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26 Jul 10, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

There are no seeds to grow kumara. To get nz kumara one can buy the kumara but there are no seeds

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28 Jul 10, Phil (Australia - temperate climate)

If you cut the eye end off a kumera or sweet potato you can grow a new plant from this. Just as with regular potatoes.

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21 Jun 09, elly (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi I have had my sweet potato in the ground for about 6 mth, and it has rained non stop since Feb. Will they be ok? how do I know when to harvest?

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26 Jul 09, Barry Hayes (Australia - temperate climate)

For Meredith. The purple sweet potato appears in asian grocery/veg shops when in season. Keep watch. If you break off the stalk when nobody is looking you'll see the purple. I agree - they're the best variety. Put the ends (about 2") in a box on some potting mix, cover with damp potting mix to about 3" and put in a warm place for 3 weeks. They'll shoot. Break the shoots off and plant them - or cut a bit of the spud off with the shoots. Good luck. P.S. They hate frost and cold wind. Put wind guards around them until it warms up.

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31 Jul 09, Santy Bruwr (Canberra) (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Does anyone know where I can buy them in Canberra? I will check at our Asian grocery/veg shop.. but I have not seen any in Australia.. and nothing beats the taste... will buy if anyone has stock pleez - just not possible to get it here from NZ

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28 Sep 10, Lana (Canberra) (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Santy, The fresh food markets (belconnen markets and fyshwick markets) have sweet potato. Most often they only stock the orange variety, but I have seen white and purple (purple skin, white flesh) there also. I am going to try to grow them this year, but keep in mind that they are not really suited to our climate!

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10 Jan 22, Cindy (Canberra) (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Have seen them at Kim's groceries (around the corner from Maccas in civic), also sometimes at "Asian Supa grocery" at Belconnen. You can also get seedling from Daleys fruit trees. Good luck :)

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15 Jun 10, Michele -- Launceston (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I found a sweet potato tuber with shoots about 2cm long in the vegetable storer in the cupboard. I want to know if it will keep for a couple of months so I can plant it out when the threat of frost has gone . I paln to plant tomatoes, capsicum, peas and chiilis at the same time..... mid October ish.

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09 Jul 10, CC (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

My brother grows sweet potato & they grew from shoots, which he planted in the ground.

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03 Aug 11, [email protected] (Australia - tropical climate)

next time plant them in a very large pot, wine barrel etc and keep indoors by a sunny window till frost passes. just trim the shoots that over hang or trellis them

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