Sweet potato slipping sounds like a 1950's dance move. It's actually a fun way to propagate sweet potatoes. I took a sweet potato from my cupboard that had been shriveling and growing sprouts. I cut off the top third and stuck it in a canning jar with water, supporting the potato with tooth picks. I threw in a little bit of fertilizer. Now I'm just watching the sprouts grow. After the sprouts grow into little plants you gently twist them off the potato and then put them into a glass of water and let roots develop. Then you plant them in the ground. Hill them up a bit or plant them in an old tire. Let them grow all summer and dig them up before the frost hits in the fall. Sweet potatoes store well if they are unbruised and are kept at 60F. Sweet potato plants are heat lovers, they can be planted in our area through June. I can't wait to get them in the ground.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Sweet potato slipping
Sweet potato slipping sounds like a 1950's dance move. It's actually a fun way to propagate sweet potatoes. I took a sweet potato from my cupboard that had been shriveling and growing sprouts. I cut off the top third and stuck it in a canning jar with water, supporting the potato with tooth picks. I threw in a little bit of fertilizer. Now I'm just watching the sprouts grow. After the sprouts grow into little plants you gently twist them off the potato and then put them into a glass of water and let roots develop. Then you plant them in the ground. Hill them up a bit or plant them in an old tire. Let them grow all summer and dig them up before the frost hits in the fall. Sweet potatoes store well if they are unbruised and are kept at 60F. Sweet potato plants are heat lovers, they can be planted in our area through June. I can't wait to get them in the ground.
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