Sweet potato slips

If you open your pantry door and see your sweet potato putting out magenta sprouts, then you have the beginnings of your very own sweet potato bed.

Start by placing your sweet potato sproutside up into a wide mouth jar filled with water.

Within a few weeks, you will see your potato putting down roots and the sprouts will turn into healthy leafy vines.

When each vine gets to be about 6 inches twist them off and place them into a cup of water.

The vines will quickly root in just a plain cup of water. I think a cup full of sprouting vines is very attractive on the window sill.

Vines over 12" can be cut in half and the new cutting will also take root.

One sweet potato has given me 24 slips between January and March.

How to transition these rooted cuttings to outdoor plants next post!