That is fantasic. I always thought SP was a southern crop where are you located??????

WAY cool, Jay! Are they sweet potatoes or yams? I don't have any idea if there are different growing parameters for the two of those!

Skybird

That is awesome! I tried to find seed sweet potatoes this year but what I found wouldn't have arrived until late May/early June. I skipped it this year. Tell us more about where you got them and how you planted etc. Congratulations on your harvest!

I started sweet potatoes in pots in the greenhouse. After it was good and warm, the plants were set out in the garden.

DW claims that they haven't grown any tubers! How would one know without digging them?

The vines will be dead from frost this morning . . . Did I wait too long to harvest them?

I wanted this to work but I'm prepared for disappointment. Maybe, I'm too prepared for disappointment.

Steve

I'll attach a link to the site where I bought mine and also one to a site that has a lot of good information about them and the fallacy that they are a southern crop. I'm at work so will comment more when I get home tonight.

Steve I would trim the foliage back on them from what little I know. I'm told when soil temps drop below the mid 50's it is best to dig them. I left mine outside last night drying under the carport. It got into the mid 40's here last night. Will probably be fine. But they had no protection being that I had dug them. You can dig down by the roots and should be able to tell if you have any taters and what size. I have found a few up to 24" away from the main plant.
Duckcreek Farms is where I bought my slips. Sandhill Preservation has some real good info. http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/pages/sweetpotato_catalog.html
Jay

Here is a link that might be useful: Duckcreek Farms