[orsonwb]

A lot of good planting information. Sounds like sweet potatoes might be good for Texas now, even with 100 degree heat.

[MamaB]

A small town, Vardaman, MS, west of my hometown grows a lot of sweet potatoes. That was a part time job for students decades ago, setting out the plants. A relative of my dad grew a lot when I was young. We love our sweet potatoes.

[I-ambush]

I hate sweet potatoes. I have hated them since being forced to eat “canned yams” at school lunch in grade school.

[FatherofFive]

I’ve tried a couple times. The local rabits always eat the tops.

[SisterK]

also, sweet potatoes are not so good to eat freshly dug
they should be allowed to sleep for a month after digging

[z3n]

You don’t grow sweet potatoes from eyes like you would with russets?

[lucky american]

peel and slice 4 sweet potatoes.
1 cup brown suger.1 cup white sugar, 1tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 4 tlbs. butter. Put in heavy pan, heat on medium low, cover , cook until tender. Do not stir.
Yummy 😋

[waterhill]

Ping

[Oberon]

Sweet potatoes are a good way to grow a large amount of nutrient-dense calories in a package that will keep at room temperature for months. Good prepper food.

[John Milner]

Sixty some years ago we had just moved to a farm. In our garden we planted sweet potatoes and my God, we had a huge bumper crop.

It’s still kind of foggy, but nobody ever ended up eating them. I love them now but for the life of me I don’t know why my mother never fixed them.

Maybe there do need to ‘rest’ before they’re any good. And perhaps we tried them too early. I just remember them eventually rotting away...

Oh, the vague memories of youth so long ago...

[Dubh_Ghlase]

I have grown sweet potatoes in raised beds for several years, and love them.

- Harvest them with my grandkids (they love it),
- allow them to dry/sweeten,
- a mass baking,
- whip them with butter to taste, freeze them in uniform 2-serving blocks (pans),
- and then remove them and vacuum seal the blocks
- return them in the freezer for the winter (uniform sizes store nicely).

One step reheat side dish for meals...

[Robert357]

bump

[BozoTexino]

Okra is good now. I just picked about 4 lbs. I grill it in a grill pan after tossing with olive oil, garlic, and salt and pepper.