This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy was my first dog and he thought the garden was his, even though I did all the work. Now Suzie and Charley follow in his footsteps. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6A). I have a community plot, a backyard vegetable garden, fruit trees, berry bushes, chickens, and bees. I use sustainable organic methods and do my best to grow all of my family's vegetables myself.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
transplanting sweet potato slips
I cut up my sprouted sweet potatoes today and potted them up in a tray of soil.
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.
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteThey seemed to need more than water to grow faster.
ReplyDeleteAfter 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.
ReplyDeleteDo you leave them on the potato until they are 1 foot?
ReplyDeleteYes
ReplyDeleteAfter i grew Sweet Potatoes for a few years i found this guy who wrote a book on this subject.
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