Accidental sweet potatoes

Mark Seaton

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Not 100% maybe a little bit of click bait even.
But I grew some sweet potatoes a couple of years back and planted them too late so got maybe 2 potatoes out of it and they were pretty small.
I decided to use the garden where they were for something else, but wanted to save the slips, so I planted them out the back of the granny flat.
They got very little love including water and they were planted in very dry sandy soil in a tiered garden, like I say, just to keep them alive while I worked out what to do with them.
Well as often happens, life got in the way and I left them there giving them some water every now and again when I remembered to.
As I was cleaning out my last raised bed last week I decided to use it for sweet potato next year, so figured I would rip them out and bung them in there.
Well to say I was surprised at my haul is a bit of an understatement.
Except for the pain it was to dig them, I really don't know why I would move them :)
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Mandy Onderwater

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Haha looking good! Sometimes plants even reward us when we neglect them a little! They can be so hardy.
I bet digging them was worth it after eating them!

Ever tried sweet potato fries? They are delicious!
 
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