We had a horribly dry year year here in E. Tn. I couldn't keep up with irrigation. The other problem I've had is with critters. There's an old trailer park a block or 2 away from my plot. They removed 3 of the old trailers. Right after that happened I've had to haul off 5 skunks and 6 possums in just a few weeks. I know there are woodchucks too, but the skunks and possums have been hungrier. I think it's the woodchucks that have been eating the sweet potato leaves. Half the leaves from the plot have been eaten! It was solid leaves, now it's leaf stems! I hope I'll get something from them.

I've had two bad years in a row. First the deer ate the plants down to near nothing and this year it has been an unusually cool and wet but perfect for all kinds of bugs.

Hi Wayne, the only SP problem here is finding too many alien looking lunkers the size of my head. These are about 50% salvageable for sweet potato casseroles or pies but that's more work than just simply baked and smothered in butter. I may lose 1-2% of the crop to an occasional vole type critter, I just wish they'd go after the lunkers.

I get lunkers here too.