Q&A: Concern About Kilayim
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Concern About Kilayim
Question
I have an ornamental planter in the yard, and planted together in it are an ornamental sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and a flowering ornamental plant (such as a petunia).
Since the sweet potato is a species that can be used for food, but here it was planted for ornamental purposes only,
is there any concern of kilayim here?
Answer
There is no prohibition of kilayim of seeds with a plant that is not for eating.
Discussion on Answer
Correct.
I just want to check that I understood: even if the ornamental sweet potato might produce fruit, there’s still no kilayim if it’s mixed together with the petunia?