The Sweetest Potato

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April/May 2007
By Rita Pelczar 
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Scott Farms
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Steele Plant Co.
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W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
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Horticulturist Rita Pelczar grows her sweet potatoes in the sandy soil of southern Maryland, near the Chesapeake Bay.
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  • Stewart 6/26/2007 5:01:01 PM

    Sweet potatoes have great looking little leaves, green with red
    tinge. I remember Mom cutting off a piece and ?? with toothpicks,
    she set 1/2 in water?? and they grew for a while. How do I plant,
    root first, my sweet potatoes that started to 'sprout' in pantry? i
    want to have a plat for my east window in office. Thxs, Stewart

  • Christopher 5/18/2007 11:21:10 AM

    My grandfather always warned to never under any circumstances let
    your sweet potato vines be killed by frost as he claimed it ruins
    the flavor. My family always watches the weather and digs right
    before the frost. If you can't dig, eliminate the vines and leave
    the potatoes in the ground until you have time. Just some lore from
    the Ozarks.

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