Re: Ipomoea Tubers?


>Maybe off the perennial subject, but what is the best way to store
>tubers until next spring?  --tubers from that sweet potato with the dark
>purple leaves which I grew in a window box and which made big
>(delicious-looking) tubers.
>--
>Barb P.
>SE Wisconsin, Zone 4

I keep my tuber of Ipomoea 'Blackie' potted up and just bring the pot into
the basement for the winter, giving only occasional water.  If yours isn't
potted, you could probably put into just barely damp peat and keep cool.

Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d*@post.its.mcw.edu

"Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies.
Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."



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