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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Leslie wrote:
> Bev,
>
> I've got to replace some of my truck tires in the next couple weeks
> here.
>
> What did you use to cut the sidewalls off to make the "potato tire
> patches".

I used a sawzall with a metal blade.
> How many potato eyes/seeds do you put in each tire?

In a car tire, 5 or so...

 Do the potato vines spill out of the tire?

Not until you have a full stack..as the vine grows out of the tire, when
it is about a foot long, add a tire and more mulch, soil, or
whathaveyou, leaving about 4-6 inches of the potato vine above the
soil..keep doing that as tall as the number of tires you have or as high
as you can reach/lift.


> What is the real reason for growing them in tires?

Laziness.
:)
Seriously....no digging..

I've never grown sweet potatoes in tires, though...I grow them in the
ground or more recently in my raised beds.  I don't see any reason why
you couldn't grow them in tires, but they would definitely spill over
the tires, kudzu like, at least here they would.

Bev

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