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Can you eat sweet potato vine?

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Created: 2022-03-16 03:21:10

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If you want sweet potatoes to eat, the tubers from your ornamental sweet potato vines are indeed edible. 26 февр. 2016 г.


Is sweet potato vine poisonous to humans?

The leaves, stems, and tubers of sweet potato vine are not toxic. The tubers are edible, but ornamental varieties were bred to produce lovely foliage, not a delicious crop.

Can you eat what grows on a sweet potato vine?

The sweet potato vine is an unexpected bonus when you're growing sweet potatoes — sweet potato leaves are edible! And even if you don't plan to grow them in your garden, sweet potato greens can be grown inside as an edible houseplant. For another unexpected edible green, get to know purslane!

Can you eat the leaves of sweet potato vine?

Sweet potato plants are typically grown for their sweet tubers, but the leaves are great too. These edible leaves – scientifically called Ipomoea Batatas – contain high dietary fibre and can be absolutely delicious.

Can you eat the potatoes from a decorative potato vine?

In fact, ornamental sweet potato vine tubers are edible and will not hurt you if you consume them. They come in a variety of attractive colors, so you might be tempted to eat them, but you should be aware that they do not taste very good.

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