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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

Has anyone grown?  They are a bush variety, as opposed to vining.

Do I hill like you would for a regular potato?
How far out from the stem do the sw. potatoes grow?


I saw a picture of sweet potatoes being grown in the equivalent of burlap 
sacks, where they kept adding soil as the plant grew (source of question), 
and the whole burlap sack looks full of sweet potatoes.  I was thinking maybe 
4, 5, maybe 6 per plant.  I saw another picture of a field being harvested, 
boy, there were lot, but I can't tell how many plants, of course.

I have planted 24 plants.  Naturally, within a few days of planting, we had 
several nights just under 32 degrees, and some high wind storms.  I had cut 
the bottoms off of milk jugs and made domes to cover the plants (opened the 
top during the day to let heat out).  Amazingly they survived.  And I have 
wire cages over them to keep the critters from eating them, since they ate 
them last year.  I have one planted in a glass bottle in the house to see the 
root growth.  The leaves are purple & green - pretty.

Yesterday a/m 31 degrees here briefly.  Unusually cold still and daytime 
temps are often still 15-20 degrees below average temps.... which I'm 
enjoying.  But all the beans don't seem too happy about the lower 
temperatures.  They are growing, but not as fast as last year when it was 
much hotter.



Last year, I should have weighed how much yield per plant I harvested (on 
avg) of white & red potoes........ just to have an idea of how many plants I 
really should be planting.  Internet calculations for yield is by acre, but I 
don't know how close the plants are planted, etc.   

I have also planted some white cotton, and some green heirloom cotton.  I was 
so surprised at what cotton seeds look like !  

Carrots are coming up good, although I have added in more seed, in other 
sections.

Hope all are well.


     
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history.  Is that why most of the folks they trot out there now talking about 
how great an amnesty bill would be seem to be either too young to remember or 
perhaps are sticking their fingers in their ears and merrily skipping along 
as they chant LaLaLa?

Or, am I the only one that remembers 1986?

Lynda
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I was a bit young in '86, and oblivious (most likely). To what specificlly 
are you referring?


Dr. Raymond Zentz
 
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history.  Is that why most of the folks they trot out there now talking about 
ow great an amnesty bill would be seem to be either too young to remember or 
erhaps are sticking their fingers in their ears and merrily skipping along as 
hey chant LaLaLa?
Or, am I the only one that remembers 1986?
Lynda
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