Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Those toms are amazing EKB! If there is one thing I really want to grow it is toms... prices here have gone nuts for them and I love eating a salad with them. Super!...

I have been doing an experiment in trying to get some cuttings off an orange sweet potato...all was going well until some other blighter decided they wished to join in

Aaaaaw, thats so cute

Good one Les - I'm not far behind you, though I managed to kill the white fleshed SP cutting - so will have to start from scratch with that too.

If its not monkeys or porcupines its..... ... what do you think did that EKB? Neat solution! Just hope it is not something that will just come lift it up and continue chomping!

Rats love sweet potatoes and other root crops. I have had them dig great big trenches in my garden to get to the sweet potatoes and also carrots.

Mr potato head is yelling out something.

Time for a nice rat trap to keep it company.

Are you trying to grow sweet potatoes? Once you have the shoots remove them from the tuber and place into beds. Plant the shoot and it will take root. We tried growing them at the shop and were great for leafy new shoots which the asians steam and eat (also for sale at the markets in bunches). The tubers never developed, the plants didn't actually die down they just went ratty over winter and we pulled them out.
I wonder if anyone has succesfully grown the tubers in grow beds.

I have no intentions of growing the SP in the grow-bed, but it is a handy place to grow the shoots ready for planting them into the dirt garden (better than having the tubers in drink glasses in the kitchen like I have on previous occassions - much more palatable to the wife ). I expect Les intends to do the same.

Yep, shoved it in the GB to get the shoots for cuttings and plant in the dirt...think it was a rat so trap set

When it has done its job, will pull it out to have a look at the root growth

Yep

good work OB

I think I'll stick to the dirt

You Bragger, ......... you get all sorts of stuff, going really well......... i am so jealous..sad but true ......... i would LOVE celery, but your garden looks AWESOME.. ........My mates and I have to take our reflectors of to you mate

......lol........Now that is a Joke..

There was more, but the tomato roots were surrounding everything - I wanted the tomato more