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I've had a go this year at growing sweet potatoes (Beauregard variety), with varying success. I had 6 plants in the polytunnel - some tubers swelled up nicely, others are a bit weedy looking, but will still be useable. I'm quite pleased with the harvest given the poor summer we've had, and there are some there that I'll be able to create "slips" from for next year. Anyone else had any success this year with sweet potatoes? Any tips on getting consistently large tubers, or should I be pleased with this result? I tied the vines up, so they didn't re-root, and cut off the growing tips once they had reached the roof, hoping the energy would go into swelling the tubers. I didn't give them any extra feed, just what was in the soil, and they got watered twice a week. Can't wait to taste them, but the instructions say they need to cure for a couple of weeks.
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