tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post2747702458437027064..comments2024-03-16T16:22:05.669+11:00Comments on Just Like My Nan Made: Growing Sweet Potatoesnellymaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00290358658245310632noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-24998817309467216412013-07-10T16:44:57.091+10:002013-07-10T16:44:57.091+10:00I grew sweet potatoes from a potato that had start...I grew sweet potatoes from a potato that had started to sprout in the kitchen moisture near the water boiling jug. I planted this in soil that gets very good light but only direct sunlight half of the year. Still we had endless foilage trailing about and we used this for salads and soups as this too is edible. The potatoes did not grow very big, probably because of lack of direct sunlight. All the same very worth growing.violettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103309796516720142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-87189235484824356872012-03-12T07:45:57.765+11:002012-03-12T07:45:57.765+11:00SPHINGIDAE of Australia
http://lepidoptera.butterf...SPHINGIDAE of Australia<br />http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/sphingidae.html2人1狗https://www.blogger.com/profile/15825039072323791501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-84279530020923308722012-02-02T18:50:51.938+11:002012-02-02T18:50:51.938+11:00The horn worms will defoliate your tomato bush and...The horn worms will defoliate your tomato bush and yes they bite into the tomatoes. After they have been on the plants they soon go down hill I have found. Also with less leaves the tomatoes left get sun scald. Are you sure you want to grow some of them? Some years I have many of them on our tomatoes and other years just a few. I hand pick them off when I do find them. They are not easy to see as they are the same color as the vines. I would check into the moth that they become and see if it is actually something you want to propagate. The huge Sphynx moth I believe. Perhaps the people at your garden club can guid you on this? SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-42832928328632663542012-01-23T09:34:32.963+11:002012-01-23T09:34:32.963+11:00Thanks again for all the great comments.....I thin...Thanks again for all the great comments.....I think if I ever find some again...I will try keeping them somewhere safe...as I have been told they are a lovely huge butterfly...and we all need butterflies in our garden, as they are a good pollinater.....lone lady yesterday even asked if I could keep them for her if I ever find any others..she has butterflies flying around her garden all the time, which would be a sight to enjoy.nellymaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290358658245310632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-5211228216464202532012-01-23T02:46:45.647+11:002012-01-23T02:46:45.647+11:00They are tomato horn worms. There is a natural pr...They are tomato horn worms. There is a natural product called Bacillus Thuringiensis or BT that kills them. It actually is a bacteria that when they ingest it they stop eating. It works and is not harmful to humans or pets.Peggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510899506984653485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-56339149022535548312011-12-31T09:29:17.885+11:002011-12-31T09:29:17.885+11:00Yes they definitely are Tomato Horn Worms. They g...Yes they definitely are Tomato Horn Worms. They grow up to be some sort of big moth thing I think but I do know they eat leaves off tomato plants and even the bite into the green tomatoes...yes get rid of all you ever find. Chicken though do love to eat them! SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-46277456788420706412011-12-30T04:23:06.274+11:002011-12-30T04:23:06.274+11:00Thanks Dayla, that's an excellent idea with th...Thanks Dayla, that's an excellent idea with the weed mat; which I think I will try when I move some into the front garden.nellymaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290358658245310632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-29948498433093464152011-12-26T14:49:03.485+11:002011-12-26T14:49:03.485+11:00Hiya,
I grew sweet potato a year or so ago. I live...Hiya,<br />I grew sweet potato a year or so ago. I live in Victoria so not a huge growing season for them here. I planted the tuber whole and when it finished I dug up a tuber about the same size. So not much profit.<br />But then I learned you should grow them in a box of sand and cut off the runners when they emerge and plant them out.<br />I have one in the polyhouse in a box now but it hasn't shot yet and getting close to mid summer. I may have to grow them entirely in the polyhouse for the warmth.<br />I did read a while ago that the best way to grow them is to dig a biggish hole, lay in it some weed mat then back fill and plant with the runners as usual.<br />When you come to harvest all the tubers will be captured in the weed mat so you know you get them all as they can grow a long way from the plant. Sounds like a good idea.