GROWING FOOD From FOOD | Step 2 Growing Your Own Sweet Potato Slips

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How to Grow Sweet Potato Slips
What do you do once vines are growing out of your sweet potatoes?
Here is the next step in the process, simply snip off the vines once they are 4-6 inches long and place in fresh jar of water. They will then start establishing roots off the vines. This is what you will then plant in the ground.
We are in SE Michigan, Zone 6, last frost date is April 26th. We will plant out in the garden using Ruth Stout method once average day time temps are in the 70s usually late May early June for us.
Sweet potatoes need 90-120 days of growing time till harvest. We will not harvest, until just before first frost date.
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@elabausch9487 3 года назад

Just a suggestion... this lid with holes will cause you a ton of trouble later when the roots are thick and you will be trying to pull them out...you do not need this lid... happy growing :-)

@bradpolmateer4266 3 года назад

Good pointer

@sandrah583 3 года назад

I came here to say the same things. Pulling the plant out will remove a lot of those roots that develop.

@morningwoodfarms713 3 года назад

Oh my, YES!!!....GREAT THOUGHT!!! 👍🏆❤ @Ela Bausch

@violiendamast 3 года назад

Or cut the lid in pieces afterwards. But yes, it’s easier not to use a lid like that.

@darrybush5293 3 года назад

I Agee 100% get rid of that lid it will be a total pain when it starts getting roots.

@GrandmaBsBusyLife 3 года назад

That lid may make it very hard to get them out once the roots are well established. I love your videos!!!

@FourSeasons04 3 года назад

Your slips have grown nicely. I now utilize the dirt method to start my slips; place sweet potatoes in a pan/container, cover with dirt, and water. I have a bouquet of slips and no more changing water so frequently.

@dikamarchinski 3 года назад

Thank you guys for the vídeos. I'm a nurse on Brazil and it has being a hard and stressfull time. Your vídeos help me to calm down. I wait every day for more and can't wait for the time I will plant my own garden

@sandrah583 3 года назад

I carefully pull my slips off rather than cutting them. I feel I am able to get a healthier slip and sometimes the roots come with them.

@puremayhelm 3 года назад

I was just going to say the same. Pinching or twisting them off works great.

@kimnelson7697 3 года назад

My attempt at growing sweet potato slips was a total disaster. They all rotted and I had to compost them. But on the flip side, I started my peppers the same day as you and they are doing amazing. They look as big as what you would buy at the nursery for planting. Gardening is weird lol.

@JennyfromDblock 3 года назад

I never knew sweet potatoes were a tropical plant! The more you know!!

@fourdayhomestead2839 3 года назад

I'll be doing deep south way this year (potato in dirt), but always had good luck when done the in water way (snapped off at potato)..

@Monkchip 3 года назад

Last year, I experimented w/sw potato stored in the basement from THanksgiving. I'm in zone 6b. Around June 1st, I cut about 4 potatoes in thirds and buried in my raised bed. The leafy vines were all over, so keep in mind they travel far n wide. I got about 12, and my soil was lousy, so the yams were small and not nice to eat. I'm trying again, this time in Bags. I heard somewhere recently, you will know when your potatoes are ready to harvest - it's when the leaves are turning yellow. So, good luck with your sweet potatoes! I'm not really sure when I'll be planting, haven't got bags yet, other projects looming.. And thanks for your upfront video Rachael!

@denisebrady6858 3 года назад

Rachel ditch the lid !! just use a large jar/pitcher fill it with water & put them in there. I have 3 beds at the moment which I stagger growing but yes I live in sub-tropical so all year round growth. I actually use the runners from the growing potatoes & put them in water to use for new slips when I pull one of the beds up- very successful. Cheers Denise - Australia

@melissar.1776 3 года назад

Take the slips out of the lid before your roots get to big. Enjoy your videos

@ceciliawoody5406 3 года назад

I did this last year with great results. Once you have all if the slips you need, if the sweet potato is still in good shape and still "sprouting" you can plant it as a ornamental sweet potato plant. Mine didn't grow additional potatoes, but were the most beautiful vining plants for all summer. I'm done 5 Missouri.

@carolmalko615 3 года назад

Thank you , Rachel, for showing us step by step what you are doing. I'm following you so I'll know what to expect.

