Peas and Sweets

GoDawgs · April 28, 2019

The peas are moving right along, full of blooms and the first inch-long pods are appearing.

I put two sprouting 'Jewel' sweet potatoes from last year's crop in a window box to grow slips. We're just doing five hills this year as we like sweet potatoes but just don't eat them a lot. Since they are stored in a closet, maybe it's just "out of sight, out of mind."

There's a You Tube video from Deep South Homestead about growing sweet potato slips that I found to be very useful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAkfXmNv_7k

For the last two years I've just suspended a sweet in a jar of water but this method seems to be producing a lot more slips and they look pretty lush. I'll probably get all five slips just from the one potato.

April 28, 2019	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Peas and Sweets The peas are moving right along, full of blooms and the first inch-long pods are appearing. I put two sprouting 'Jewel' sweet potatoes from last year's crop in a window box to grow slips. We're just doing five hills this year as we like sweet potatoes but just don't eat them a lot. Since they are stored in a closet, maybe it's just "out of sight, out of mind." There's a You Tube video from Deep South Homestead about growing sweet potato slips that I found to be very useful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAkfXmNv_7k For the last two years I've just suspended a sweet in a jar of water but this method seems to be producing a lot more slips and they look pretty lush. I'll probably get all five slips just from the one potato.