Re: Clueless on Potato Vine
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- Subject: Re: Clueless on Potato Vine
- From: M* L*
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 10:01:09 -0600
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At 08:20 AM 4/21/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Ok, I ve seen this Potato vine in several magazines
>but I have very little knowledge on it.
>
>How do you propagate it? How hardy is it? Is it just
>a vine or do you get a potato from it...lol?
>
>Duncan
Duncan, are you talking about the ornamental sweet potato vines? One's
"Blackie," for obvious reasons, the other is chartreuse, I think. They grow
from sweet potato-like starts, but I don't think they're edible. They're
not hardy in my zone 5 climate. Margaret L
