Wednesday, April 07, 2010

transplanting sweet potato slips

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I cut up my sprouted sweet potatoes today and potted them up in a tray of soil.

6 comments:

Donald said...

Wait untill the slip gets about a foot long then root in water. I dont think rooting in dirt is a good idea. Leave them in water and harden them off as you would a tomato plant then plant the bare root in your garden.

kathy said...

They seemed to need more than water to grow faster.

Donald said...

After they reach 1 ft.They need the water to grow roots. Growing in zone 5 or 6 will work. Im not sure why you have them in dirt. Its way too early for that. Once bare root slips are ready they can stay in a glass of water for 2 months until its warm enuff to plant outdoors. The goal is to have bare root slips. they work the best.

kathy said...

Do you leave them on the potato until they are 1 foot?

Donald said...

Yes

Donald said...

After i grew Sweet Potatoes for a few years i found this guy who wrote a book on this subject.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~allan/sweet_potatoes_flyer.html