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Gardener Harvests Ten Pounds of Sweet Potatoes from Grocery Store Tubers

Original: We harvested about ten pounds of sweet potatoes yesterday. Grown from grocery store sweet potatoes we coaxed into making

A home gardener reports harvesting about ten pounds of sweet potatoes grown from ordinary grocery store tubers, which were coaxed into producing slips at home. They say slips bought from a seed store failed badly, arriving in poor condition like bean sprouts mailed across the US. The post is drawing attention as a frugal, do-it-yourself gardening success.

Why now: People are discussing the satisfying and practical success of growing a real harvest from cheap supermarket sweet potatoes instead of bought slips.

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• We harvested about ten pounds of sweet potatoes yesterday. Grown from grocery store sweet potatoes we coaxed into making "slips". Buying slips from a seed/plant store was a massive failure. Like trying to send bean sprouts wrapped in paper towels across the US and expecting a… · salixsericea · 29

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