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21 Apr 22, Julie Edwards (USA - Zone 5a climate)

When do I plant the slips sweet potatoes? In my zone. We have been having late frost as late as March the past couple of years

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22 Apr 22, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

There is no planting guide for your climate zone in the USA. Your climate doesn't suit by the sound of it.

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05 Apr 22, (Australia - temperate climate)

i was looking for websites to help with my school project and this helped so much. thanks alot.

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25 Jun 21, Tina Lloyd (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I want to try and grow nz Kumara / sweet potato I live in Ararat Victoria. And where can I buy slips please. Thanks

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01 Jul 21, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Plant a couple of sweet potatoes and use the slips from them. Use the new vine part. Strip most of the leaves off a 250-300mm piece. Did trench and lay flat with the growing tip out of the ground. Water a lot the first 2 weeks. That is the way commercial growers plant sweet potato in Qld

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13 Sep 20, Adrienne (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Can you plant an whole kumera in a container and get a crop?

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14 Sep 20, Anonymous (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Yes you can but you don't need a whole kumera, a piece of vine will do. A piece about 30-60cm long of the new vine growth. Place in a trench with the tip sticking out of the soil, water twice a day for the first 2-3 weeks.

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17 Sep 20, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Or depending on how big the spud is, cut it into several pieces and let them dry in the sun for a few days then plant them.

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05 Apr 20, Pam Adam (Australia - tropical climate)

I have sweet potato growing. Is it okay to cut away the continuous runners it is producing?

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06 Apr 20, Anon (Australia - temperate climate)

You could cut them off from about 1-1.2m each side if you like. Over fertilising with N will produce a lot of leaves/vines. Cut off some of the new vines and plant them with the growing tip out of the soil. Read below about how to do it.

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