@concreteartist001 4 месяца назад

Thanks for adding this so I can see step 2.

@marikapaprika5833 3 года назад

Ooooo, you are going to get SO many plants Rachel! 🌱🌱🌱 I’m really looking forward to your Sweet Potato harvest from these, I loved last years, it was so much fun! 😍 Here is Australia, my sweet potatoes are STILL in the ground and it’s autumn. The plants only really started growing very late in summer so I’m not super hopeful for any kind of harvest as frosts come to my area soon. I don’t mind though, I’ll keep some of the vines alive indoors over winter and start even earlier next year for a bumper crop.

@nannygeorginasmith3938 3 года назад

Brilliant am having to turn my sweet potato upside down 🥔 thanks for sharing 👍😎

@opalezell319 3 года назад

Rachel, don't cut potatoes, just break at bud.that is the root.Don't cut roots off the momma tator.

@XOjmmXO 3 года назад

I dont know if sweet potatoes are the same, but just to share my experience with hydroponics. I start around 20 plants in a hydroponic system and have found they have a hard time when you transplant them into soil. Tip I have learned is when you are ready to transplant, add soil to the water they are growing in and let them sit for about 30 minutes. Seems to help the transition and now I lose maybe one a year! Happy planting!

@robertschroeder1978 3 года назад

Rachel, thanks for the great video. I will try this as I have always heard about slips and wondered on the process. Thanks for the information and all the hard work for the channel. Rob S. (Rockford MI)

@denisekelly2404 3 года назад

Wow! Your slips look so healthy and beautiful! Thank you Rachel for always being so willing to take the time to share your things with us. My little granddaughter and myself started ours a week or so ago and l can’t wait to show her this video so she can see what’s ahead for our sweet potatoes!❤️

@CosmopolitanCornbread 3 года назад

I’m absolutely going to try this next year

@RhondaRichter-1234 3 года назад

I live in north central Wisconsin so my planting time is the same as yours. I am just now getting shoots!!

@DebbiesHomeplace 3 года назад

That looks easy enough Rachel. They look nice too!

@MGMissy 3 года назад

Pothos is the vining plant your thinking of. Your sweet potato vines look so good! Just starting mine here.

@courtneyhartman3130 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@morningwoodfarms713 3 года назад

OMG! Awesome job!! 👑💗

@minervabeans9746 3 года назад

I was just looking at my potato and wondered what to do now! Perfect timing.

@analemus3815 3 года назад

I’m doing the same thing too. I already planted 5 of them. Can’t wait for my results. Good luck Rachel!

@laurielyon1892 3 года назад

Thanks for posting this! I’m trying this for the first time too! I’ve just about got a slip ready. I found that lid at Dollar Tree so I have a couple of them

@lowriedeeharrison4168 3 года назад

I took a 1020 tray with no holes. Laid organic potatoes on sides and half covered with potting soil. Place on a heat mat for warmth. Keep soil moist. 4 to 6 inch slips popped petty quick. I pulled slips by holding down potato and gently tug slips. Sometimes I get roots sometimes not. Trim lower limbs from slip and place in 2 1/2 inch pot of potting soil and bottom water. In a couple weeks I had 24 slips potted and growing and plenty more coming on. Last year my slips in water was a total fail. Probably too cold.

@mariagarcia-po6kl 3 года назад

Hi. Rachel. Thank you for sharing your video. I do enjoyed the video. God Bless you and Todd. Be safe. Praying the roots get bigger for you to plant them potatoes. Maria. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍💜💜💜💕💕💕💕❤❤💖💖💖

@jackiehorsley9263 3 года назад

wow that's so cool I am doing the same thing with my sweet potato's

@meinschatz26 3 года назад

Rachel! You have blown my mind with how easy it is to grow your own sweet potatoes. This is on my list for the first time this year :)

@laurierich5161 3 года назад

Mine are a little behind yours but coming along!

@BD-cu4cq 3 года назад

Thank you very much

@hollynelson543 3 года назад

Was having a bad moment then I saw you were on, just what I needed.

@allthingsbethie 3 года назад

I'm anxious to see how they do. I'm zone 6, but for some reason people say we can't grow them out here in Idaho. Maybe our growing season isn't long enough? I hope you'll keep updating us.

