[gardeners] Ornamental Sweet Potato

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Hello All,

It's time to clean the garden.  Frost is hitting hard.  Today I pulled the
leaves from an ornamental sweet potato vine ("Blackie") in a flower bed.
The vine had gone crazy but was a nice contrast over the summer to the
begonia, sun coleus, and scaevola.  I dug to see whether there were any
decent potatoes underground.  Yup, there was a bumper crop from this one
plant!  They are huge!

Since sweet potatoes aren't my typical northern garden plant, my questions
are...  May I assume they are edible even though they're from an ornamental
cultivar?  I understand sweet potatoes need to be cured in a warm, dark
place.  Is that correct?

Linda in NW Ohio near Toledo/Lake Erie, USDA Zone 5
llbs@mail.glasscity.net

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