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19 Oct 17, Allan (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

Do you progressively mound up Kumara like growing potatoes?

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25 Sep 17, Joss Roberts (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Is it possible for Kumara to be grown in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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26 Sep 17, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Kumara needs a long summer/autumn before frosts start. Your microclimate might suit it. It's probably worth a try. One kumara used to produce growing shoots would not be very expensive.

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23 May 17, Annie Davis (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I am also trying to find out if there is such a thing as kumara "seeds" and where they can be found?

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24 Jun 18, Richard Clough (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Annie...We simply bought a small kumara from a local supermarket, suspended it with toothpicks in a cut off coke bottle of water. When the shoots, or "slips" began to sprout (2-3wks) we then placed them in a small jam jar of water until roots began to develop, then planted out in fish bins of potting mix. We were late- late Dec & Jan, have just harvested. A lot were long & skinny, but perfect for the hot air cooker & crockpot. Some were like the shop sizes! We ended up with about 3-4 kg from a single 300g kumara (it's still growing sprouts on the laundry windowsill)! Hope this helps someone out there. Best wishes...

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28 May 17, toya (New Zealand - temperate climate)

If your lucky you can find some at local garden places for tipu which you can grow out of the kumara tubers by place half of it into water.. they should grow stems/vines which you can snap off & placing those into water to help roots grow... or just cut sections of the tuber off..... but when planting them... they need that late spring early summer heat. Then harvest around now or when frosty etc...... just my 5 cents here lol

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24 May 17, John (Australia - temperate climate)

Australian Seeds in Western Australia list a native sweet potato - Ipomoea costata but I don't know of any suppliers of seeds of the popular varieties. They are grown from cuttings as they establish quickly and will yield in their first season. Seedlings would probably take another year.

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11 May 17, Jody Waaka (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Kia ora.Im thinking of starting a kumara garden soon.Where do you buy the seed from

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13 May 17, Leslie Viljoen (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I'm not an expert but if you cut a Kumara into pieces, it will grow vines from the "eyes". We have one growing like crazy - but since it's cold now I think it's going to die.

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15 May 17, Daniel (Australia - temperate climate)

With Kumeras, they will grow if you plant a whole kumara but they wont produce tubers. The shoots that do grow from that can be used as cuttings, and as these new cuttings grow, you will get the Kumera tubers growing from those new plants. Needs a long warm summer to grow bigger tubers! Hope that helps

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