Comments on: Sweet potato greens: more nutritious than the tuber. Do you eat them?

By: samia hussain

samia hussain — Sat, 20 May 2017 01:57:34 +0000

nice post

By: RobynLouise

RobynLouise — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 06:30:51 +0000

This is wonderful information as we are just starting out with cleaning up our few acres, and loosely planning where to plant items, so we will have a low maintenance permaculture garden in a few years. Citrus tree planting is a principal at the moment and I'm so glad that sweet potatoes will grow under these. Glad to know about eating the greens as we love the tubers.

By: Katrina Ziebarth

Katrina Ziebarth — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 06:30:51 +0000

Hi Morag, I love all of these posts on easy growing annuals and perennials. I have just bought an acre in the hinterland so I will be growing a few of these when the time comes! Thankyou!

By: africanaussie

africanaussie — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 20:30:51 +0000

I have been thinking i need ot trim back my sweet potatoes, thanks for the reminder.

By: Brenda Lin

Brenda Lin — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 20:30:51 +0000

Morag
Sounds a great idea to plant under dwarf citrus but I thought citrus with their shallow roots needed to be clear of any plants. I have a lemon with brazilian spinach, sheep sorrel and rosemary around it and the big grasshoppers attack the leaves of the lemon badly. The other two mandarin and lime have no undergrowth and no attack by grasshoppers. I remember reading that grasshoppers love sweet potato leaves. As you can tell I seem to be breeding a grasshopper paradise here. They love most of the perennial veges I grow except moringa and sweet leaf.

By: Kate Martignier

Kate Martignier — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 20:30:51 +0000

Hi Morag!

Sweet potatoes serve as ground cover in my fodder forest and at the points where they spill into areas where they are not wanted, I cut off the vines and take them to the pigs, who love them. Goats love them too, and I would be surprised if cattle and horses didn't also enjoy them.

We too eat mainly the leaves and shoots, me being far too lazy to dig out and replant, and I treat tubers as bonus surprises when I find them. The kids love a sweet potato hunt. Truly a multi-purpose and self-maintaining plant.

Always enjoy your posts and find inspiration in them :-)