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idle curiosity.....
I couldn't think of a better heading!!!! Was in morrisons earlier. Bought a sweet potato and a bit of ginger. Going to plant them and see what (if anything!) happens. Has anyone else tried similar? Years ago I had a piece of ginger root grow. It didn't do a deal but at least it came up! 
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You might want to read this thread about sweet potatoes on A4A.
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,78551.0.html
I have a feeling you can't grow sweet potatoes like ordinary potatoes, so I have my doubts about that one.
Ginger does grow well in a pot, you'll need to give it lots of warmth and light (it comes from the tropics after all), but they can make handsome indoor plants. They won't flower here I think, but it's worth trying just for the fun of it - go for it.
You need to take the shoots off the sweet potato when they are long enough & root them as cuttings , I don't think you can actually plant the tuber.
Ah yes, now you say that I do recall that - I knew it wasn't a case of putting them in like spuds - thank you Mark499 (Are you nearly an emergency worker? Sorry, you must get that all the time!). I might be tempted to try - we ate such alot of them when we lived in Zambia, the local market had them in for a short time each year - yum! The ones we get here are OK, but like everything else, much nicer fresh.
Ooh Bookertoo. Where in Zambia? My dad left home to go and work there in 1969 - medic for the copper mines. Had an avocado and a mango tree in the garden. Luscious.