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For sweet potato runners to root, the soil around the plants must be moist. Usually, the irrigation applied just after planting will be enough, but this depend
Thursday. April 25th, 2019Sweet potatoes are highly adaptable when it comes to soil type. I have grown this crop commercially in soils ranging from sandy to a very heavy clay.
Wednesday. April 24th, 2019Unless you obtain clean planting material from time to time, there is a risk of virus lowering yield and quality in your sweet potatoes.
Tuesday. April 23rd, 2019Sweet potato consumption has not grown in the way it should have. When travelling in the Mpumulanga Lowveld 35 years ago,
Monday. April 22nd, 2019Potato virus Y (PVY) is one of the most important plant viruses in South Africa.
Friday. April 19th, 2019Potatoes are hardly worth growing in a small garden unless you can concentrate on early varieties to provide ‘new’ potatoes or on good-quality unusual varieties
Thursday. April 18th, 2019Farmers in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) Province of Gia Lai are waiting for buyers for Japanese sweet potatoes harvested from hundreds of hectares
Tuesday. April 2nd, 2019David Leslie and his son James use vermiculture to keep their potato, bean, maize and soya crops healthy – and it’s paying off. Gerhard Uys visited them
Thursday. March 28th, 2019When you are just starting to grow your own potatoes, there many potato pests and diseases which are potential enemies of the potato which you should know about
Thursday. February 28th, 2019The area is well-known for its citrus and potatoes, which seem to occupy all of the limited, open flat spaces available.
Wednesday. December 26th, 2018