Sweet Potato Slips - Page 2

Durgan · April 15, 2014

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?AUZZO 15 April 2014 Potting Sweet Potato Slips
Potato slips have roots after four days and were planted into soil in gallon pots, and placed in the greenhouse. The plants were watered from the bottom. They will be transplanted in outdoor garden about the end of May.

macmex · April 16, 2014

I have grown them from my own stored roots for years now. Generally, when trying a new variety I have gotten it either from Sandhill Preservation or Duck Creek Farms (The two best sources, in my opinion).

This year I got my Oklahoma nursery license and have started raising slips to sell. So far, so good!

I'll try to post some pictures from when I started them to sprout and what they look like now.

Will also post a link to a guide I did, as a hand out.

George
Tahlequah, OK

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April 4, 2014

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Durgan · April 16, 2014

macmex

Nice information. Apparently a small farmer in my area use to grow and sell sweet potatoes from his home. I never encountered local sweet potatoes so this was news to me. I will drive out to the area,since it is reasonably close and see if the farm still exists. I use to think Zone 5 was marginal for growing, so am looking forward to my endeavors this Summer.

April 15, 2014	#16
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	Planting Potato Slips in Soil http://www.durgan.org/URL/?AUZZO 15 April 2014 Potting Sweet Potato Slips Potato slips have roots after four days and were planted into soil in gallon pots, and placed in the greenhouse. The plants were watered from the bottom. They will be transplanted in outdoor garden about the end of May.

April 16, 2014	#17
macmex Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tahlequah, Oklahoma Posts: 102	I have grown them from my own stored roots for years now. Generally, when trying a new variety I have gotten it either from Sandhill Preservation or Duck Creek Farms (The two best sources, in my opinion). This year I got my Oklahoma nursery license and have started raising slips to sell. So far, so good! I'll try to post some pictures from when I started them to sprout and what they look like now. Will also post a link to a guide I did, as a hand out. George Tahlequah, OK Before April 4, 2014 P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...20potatoes.pdf

April 16, 2014	#18
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	macmex Nice information. Apparently a small farmer in my area use to grow and sell sweet potatoes from his home. I never encountered local sweet potatoes so this was news to me. I will drive out to the area,since it is reasonably close and see if the farm still exists. I use to think Zone 5 was marginal for growing, so am looking forward to my endeavors this Summer.