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  • From: Sabina F Swift <sabina AT hawaii.edu>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] keeping sweet potato greens fresh
  • Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:37:17 -0400


If it's only small amount of top cutting, putting the cut base in 2
inches of water (just like cut flowers) in a bucket will keep it
fresh for a a day or two.

Sabina




----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>
Date: Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:17 pm
Subject: [Market-farming] keeping sweet potato greens fresh

> We're going to harvest our sweet potatoes this week, the first
> time
> I've everdone it before frost.
>
>
> There is still LOT of nice green vine and, surprisingly, the best
> potato yield we've ever had (or so pilot digs seem to indicate).
>
> I'd like to take a lot of the greens down to some Asian friends of
> mine in DC, but the vines wilt rather fast when severed.
>
> Anyone been marketing potato greens? Or anyone can tell me how to
> keep sweet potato green fresh from harvest to delivery the next day?
>
> Also, I seem to have heard that flail mowing a viney bed before
> harvest is a good idea, but I can't find a reference on the web.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks -Allan
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