No Sweet Taters- any thoughts?

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Got lots of vines. leaves, & flowers but no taters. Any thoughts?

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Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Aug 16, 2018

How long ago did you plant them? Did you pull up any of the vine yet?

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- Mike on Aug 16, 2018
  
  Late Apr-Early May. Vines are rooting as they continue to grow.
  
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- Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Aug 16, 2018
  
  Might be a tad early. They can be harvested as soon as 90 days, which you have now, but can take as long as 6 months. I planted mine in late March, early April and will start pulling up around Thanksgiving. I have no place to store them, so I leave them in ground and dig up as I use them.
  
  The one on the left was last fall and harvested early this year. The one on the right is the one that went in ground this spring.
  
  Pull a length up and see what you have.
  
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4002639 on Aug 16, 2018

http://www.gardeningblog.net/how-to-grow/sweet-potatoes/

This link may happen you. It was full of information.

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Pat on Aug 16, 2018

Pull or dig up one of your vines.....you may be surprised there are "taters" there. I planted ornamental sweet potato plants in a pot last year. In the spring I was cleaning the pot and found a big sweet potato under the roots. Ornamental...not edible.

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