今年初めてサツマイモを育てています。冬の間にスーパーで買って美味しかった「五郎島金時」という品種で、ネット情報を見ながら芽出しをしました。例年ならパッションフルーツのツルを絡ませている、寝室横のキウイ棚を利用しています。下の写真左の鉢植えは、7月上旬に届いた日本ナツメの大苗ですが、以来、ひこばえが3本出てきたので根元がワサワサしています。
I am growing sweet potato plants in a bag on the balcony, next to my bedroom. I kept one of the sweet potatoes I bought in the shop during winter and managed to get new shoots, thanks to the information available on the internet. Normally, I use the kiwi scaffold for growing passion fruits but I wanted to try sweet potatoes this year. The pot on the left is the Japanese jujube plant that arrived in early July. Since then, 3 suckers have come out and the whole plant is thriving.
サツマイモのツルをバルコニー側から見るとこの状態。雨除けとしても効果を発揮しています。
Looking at the sweet potato plants on the balcony. The plants are quite useful not just for getting shades, but also preventing rain drops coming into the room when I leave the glass door open.
手前から、皇帝ナツメ、日本ナツメ、サツマイモのツルで狭いので、バルコニーの掃除のたびにうっかり枝を折ってしまいます。
From front to back, Emperor jujube, Japanese jujube, and sweet potato vines. The balcony is getting crowded and every time I clean the floor, I break a branch somewhere.