Planting Sweet potatoes in between garlic rows
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Can I overwinter sweet potato plants in greenhouse?
Comments (6)I overwintered sweet potatoes in containers outdoors in FL, but that was zone 9, very rare frosts. They would die back some, but never completely and perk up again as soon as it warmed up a bit. Since you are in zone 7, I would think you could keep them alive in a greenhouse, even if the vines die back. You are only trying to stretch a couple of climate zones. I'd avoid overwatering if it's chilly in there. In Japan, maybe zone 7ish, I've seen people just leave a tuber on a sunny windowsill in the house during winter - no soil, just the root on a plate with vines growing willy nilly. I suppose they watered it occasionally. Sweet potato slips can also be kept alive almost indefinitely in just a container of water. I've done it for months on end in a gallon jug. If it were me, I'd try multiple methods to see what worked best. I'd try to get a few decent sized tubers and store them in a cool dry place. I'd leave a few in containers in the green house, and I'd take some cuttings to grow in a gallon jug in a sunny spot in the house. Sweet potatoes need sun to size up the tubers, but otherwise fairly shade tolerant. The vines will probably not die from lack of sun - cold is the primary enemy. If everything fails, I'll send you slips in springtime. I am still planting new slips for my fall crop. One's going in now probably won't fully size up, but since the vines are EVERYWHERE and need to be cut back, I might as well propagate....See MoreSweet!! Sweet Potato plants!
Comments (1)A lot of gardeners don't follow the USDA guideline on curing...they just warm/dry them out. I do the high heat and some humidity by heating up a small bathroom and hanging up wet towels.....88°, 88%, and 8 days!! I have individual room heat and thermostats....See Moreplanting potatoes where the garlic was?
Comments (6)I'm also into my fifth season of growing garlic and have followed each harvest with all the same crops as still_kris - potatoes; peas and mustard greens. The peas and mustard greens were intended as cover crops but didn't have the heart to dig them in and ended up letting them grow longer than they should have. The peas were cut back as soon as they started flowering and gently turned over. The mustard greens were seeds I'd saved of rocket, red mustard, mizuna etc that were great as cut and come again salad greens and despite having been cut back with hedge clippers, are still growing away after two recent snowfalls. Read somewhere that the brassica famiy are good soil fumigants....See MoreCan I plant zuchetta after I harvest garlic or potatoes?
Comments (4)Krista, did she tell you that they are best planted where they can climb? They did well on my fence. (that might open up some more space for you) They can grow on the ground just fine, but the squash tend to be more curly q that way and they can take up a lot of space. You might be able to inter plant as well, Get the seeds in the ground and germinating while you are waiting on the garlic to finish....See MoreSteve Lng Islnd NY Z-7a SunSet Z-34
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