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- From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] sweet potato slip question
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:59:41 -0400
In the past when I received sweet potatoes, they had very
few leaves and a few roots. The 1000 that came today have plenty of beautiful
leaves but no (zero) roots. In the past, instructions were to not put them in
water but plant them and they would grow. It is windy, and I am using black
plastic this year, and that doesn’t sound favorable. My soil is not sandy
and getting real good soil contact with the whole stem will be a challenge
through a little hole in the plastic. Anyone gotten “slips” before
and can advise me? Should I stick them in potting soil and let them get a few
roots? Actually last year, I got some beautiful plants that were
about a foot tall, lots of leaves, and lots of roots. In the end I had sweet
potatoes that had circled around, and I thought maybe that was because they had
so many roots to start with and I had not known to be sure the roots were
straight when I put them in???? Thank you. Beth Spaugh http://rhomestead.com
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[Market-farming] sweet potato slip question,
Beth Spaugh, 06/03/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] sweet potato slip question, grizzdover, 06/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] sweet potato slip question,
Road's End Farm, 06/03/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] sweet potato slip question,
Roots Farm, 06/03/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] sweet potato slip question, William H Shoemaker, 06/04/2011
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[Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Marty Kraft, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
John Ferree, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Road's End Farm, 06/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape, John Ferree, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Road's End Farm, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
Dean Brock, 06/04/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape, Marty Kraft, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] Old Drip Tape,
John Ferree, 06/04/2011
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Re: [Market-farming] sweet potato slip question,
Roots Farm, 06/03/2011
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