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Post by walnut on May 16, 2023 2:25:53 GMT
I found what the Asian store called "Japanese yams", I think that they are the Murasaki sweet potato mentioned in the video. I bought some of those, and I found what they called "Hawaiian purple", which I read is the same thing as the Okinawan. I bought some of those, too. I believe that the Murasaki are patented by LSU, I think that they get several cents on every potato sold. They sound tasty to me. And as the man in the video stated, these are rather expensive sweet potatoes. Walnut. Murasaki sweet potato slips are now available for ordering from several companies at about a $1 per slip in batches of 10 or more. Shipping about May 29. Pushing it to start and grow your own ... as they say 6 weeks to grow slips and 100+ days to maturity. From end of May, harvest about end of Oct. or so. I grew some from the potatoes, so far they seem to have survived the transplanting.
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Post by walnut on Jun 6, 2023 0:36:24 GMT
I found what the Asian store called "Japanese yams", I think that they are the Murasaki sweet potato mentioned in the video. I bought some of those, and I found what they called "Hawaiian purple", which I read is the same thing as the Okinawan. I bought some of those, too. I believe that the Murasaki are patented by LSU, I think that they get several cents on every potato sold. They sound tasty to me. And as the man in the video stated, these are rather expensive sweet potatoes. Walnut. Murasaki sweet potato slips are now available for ordering from several companies at about a $1 per slip in batches of 10 or more. Shipping about May 29. Pushing it to start and grow your own ... as they say 6 weeks to grow slips and 100+ days to maturity. From end of May, harvest about end of Oct. or so. The squirrels are eating my sweet potato plants. I've never had an answer against squirrels. Oh well.
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Post by ratty on Jun 6, 2023 0:44:33 GMT
[ Snip ] The squirrels are eating my sweet potato plants. I've never had an answer against squirrels. Oh well. You could perhaps develop something from this.
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Post by walnut on Jun 6, 2023 1:08:16 GMT
That's about what it would take. Now I remember why I don't try to raise veggies. Squirrels, slugs, squash bugs, aphids, corn worms, even the mockingbirds. It's better business to let someone else grow them for me.
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Post by ratty on Jun 6, 2023 1:20:02 GMT
That's about what it would take. Now I remember why I don't try to raise veggies. Squirrels, slugs, squash bugs, aphids, corn worms, even the mockingbirds. It's better business to let someone else grow them for me. Yep. It's a 'what's you time worth' question. Let's hope we don't NEED to grow our own any time soon ....
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Post by walnut on Jun 6, 2023 13:59:05 GMT
That's about what it would take. Now I remember why I don't try to raise veggies. Squirrels, slugs, squash bugs, aphids, corn worms, even the mockingbirds. It's better business to let someone else grow them for me. Yep. It's a 'what's you time worth' question. Let's hope we don't NEED to grow our own any time soon .... Right. I could do it if I sat over my little garden with a slingshot in the day, and picking slugs off at night. If I had too.
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Post by walnut on Jun 6, 2023 15:03:51 GMT
When I was a kid, living out in the country, I don't recall any problem with pests at all. We had big crops of everything. I'm in a bad location here in midtown Tulsa. Every pest that I have ever read about is here.
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Post by missouriboy on Jun 10, 2023 17:15:41 GMT
When I was a kid, living out in the country, I don't recall any problem with pests at all. We had big crops of everything. I'm in a bad location here in midtown Tulsa. Every pest that I have ever read about is here. This year I'm long on bunnies and short on hawks.
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Post by ratty on Jun 11, 2023 0:23:24 GMT
When I was a kid, living out in the country, I don't recall any problem with pests at all. We had big crops of everything. I'm in a bad location here in midtown Tulsa. Every pest that I have ever read about is here. This year I'm long on bunnies and short on hawks. I'm just hawkish ...
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Post by code on Aug 10, 2023 16:55:38 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Sept 25, 2023 0:01:49 GMT
These are going to become more popular again I suspect ... for those that have the temperment.
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Post by missouriboy on Oct 19, 2023 14:33:32 GMT
Kidney Health - Limits on Potassium and Phosphorus
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Post by walnut on Oct 19, 2023 15:00:30 GMT
https://www.reddit.com/r/foraging/comments/mrk9g5/ate_daylilies_got_sick_looking_for_advice/
As with mushrooms, or anything foraged, be careful and be certain.
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Post by missouriboy on Oct 19, 2023 19:10:26 GMT
https://www.reddit.com/r/foraging/comments/mrk9g5/ate_daylilies_got_sick_looking_for_advice/ As with mushrooms, or anything foraged, be careful and be certain. I've got a patch up at the old farm that is probably 1500+ ft2 (3000 dinners?). The light yellow flower variety. Solid mat. Little grows through them. Growing since maybe 1900 as a part of my Grandma's flower patch.. A tasting test might be in order. I've always been told they are edible and they expand like crazy if you let them. Transplanted a bunch of them into the town lot beds, where they are expanding along with the wild onions, jerusalen artichokes, Hesperis and various native edibles. They are tough, they look good (enough), and they will feed you in a pinch. My better half my whine a bit.
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Post by missouriboy on Nov 19, 2023 23:07:57 GMT
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