Re: Sweet potato tubers
>
>Now, what I'm wondering is whether the smaller tubers would grow into
>plants if detached from the mother tuber...anybody know? Do they act
>like regular potatoes in that way or like Dahlias, who won't sprout
>unless they have a section of stem attached?
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
>Editor: Gardening in Shade
The secret is in the "eyes". If the Ipomoea tubers have them they
should sprout. The Dahlia tubers only have these dormant buds on the
stem portion.
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Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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