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  2. Sweet potato - Wikipedia

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    Sweet potatoes were planted in Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune's private garden. [45] It was first introduced to Korea in 1764. [46] Kang P'il-ri and Yi Kwang-ryŏ embarked on a project to grow sweet potatoes in Seoul in 1766, using the knowledge of Japanese cultivators they learned in Tongnae starting in 1764. The project succeeded for a year but ...

  3. How to Plant Seed Potatoes to Grow a Bumper Crop of Spuds - AOL

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    Follow correct spacing. Space the potatoes 12 to 15 inches apart in rows 24 inches apart. ... Once the potato plant tops start yellowing and dying back, you can dig up the entire plant with the ...

  4. List of companion plants - Wikipedia

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    Sweet potato, tomatoes, [57] peppers [66] Beans, [ 60 ] lettuce, [ 60 ] squash, [ 60 ] sweet potato, peppers [ 66 ] Okra and sweet potato are mutually beneficial when planted simultaneously.

  5. Sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia - Wikipedia

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    The sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) is originally from the Americas, and became widely cultivated in Central and South America by 2500 BC. [1] Sweet potato is thought to have been first grown as a food crop in central Polynesia around 1000–1100 AD, with the earliest archaeological evidence being fragments recovered from a single location on Mangaia in the southern Cook Islands, carbon ...

  6. Yam (vegetable) - Wikipedia

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    Yam plants can grow up to 15 metres (49 feet) in length and 7.6 to 15.2 centimetres (3 to 6 inches) high. [1] The tuber may grow into the soil up to 1.5 m (5 ft) deep. [1] The plant disperses by seed. [1] The edible tuber has a rough skin that is difficult to peel but readily softened by cooking. The skins vary in color from dark brown to light ...

  7. List of sweet potato cultivars - Wikipedia

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    The sweet potato was first domesticated in the Americas more than 5,000 years ago. [1] As of 2013, there are approximately 7,000 sweet potato cultivars. People grow sweet potato in many parts of the world, including New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Hawaii, China, and North America. However, sweet potato is not widely cultivated ...

  8. How Many Sweet Potatoes Per Person Do You Need? Here's An ...

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    A sweet potato casserole recipe might call for three pounds, or about 48 ounces, of sweet potatoes. By Burgess’s estimation, that should equate to 9 to 12 servings. By Burgess’s estimation ...

  9. Tuber - Wikipedia

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    The tubers form close to the soil surface and sometimes even on top of the ground. When potatoes are cultivated, the tubers are cut into pieces and planted much deeper into the soil. Planting the pieces deeper creates more area for the plants to generate the tubers and their size increases. The pieces sprout shoots that grow to the surface.