1 This is a significant increase over the 3% level of outlier claims paid in the early years of the program (2000 through 2002.). 2  More than 84% of the outlier payments were made to agencies in three statesâ Florida, California and Texasâthat account for only 23.4% of Medicare enrollees.
Sweet Potatoes are a tropical plant. This means that they grow well in USDA hardiness zones 9, 10, and 11. This area includes most of the southern and south-western United States. If starting your own slips, start sprouting them in March or April.
Control. 1  Use only scurf-free, fungicide-treated sweet potatoes as seed roots. Bed these in soil free of the disease. 2  Cut transplants at least 1 inch above the soil line, and dip them in a fungicide. 3  Grow sweet potatoes after a 3- to 4-year rotation with other crops.