How to GROW SWEET POTATOES from a grocery store potato! #sweetpotatoes #texasgarden #gardeningtips

Spring is coming soon and its time to get sweet potato slips started!
Sweet potatoes are not the same as Irish or White Potatoes.
They grow from slips that form from the original sweet potatoes. These slips are the beginnings of sweet potato vines.
Sweet potato vines can reach 10-15ft long and are a beautiful vine for mid to late summer trellis'!
Each slip once rooted can produce 5-10 sweet potatoes in my experience.
Each grocery store sweet potato can produce round after round of slips!
So, endless sweet potatoes!
Sweet potatoes need 100-120 days to mature and require WARM soil temps.
So they are the perfect root crop to grow all summer in the southern states!
They only require about 8" deep of well draining soil and the vines can act as a living mulch in the dead heat of our Texas summers.
Consider growing sweet potatoes this spring/summer to increase the calorie crop variety in your garden!
#growingsweetpotatoes #growingpotatoes #potatoes #growfood #texasgardentips #texasgardening #southerngarden

[brooklynlefevre]

This was the most informative video on sweet potatoes and the slips! Thank you!!!

[blackbway]

Did you know that the sweet potato skins can grow slips after you peal it away from the potatoes?
If you left the skins in a moist, not wet place, they will start to bud and then you could get slips to plant.
That way, you could eat your potatoes and and get slips to grow from the same potato.

[MissTamma]

Yes and the sweet potato leaves make the best eating greens.

[marym]

Holy moly, I did not now this is how you grow sweet potato. Thanks. Im going to do this with my daughter, I bet she will love it.

[martykirk]

Thanks so easy to do! Thanks for sharing!

[georgebowman]

Can't believe it I was searching YouTube but this explains it the best and in a short time. Thank you ❗❗❗🥔🍠

[sewingbreesinger]

Yes! I have a whole counter top with jars filled with slips!

[KenjaajneK]

cleanest, pure explanation of necessity to the grow.. THANK YOU!

[rogerthat]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, for getting right to the "how to point" with your instructions. I appreciate it so much. I attempted to watch several youtube videos and the blabbed on to the point I just gave them a thumps down and finally found you. Thumbs up and subscribe to you, I subscribe to very few.

[christianramos]

Dude thank you so much, I've been wondering when to start 😭

[inhibited]

I kept my slim sweet potatoes in a bag because there was no meat on them. Forgot about them until a year later. Opened the bag up and the things had sprouted without water. Threw them in my garden and they are doing fine. Crazy.

[firequeen]

Thanks! My sweet potato in water just started it’s first roots and I wasn’t sure what the next step was. So helpful to know what I’m looking for. 🎉

[elisabethjones]

Thank you!!!! Just what i needed. My slips from cut potatoes have grown well, but I want sure if I could just use water to encourage you growth ❤️

[mamokamika]

You can also do this when the temperature is above 50 F.
Cut off two ends of sweet potatoes about 2” (eat the middle part).
Plant these cutting in direct soil cut sides down. Will sprout shoots in a few days.
For quicker method, go to Asian market, buy sweet potatoes leaves.
Eat the leaves and tender shoots. Plant the rest in water jar. Will start to grow roots in 5-7 days. Plant them outside.

[Sonsie]

I love how practical all your tips are.

[BlueSkySanctuaryBaja]

A fantastically informative short, thank you! Would you recommend doing anything with the sweet potato that has roots? Thanks!

[loyaltyndrespect]

I just did one today. I hope i didn't do it backward because both her ends are weird looking lol.

[Jayjay-vijk]

appreciate it just got one of these bad boys from the dollar general and got worried I wasted my money. appreciate it!

[loveagape]

I have 2 that have grown those without being in water... so I put one in water today. We gonna seee

[muhtasinmahin]

I have a plant of purple vine sweet potatoes.
Can I apply this Method on it?