Re: Potato Vine/ Dioscorea bulbifera - Air potato
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- Subject: Re: Potato Vine/ Dioscorea bulbifera - Air potato
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 02:06:03 -0400
Well, Kemberly, your photo of the variegated one rings my bell! And with
purple stems. This is one plant I've never seen locally....hmmm...another
temptation rears its head, invasive or not.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Mclainakag@aol.com
> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 9:00 AM
>
> Marge-
>
> I believe your eye is correct - because my eye sees what your eye
> sees.....looks like it to me. Tis true that plant can be very invasive
if
> the "potatoes" are not collect but I cut mine back and collect the
potatoes
> before they are allowed to fall.
>
> I've also seen in the garden section of Better Homes or Southern Living
(a
> couple years ago) where someone was growing this potatoe in shallow water
on
> their porch. Large, lush vine coming from a bowl of water the size of a
> cereal bow. I was amazed. They must have trimmed the roots.
>
> Happy Gardening
>
> Kemberly McLain
> Katy, Texas Zone 9
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