Wow!

[deltamiss]

One of the plants I like to use in container gardening is the ornamental sweet potato. Last year Peyton planted one, and I planted one.

This afternoon while Melanie and I were chatting in front of my apartment, I began to pull out some of the dead material from the pots. Look what I found...






Peyton's sweet potato vine produced a potato! I've never had this happen before, and mine didn't produce anything except roots. Peyton was so proud. If I'd known it was there last fall, I'd have pulled it up and cooked it for him. LOL!

Comments

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Isn't it still edible? That's really great!

And... last night for dinner one of the things I had to eat was..... *drumroll*.... FRIED OKRA!

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

No, it froze during the cold winter we've had. There are some soft spots on it. You should have seen Peyton's face. :D

YAY! I'm about ready for some more fried okra, too. :D

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Amazing! I never had a potato grow from my sweet potato vines.

It looks like an alien heart! Pods and alien hearts! What a garden you grow!

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

It IS amazing. I've never had it happen before and I've planted lots of them.

ACK! I need to clear out all the pots and disinfect them!

[saint-magenta.livejournal.com]

if there's no mush, tuck er back in the pot. she's got another growing season to trail thru.

i have one waiting in the cellar but i forgot to water it all winter. it's in dirt so maybe it'll still be good. or not.

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, it has some soft spots. :( Otherwise, I'd have done just that. The vine I planted didn't produce a potato, though.

Good luck with yours. :D

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Huge!

(Sweet potato vines are so pretty!)

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

This one had chartreuse foliage; the leaves on mine were almost black. They're pretty and so easy to grow. :D

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

I couldn't get the angle I wanted...it really looks like a dead bird. YUCK! :D

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

That's a big one! Even with soft spots, maybe it would grow? Shows what I know about sweet potatoes.
LOL
You really have the weird garden stuff today.
:D

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

I have found some weird stuff today. Now that there will be more daylight when I come home after work, I may even find more! :D

The vines are so cheap I think I'll just replace it. I'm sure Peyton will want to try again. This time when I cut the dead vine down, I'll check for a potato. ;)

[denimblues.livejournal.com]

What a surprise. I'm sure Peyton will look forward to planting another one when it is time to.

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

I doubt Peyton will let me forget to check for a potato next fall. LOL!

[jazzyglo.livejournal.com]

Those are some pretty scary pictures until you know what they are. They looked like a heart or something at first. hehe

What did Peyton think of it?

[deltamiss.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha!

Peyton was so proud. He made sure everyone came over to look at it. ;)

[rodluvan.livejournal.com]

Interesting to see the pictures. We can buy sweet potatoes here in the shop but I don't know if they can grow here.