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sails10 Forum newbie - be nice! Posts: 2 Location: 2550 Registered: August 2008	Growing Sweet Potatoes (Kumeras) Posted 154 days ago Can anyone help me with some information on how I can grow sweet potatoes (Kumeras) and where I can get the seed from.All attempts to get info from nurseries in the area have failed. I live on the far south coast of NSW.	0 0 Alert moderator

diza Forum newbie - be nice! Posts: 19 Location: Registered: April 2008	RE: Growing Sweet Potatoes (Kumeras) Posted 152 days ago hi there, there's a great article on growing sweet potatos at this web address: http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/growing-sweet-potat oes.html You can start them off with some store bought tubers. I have managed to get a few going in South Eastern Victoria,although they died back with the frost. I don't think you shouldn't have too many problems.	1 0 Alert moderator

JulesMid Forum newbie - be nice! Posts: 21 Location: Bonville Registered: March 2008	RE: Growing Sweet Potatoes (Kumeras) Posted 130 days ago Sweet potatoes can be grown by letting a store bought tuber start to shoot than you cut it off and plant it and keep the runners trimmed plant in spring and dig in late autumn; Frost kills the foliage off.Best of Luck. _________ crazy gardener addicted since the age of 5 years old still digging it	0 0 Alert moderator