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- From: "Rob Wallbridge" <rob AT songberry.ca>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 09:17:16 -0400
Hi again, I do plant them out in the field after
risk of frost has passed (usually late May). I plant them into black plastic to
provide additional heat, and I’ve harvested some respectably large roots
after our first mid-September frost. I’ve had the best luck with the
Georgia Jet variety from Mapple Farm in Having said all that, I’ve never
grown them on a “commercial” scale (always less than 100 slips) –
they’ve been primarily for personal use, although we’ve had
positive response to the amount we have brought to market. The biggest
challenge I’ve encountered is harvest – they don’t grow in a
clump like regular potatoes, the “tubers” are actually true
enlargements of the actual roots, so they can occur at any point along the
roots. Usually, that happens fairly close to the plant, but I’ve found
big tubers out at the edge of the bed, a couple of feet from the plant stem. Which
means a lot of digging! Maybe if they were grown on hills or ridges the “set”
would be more concentrated – I’m not sure – the large-scale
growers must have some system figured out. Cheers, Rob Rob Wallbridge Songberry Organic Farm 24 Sixth Line, email: rob AT songberry.ca web: www.songberry.ca facebook: become a fan of "Songberry
Organic Farm" From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of KAKerby AT aol.com Just to be clear, are you keeping them in
the greenhouse all growing season long, or do you eventually plant
them out? If it's the latter, I'm impressed!! I figured even if I
started them indoors here, I'd never have enough season length to harvest anything. I
also wasn't sure whether that was really a good use of greenhouse space, since
I have other crops that would seem to give me better return on
that space. I'd love to hear more about your experiences, both
with how to grow them and whether you've got a good market for them.
Maybe I'll reconsider those assumptions........ frogchorusfarm.com No virus found in this incoming message.
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[Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
stonecirclefarm tds.net, 05/13/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips, Road's End Farm, 05/13/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips, Rob Wallbridge, 05/13/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
KAKerby, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Rob Wallbridge, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Beth Spaugh, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Road's End Farm, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Rob Wallbridge, 05/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
beverly henkel, 05/17/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips, Beth Spaugh, 05/18/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips, Road's End Farm, 05/18/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips, beverly henkel, 05/18/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips, Road's End Farm, 05/18/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips, beverly henkel, 05/18/2010
- [Market-farming] Using Ammoniated Straw, Jay Sleichter, 05/19/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
beverly henkel, 05/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Rob Wallbridge, 05/17/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Road's End Farm, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Beth Spaugh, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] holding sweet potato slips,
Rob Wallbridge, 05/14/2010
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