TIME TO PLANT KUMERAS
% ! Sweet potatoes are reckoned a very | erood food, and the home-grown article j is. of course, much better than what j can be bought. ‘ They may be grown from pieces of ! last year’s crop, any piece about an | inch in size will grow, or they may be 1 grown from cuttings of the foliage, j The bed for growing them must be i deeply dug, with a good supply of old S manure, supplemented by an addi- ! tional supply of fertiliser or blood and bone. This plant takes up rather a lot of room and should not be planted closer than three feet apart, both ways. After planting, keep them well supplied with I water. i When well grown they make a lot of foliage, which will spread a long ! way. It is not advisable to let it spread too far: if it does the best wav is to prune it back considerably—it will be better for the roots. Do not let them stop in the ground too long after they have arrived at maturity; they : deteriorate in quality if allowed to . stop too long. They will keep a long ■ time after being taken up. Store them j in a cool dry position.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 26 (Supplement)
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207TIME TO PLANT KUMERAS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 26 (Supplement)
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