Sweet potatoes are started from slips not seeds. Sometimes it is difficult to find sweet potato slips or plants at our local stores and nurseries. I am debating about growing my own slips again because I had a bumper crop of sweet potatoes this year.  The last time that I grew sweet potato slips, I […]
Author: Crazy For Gardening
Harvest and Store Rutabaga
Rutabagas let you know when they are ready to be harvested since they grow partially above ground.  It is best to harvest them when they are between 4 and 6 inches across and when the temperatures cool off in the fall. There are quite a few suggested ways to store them  1) Don’t […]
American Purple Top Rutabaga
The American Purple Top Rutabaga is a root vegetable that prefers to be harvested in cool weather. It will germinate within 2 weeks and mature in under 120 days. It is suggested that you sow this variety up to a 1 1/2 months before your average last frost date or up to 4 months before […]
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