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Cooking Air Potato Bulblets: A Tasty Way to Control an Invasive Vine

Grow air potato on a fence to contain bulblets. Tiny "potatoes" are edible—add to rice near end of cooking (5 minutes). Harvest as many bulblets as possible to reduce spread next year.

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