Re: Sweet Potato Vines

**"* T* <m*@hort.net>**

> From: Dan Clost <dan.clost@sympatico.ca>
> I've grown the ornamental varieties Marguerite, Blackie and Ace of
Spades 
> all in containers.  The last two produced red skinned tubers that
looked 
> rather nice in a "harvest cornucopia" display at our nursery. The
Marguerite 
> grew very large tubers around 6-8" long and about 4" in diameter.
They were 
> light skinned.
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Very interesting, Dan as I just posted the opposite tuber colors from
my experience...now, I wonder if they just vary from plant to plant??
 I just dug mine up so the colors are actually in what passes for my
brain at the moment as I was pondering on this when I cleaned them
off.  I've carried these same plants over for several years now;
haven't bought any recently.

I had read that, while edible, they are not exciting; not like the
sweet potatoes we buy in the store.  Your experience confirms this.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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