One of my sweet potatoes is sprouting well, but very slowly. No growth on the other. I thought maybe they need more warmth than they get on the window sill, so I moved them to an 80*F location under my fish tank. I hope to buy a few more of different varieties soon.
Are you growing the sweet potatoes as ornamentals, or to make slips for the garden later?
ReplyDeleteI love the way new growth on sweet potatoes looks. It always reminds me of my Grandmother, for she always had a sweet potato growing in the kitchen window.
I love the thought of a kitchen window sweet potato and look forward to seeing what this is like. Main purpose is for garden.
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ReplyDeleteI Grew these for a few years at my Community Garden Plot in Hamilton Ont. its a bit cooler here than Boston.To grow the slips I put three toopicks in the sweet potato and suspend them in a canning jar full of water.1 ft slips are ideal .After the slips are 1ft put them in the canning jar to root. Space them 2 ft per slip and space the rows 3ft and use Garden cover to heat the soil. They grow slow and then they they take off and the green leaves spread out. Near the end of summer leave them in until the night time temps are above 10c. Near the end of Summer the tubers will double in size every two weeks. From Donald donbrown62@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteThanks Donald! That's great info.
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