Sweet Potato Surprise

It isn’t every day you dig up a sweet potato in your garden that weighs over three pounds! But that’s just what Fullerton resident Sam Bialas found in his garden as he was getting ready to harvest his produce. Sam said it was the first time he grew sweet potatoes. “I just wanted to try them,” he said. He purchased the plant from Earl May Garden Center, and ended up getting ten more good sized sweet potatoes off the plant. Sam also commented he didn’t use any fertilizer: “I just watered it.” It appears that water, along with a green thumb, produces big results in the Bialas garden.

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