Post by macmex on Jul 28, 2022 17:37:47 GMT
Has anyone tried this? I've been watering my bedded sweet potatoes, especially those still in the greenhouse, just because it pains me to destroy them, now that sales are over. With our extreme heat, lately (triple digit every day) the sweet potatoes inside the greenhouse are getting too much heat, even for a sweet potato. They're looking sad. So recently I decided I better start decommissioning these trays. At first I cut the greens from some trays and used them to feed my rabbits, who dearly love sweet potato greens. Then I dug the roots out of the trays and used them for rabbit food too. Within a day, the rabbits had happily consumed them. Last night I started in on a couple more trays and as I dug out the roots, it hit me that they looked just as good as the day I first harvested them. I thought, "I wonder if I could cook these up and eat them myself?"
Then I wondered if they would need time to cure, just like newly harvested roots? I don't know.
This is a picture of Japanese White roots, that I salvaged. Can you see why I am hesitant just to feed them to rabbits?!
i set the tray in the house to protect the roots from rodents, direct sunlight and wayward chickens. Maybe tomorrow I can remember to try cooking one up, so as to answer the question about curing.
Anyone out there ever done this experiment?
Then I wondered if they would need time to cure, just like newly harvested roots? I don't know.
This is a picture of Japanese White roots, that I salvaged. Can you see why I am hesitant just to feed them to rabbits?!
i set the tray in the house to protect the roots from rodents, direct sunlight and wayward chickens. Maybe tomorrow I can remember to try cooking one up, so as to answer the question about curing.
Anyone out there ever done this experiment?
