Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:08:31 -0600
Okay folks, go to this URL to see the difference between yams and sweet
potatoes. I think you will be surprised.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-23-a.html
George
olin wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <pennyx1@juno.com>
> To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Getting ready already
> > Olin, yes we've always used supermarket produce without any
> > repercussions. But a sweet potato 17 inches long...? What we can find
> > are quite uniformly shaped, and measure no longer than 6 inches,
> > whether sweets or yams. Wonder why...?
>
> Probably small due to harvesting earlier before getting a chance to grow
> more or become dry and fibery. And I think they will cull out and can any
> that are not uniformly shaped and look like sweet potatoes. As to yams vs
> sweet potatoes, there are often newspaper and magazine aricles this time of
> year that tell us what we call yams are really sweet potatoes - or is it
> vice versa?
>
> > When you say 'weighing 1 1/2 lb after curing for 2 weeks' -- does
> > this mean that some of the moisture evaporates after harvesting?
>
> The skin is now very dry. Our relative humidity has been less than 10 % and
> is often reported as "trace" which is <1%. Evaporation is only skin deep
> but noticeable on my scales which measures in tenths of ounces.