Re: [SG] Sweet Potato Vine
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Sweet Potato Vine
- From: B* S* <B*@HSC.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:14:45 -0400
>
>how does one store the tubors over the winter? Like a bulb in a
>cool dry place?
>
Yes, but the tubers of sweet potatoes don't keep as well as many other
bulbs. They're more like dahlia roots, so I would keep them in a
not-so-dry place, or perhaps in boxes of slightly damp peat moss. If the
plant is in a container, just leave it to dry out and dig the tuber out
next spring.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
