tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post8796178078595487911..comments2024-02-24T15:08:37.067-10:00Comments on A Kitchen Garden in Kihei Maui: Growing Sweet PotatoesJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05438167207270942090noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-33882393297343185842023-11-21T12:00:37.119-10:002023-11-21T12:00:37.119-10:00I've not encountered those beetles here so I d...I've not encountered those beetles here so I don't know what you should do to get rid of them. I do have problems with rose beetles in my garden but they just eat holes in the leaves of various plants. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-3733934244778303122023-11-18T14:21:05.771-10:002023-11-18T14:21:05.771-10:00Aloha Jane! I don’t grow purple sweet potatoes bec...Aloha Jane! I don’t grow purple sweet potatoes because so many of my friends give it to me. I have a black beetle here on Big Island that attack my orange sweet potato though. The damage is to the potatoes themselves, not the leaves or vines and look like the damage you get with pickle worms, but much worse. The beetle, about an inch long, may be a flea beetle. This site shows a sweet potato beetle https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-74/E-74.html<br /><br />Just wondering if you have successfully dealt with these. Theocraticmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586968958825431675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-9078387150315068982023-11-18T14:20:24.109-10:002023-11-18T14:20:24.109-10:00Aloha Jane! I don’t grow purple sweet potatoes bec...Aloha Jane! I don’t grow purple sweet potatoes because so many of my friends give it to me. I have a black beetle here on Big Island that attack my orange sweet potato though. The damage is to the potatoes themselves, not the leaves or vines and look like the damage you get with pickle worms, but much worse. The beetle, about an inch long, may be a flea beetle. This site shows a sweet potato beetle https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-74/E-74.html<br /><br />Just wondering if you have successfully dealt with these. Theocraticmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586968958825431675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-58094661776197469122020-03-23T15:50:27.507-10:002020-03-23T15:50:27.507-10:00Mahalo for your appreciation of my blog! Did you l...Mahalo for your appreciation of my blog! Did you look at Down to Earth in Kahului? I've see them at DTE pretty regularly.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438167207270942090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469372901103852041.post-16939333995008838342020-03-23T13:38:26.226-10:002020-03-23T13:38:26.226-10:00Hi Jane,
Love your blog & I've learned alo...Hi Jane,<br />Love your blog & I've learned alot from you. <br />Do you have any or know of any fellow gardener who might have some Jerusalem artichokes/ sunchokes to share? Two years ago I went & ate the last of my harvest (oops) & now can't locate any in the local stores.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012528682946185541noreply@blogger.com