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 | | | Sweet potato growing on a trelis| | | | Sweet potato growing on a trelis|
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-Scrambling vine. Edible leaves like spinnach. +Scrambling vine. Edible leaves like spinnach. Can be trained onto a trelis. Grow tubers in deep as possible, to restrict the ability for the sweet potato weevil to damage the tubers.
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 Alternatively, you can cut the tuber into 25mm chunks, allow the sides to dry and then place in a saucer of water to promote growth, watch for mold and change the water as necessary.  Alternatively, you can cut the tuber into 25mm chunks, allow the sides to dry and then place in a saucer of water to promote growth, watch for mold and change the water as necessary. 
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 +==== Pests ====
 +The most serious pest is the sweet potato weevil. These pests will damage tubers if they are exposed to the surface, they burrow through the tubers which spoil them. Tubers are best planted deeper and kept hidden from the surface to prevent weevil damage. Damage looks like lots of tiny holes bitten out of the exposed tubers. Not all surface damaged tubers will contain the weevils but the risks of internal damage do increase. 
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 +Ants if they are near by will attack the weevils. If this pest is detected, it is best that future crops are moved elsewhere rather than being replanted in the same spot.
  
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-{{tag>Solanales Covlvulaceae Impomea Sweet Potato Perennial Pioneer Ground_cover Vegetable Full_sun Garden_bed townsville_summer Starch}}+{{tag>Solanales Covlvulaceae Impomea Sweet Potato Perennial Pioneer Ground_cover Vegetable Full_sun Garden_bed townsville_summer Starch climber edible_leaves}}
  
  
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