Re: OT: Ipomea batatus Blackie
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: OT: Ipomea batatus Blackie
- From: m* l*
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 07:49:04 -0700
At 06:12 PM 12/15/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Members,
>
>The new Park Seed catalog arrived today, and among the many new offerings
>that I covet is ipomea batatus Blackie (cuttings). Who among you northern
>gardeners have grown this plant? Can you winter it over? This is one plant
>that will probably not be available locally (I live in the real boonies, 70
>miles from anything, and though there are some excellent nurseries in the
>area, they can't afford to stock much more than the ordinary stuff}.
>
>TIA,
>
>Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
>
What you can do with this, Myrna, is dig up the tuber when frost threatens
and keep it in the basement or house until spring, then replant it. The
tuber is a type of sweet potato. Margaret L
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