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Post by ilex on Oct 16, 2015 6:16:52 GMT -5
I have it, or can get it easily. (Georgia jets)
I didn't like it. T65 is better.
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Post by notonari on Oct 16, 2015 16:33:23 GMT -5
Thanks! I've sent you a PM.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Oct 17, 2015 4:04:40 GMT -5
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Oct 17, 2015 5:50:09 GMT -5
I've been trying to figure out why khumlee's pictures of seedling sweet potato seemed so familiar. I knew I had never seen sweet potato seedlings before. Then it struck me ... the cotyledons look just like those of kangkong ... same genus ... duh! Funny Ray. As i was thumbing through the various sweet potato varieties one can request from the puru seed bank there was a variety from china that had the name Kang Kong or something to that effect.  |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Oct 17, 2015 5:52:33 GMT -5
kevin8715 The woman that lives here grows a little purple sweet potato in her flower pots that makes seeds, they may be common I don't know much about them. Any way I have some right here right now if you want them message me your address and I will send them to you. About sweet potatoes, I love em, especially raw and I can grow nice big beautiful ones but they always taste like crap. Is there something about my soil or maybe I just haven't had the right kind? I'v tried them several times over the years and surely not always the same kind but with same result. Never tried yet, but i've read and seen videos that you need to let them "cure". basically let them sit in storage like squash to help the sugars come out. Otherwise they dont taste very good apparently. |
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Post by philagardener on Oct 17, 2015 7:57:20 GMT -5
You need to cure sweet potatoes in a warm, humid environment (like 80F for a week); this stimulates the conversion of starches to sugars.
A lot of folks do this by placing them in a greenhouse at the end of the season (or a small room near a furnace or closet with a heater running to keep it warm).
I have had good luck packing them in a box, putting that box in a large plastic bag to retain humidity, and then placing that in a car that is parked in the sun all day. I don't put the bag in direct sun; let the car warmth heat them indirectly. They also store well in the house after that; I've had some keep over a year (which turned out to be valuable when I had to bridge a year when I lost my crop).
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Post by philagardener on Oct 17, 2015 8:00:35 GMT -5
I'm actually excited to find out that they are closely related to bindweed. That stuff thrives in my climate, so i figure sweet potatoes have a fair shot. Plus there may be plenty of pollinating bees that visit those type of flowers already for bindweed that may help in trying to get true potato seed if i have enough varieties. The idea of a sweet potato that chokes anything it can grab sounds dangerous!  |
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 17, 2015 14:53:33 GMT -5
I found this at sweetpotatoknowledge.orgSweetpotato is sensitive with a photoperiod of 11.5 hr day length or less
promoting flowering, while at 13.5 hr day light, flowering ceases but storage root yield is
not affected. Short days with low light intensity promote root development.It seems sweetpotatoes are day length sensitiv too. At least they won`t flower in my garden when temperatures are best for them. |
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 17, 2015 15:04:36 GMT -5
This paper ( at page 699) is also interesting. Following this paper there are sweetpotatoe varieties without day length sensitivity. So at least day length should kept in mind. Grafting on Ipomoea carnea "Inducer" should give good results with flower setting... maybe the ordinary I. carnea too?
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Post by kevin8715 on Oct 24, 2015 13:43:23 GMT -5
My sweet potatoes are still going strong though they haven't flowered yet. Hopefully I can keep them going till December and get seeds to send. I might also trade tubers if you guys are interested though the orange barberman might not make enough tubers to trade.
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Nov 3, 2015 15:53:37 GMT -5
I picked up some Stokes purple sweet potatoes at whole foods today. I will be saving at least one to grow and plant my own slips.
I'd like to know more about its origin as apparently it's patented. I had heard it was found the way it is now naturally and patented without any breeding work involved. If so, that's dirty pool.
I am also interested in yellow fleshed. Do they taste different from the common orange fleshed cousins?
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Post by philagardener on Nov 3, 2015 21:23:41 GMT -5
I picked up some Stokes purple sweet potatoes at whole foods today. I will be saving at least one to grow and plant my own slips. I'd like to know more about its origin as apparently it's patented. I had heard it was found the way it is now naturally and patented without any breeding work involved. If so, that's dirty pool. "Stokes Purple" is a Japanese Purple Heirloom variety that a farmer simply patented without any claim of breeding - or even selection - he says he was gifted a few tubers by a gardener who thought he should try them. The practice of patenting heirloom varieties is unconscionable. I grew both a traditional Japanese Purple and Stoke's Purple this Spring side by side in different rows. Although the starting material did have some differences, at the end of the season they seem indistinguishable to me (the different groups of purples in my photo are from different rows of the garden; the whites are O'Henry and the reds are Beauregard).  After curing, I gave a few of the purples a taste test last night and they were really good! |
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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Nov 4, 2015 21:34:06 GMT -5
I'd be interested in some Ginseng, Bradshaw, and maybe O'Henry sweet potatoes to grow. Either slips or tubers. I'm not looking for sweet potato seeds at this point, but perhaps in a few years. I also got to try eating the Stokes Purple the other day. It wasn't too bad. Definitely not as sweet as a traditional store bought sweet potato, but that may or may not be a bad thing (i haven't decided yet). Breeding work couldn't hurt though. I still think it tasted better than Taro though . |
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Post by flowerweaver on Nov 5, 2015 12:12:41 GMT -5
I picked up some Stokes purple sweet potatoes at whole foods today. I will be saving at least one to grow and plant my own slips. Good luck in getting them to slip. Even though they are supposed to be organic they must do something to keep them from sprouting; I've yet to get one from a WF to grow and I've started others from my own or sweet potatoes gifted to me. |
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Post by darrenabbey on Nov 5, 2015 22:42:33 GMT -5
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