Growing Sweet Potato, also Kumara

Ipomoea batatas : Convolvulaceae / the morning glory family

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(Best months for growing Sweet Potato in Australia - tropical regions)

P = Plant crowns

Plant shoots or cuttings (Slips). Best planted at soil temperatures between 17°C and 35°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 40 - 60 cm apart
Harvest in 15-17 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Best in Separate bed

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03 Jul 19, (Australia - arid climate): Don't fertilise with nitrogen.
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12 Apr 19, June Wark (Australia - temperate climate): I’ve got orange sweet potato slips growing but your table @page top states not suitable for growing temp. zones - could you tell me why please. Very willing to learn as l’m new to growing veggies. Thank you.
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26 Apr 19, Graham smith (Australia - temperate climate): Hi June. I plant a sweet potatoe around August or September and let it grow wild. Then I take cuttings from that about 3weeks before Christmas and plant them out ,making sure I water them in really well for the first week or so. Then I harvest them just after the first frost with pretty good success.
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07 Mar 19, Bruce (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I live on the Sunshine Coast Qld and I am trying to source runners or tubers of the NZ Kumara, if anyone has some available I’m willing to purchase, the Aussie sweet potato is so so different.
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15 Dec 19, Greg (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Bruce I live just up from the sunny coast,I know someone who grows them,but not got any at this time.did you have any luck.
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15 Jan 20, Bruce (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Greg, short answer no. Had no luck getting the NZ kumara, can you get them . Willing to pickup or pay postage , oh for some NZ kumara so so different. Cheers Bruce
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15 Jun 19, Chris Herden (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi Bruce. I have cuttings available of the new zealand kumara. I can send phot if you wish. How many were you after? I am based in Lismore and Hunter Valley, NSW.
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09 Nov 19, Bruce Windsor (Australia - temperate climate): Hi Chris, sorry for the late reply, I am really interested in the NZ kumara if you can email me pic or contact me I live on Sunshine Coast QLD Thanks Bruce
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08 Mar 19, Erin (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Hi, I have Beauregard sweet potato if that is a nz variety?
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12 Apr 19, Bruce (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Unfortunately that one isn’t the NZ kumara
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I found Kumara at Whole Foods in Encino, but they had them labeled "Japanese Sweet Potato." If I hadn't just seen them on a trip to NZ, I never would have known! Hope it helps.

- Malina Beatrice

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Ipomoea batatas : Convolvulaceae / the morning glory family

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