweet Potato Slips – Update

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

In my earlier post http://gardentowok.com/harvest-monday-january-23-2012-growing-sweet-potatoes/ I forgot to mention which end of the sweet potato should be immersed in water. It is the root end. How to tell? There are 2 ways: 1. Observe the sweet potato, if there are hairlike roots, … Continue reading →

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