<br />DaylaDaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544561530618570093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-82424116972221636392011-12-24T07:35:31.105+11:002011-12-24T07:35:31.105+11:00Thanks ladies, I'm so glad I didn't bring ...Thanks ladies, I'm so glad I didn't bring them back home with me....I really need to sort out a more permanent place for the sweet potato, I don't think the huge pot is going to work out...there are now runners hanging over the edge everywhere.....<br />Interesting about the purple vines too...I might buy a purple sweet potato just to see how they are when cooking.....might save me lots of garden space in the future if I decide they aren't for us....nellymaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290358658245310632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-66047221638570134372011-12-22T13:46:13.552+11:002011-12-22T13:46:13.552+11:00Dear NellyMary,
They look like tomato horn worms. ...Dear NellyMary,<br />They look like tomato horn worms. Very destructive. Try this link <br />http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/VEGPEST/hornworm.htm<br />Anon from Iowa (USA)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-60208511230171575482011-12-20T18:18:09.836+11:002011-12-20T18:18:09.836+11:00Hi Narelle,
about 18 months ago l found a sweet po...Hi Narelle,<br />about 18 months ago l found a sweet potatoe had grow a few roots so l thought l would plant it, it was an experament. l put it into a 3 meter squared garden plot, after 6 months we started digging up sweet potatoes we still have the same plant still growing with new runners on them. The purple cutting will probley grow the purple sweet potatoes and yor green cutting will grow the orange sweet potatoe. l was given a bag of the purple potates and we ended up throwing them out, you don't peel them like the orange ones as they turn black straight away and l would end up with this very small potatoe that l couldn't use.<br />l hope yours grow well and before you know it there will be plenty of potatoes.<br /><br />Gail(poodle lover)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-91181931857644243262011-12-20T12:03:08.048+11:002011-12-20T12:03:08.048+11:00Hi Nellymary,
I have been experimenting with growi...Hi Nellymary,<br />I have been experimenting with growing sweet potato also. It one of my favourite veggies. I had no idea how to start, so I put a sweet potato on some wet sand until I got some shoots, now I've put it in a tub and I'm hoping for the best. I have a few lovely little leaves just starting to poke through. I had heard it was a tropical plant and would not survive in this neck of the woods but a bloke my husband knows said he has grown them successfully for years, so I figured it would be worth a try.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06495478561907479460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-67561725973990281642011-12-20T08:19:28.214+11:002011-12-20T08:19:28.214+11:00Hi Nellymary,
Our Vietnamese neighbours eat the l...Hi Nellymary,<br /> Our Vietnamese neighbours eat the leaves of the sweet potato in their stir fries. Have you tried this or do you have any information as to how to cook them. I love the tubers but they do take ages to grow don't they.<br />Blessings Gailgailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11474172270399240621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-61192481833248887302011-12-20T03:00:37.150+11:002011-12-20T03:00:37.150+11:00Those critters thrive on our tomato plants (New Me...Those critters thrive on our tomato plants (New Mexico USA). I paid my daughter 25 cents per bug to take them off and we fed them to the chickens. Oh the chickens loved them. <br /><br />I never found a solution to rid the bugs from the plants so we scoured the tomatoes twice a day during our growing season and did not loose too much except the leaves.<br /><br />JenniferHumble wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823200562312609670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-54462207609042408802011-12-20T01:30:45.693+11:002011-12-20T01:30:45.693+11:00Nellymary, that looks like a four horned Sphynx ca...Nellymary, that looks like a four horned Sphynx caterpillar.ShelaghCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-7573188454074204872011-12-20T01:26:50.551+11:002011-12-20T01:26:50.551+11:00Sweet potato leaves are so pretty! Those caterpil...Sweet potato leaves are so pretty! Those caterpillars look nasty....they look like one that stung me once when I was little. (That's what it felt like, a sting.) love,andreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155811529104728951.post-71326101719787151602011-12-20T01:07:28.598+11:002011-12-20T01:07:28.598+11:00funny I had the same sort of caterpillars in my ga...funny I had the same sort of caterpillars in my garden this year also could not find what it was.cathy@homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280998274935488909noreply@blogger.com