Sweet Potato Slips

Durgan · March 26, 2014

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?NMOIG 26 March 2013 Sweet Potato Slips
My first attempt at growing sweet potatoes. The quality sweet potato was purchased from the supermarket about six weeks ago. It was placed in water in bright sunlight,in a warm place to produce slips. Slips being the green shoots that grow from the main body. When they reach about six inches long they will be removed and placed in water to produce roots. The slips will then be planted in the outdoor garden about the first of June in my Zone 5. The sprouts or slips are very slow to start but are now growing about a quarter inch a day. This planting procedure is different from the typical potato planting method where part of the tuber is planted.

March 26, 2014	#1
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	Sweet Potato Slips http://www.durgan.org/URL/?NMOIG 26 March 2013 Sweet Potato Slips My first attempt at growing sweet potatoes. The quality sweet potato was purchased from the supermarket about six weeks ago. It was placed in water in bright sunlight,in a warm place to produce slips. Slips being the green shoots that grow from the main body. When they reach about six inches long they will be removed and placed in water to produce roots. The slips will then be planted in the outdoor garden about the first of June in my Zone 5. The sprouts or slips are very slow to start but are now growing about a quarter inch a day. This planting procedure is different from the typical potato planting method where part of the tuber is planted.