@lindaliddell5349 3 года назад

Great idea. When you remove them from the lid with the design will it pull off the roots though?

@matthewsherriff-growingfoo3110 3 года назад

I love growing sweet potatoes, i was walking through my garden and noticed a crack in the soil next to the sweet potato vine, guess what i dug up. I am planning to have them growing wild. Also found a few regular potatoes i missed during harvest last year have sprouted in the most inconvenient places, so i have perennial potatoes now that come in the start of autumn.

@purplechris9480 3 года назад

Heads up seeing canning lids at Manards and Walmart.

@phyllisbakercoffman8988 3 года назад

You can also cut off a hunk of the potato with the sprouts and plant directly in the ground

@monana8706 3 года назад

Rachel, I put my slips (after removing from SP) in Solo cups to continue rooting. Where I had roots already growing from the slip, I cut out that little chunk with the slip. My slips are already vining😊. Need to get the greenhouse up so I can get them planted very soon😳😊

@MommaJessiesCraftyHomestead 3 года назад

I was definitely wondering that. Going to try some of my own too tomorrow hopefully. When do you know when their ready to be planted in the garden? I've never grown sweet potatoes before.

@canadiangirl5159 3 года назад

Hmm... I'm eyeing up my sweet potatoes that are on my counter. I think I could probably pull this off, but actually getting them to produce in my short growing season is another thing. Maybe if I grew them in a green house, but I'd have to start them in the house near a window until our last frost. Up here in Alberta that's around the end of May. I get a sunny winter, and I start all my seedlings by a large warm south facing window, which work great last year. Plants took over my kitchen. Right now there's still some snow on the ground, and it's cold outside. This has given me ideas. Thanks.

@puremayhelm 3 года назад

I'm in Manitoba and I grow sweet potatoes here in ground and pots and they produce very well! And I have a shorter growing season than you. Give it a try!

@jenniferr2057 3 года назад

Those lids very efficiently clip all the little roots off when you try to extract them, just fyi. :)

@1870s 3 года назад

Lol y'all are so worried about my frog

@Chris-ib5ht 3 года назад

Do you think you'd ever experiment with grafting? You could get multiple crops from a single source. We have some grafted fruit trees we get about three different fruits from

@sarahhankins5644 3 года назад

Pothos, and you propagate the nodes 😉❤️

@TheBabcocks 3 года назад

Your slips are so big! Mine have been growing so slowly.

@shaetasstic 3 года назад

Can you do this with regular potatoes too?

@aliceserna614 3 года назад

You want to snip or rip them bottom leaves off. Don't want them in the water they will rot and be mushy. Remember to check and change the water around once a week. If the roots are growing at the start of slip you want to try and wiggle or tickle (don't that sound weird) them off with the slip.

@mojoflyingsolo639 3 года назад

How are you going to remove the slips without damaging the root system using that lid? I would just crisscross narrow tape across the top of the jar that way you could cut the tape and pull out the slips without any damage to the roots.

@janfelshaw8217 3 года назад

When you harvest your sweet potatoes I would like to know how you cure them and store them.

@amybrown8528 3 года назад

Will you plant these Ruth Stout style as well? Like the regular potatoes?

@sschueneman 3 года назад

How are you going to get the roots (once they form) thru the little holes?

@1870s 3 года назад

Once the vines grow bigger I won't need the frog anymore to hold them out of the water and will remove it

@jenniferspeers2453 3 года назад

I feel like my sweet potato is at a stand still now. There is a root coming out the bottom and the start of 2 lil slips but it's been that way for a bit.

@jenniferspeers2453 3 года назад

It was just an experiment, im in the PNW and don't really expect to get anything. Definitely didn't plan any space for sweet potatoes. ... but id have made room haha

@DonnaRatliff1 3 года назад

@@jenniferspeers2453 you can now put your sweet potatoes in a pan (such as one of those cheap tin foil turkey roasting pans) laying them on their sides on a bit of soil then cover them with a little more soil but not totally covering the whole potato. The potatoes will sprout from their sides and you'll get a bunch more slips to eventually be able to pull them off the tators to plant in the ground when the earth soil heats up. I Water them frequently in the pan to keep the soil damp. You'll get a nice harvest of sweet potatoes. I started some of mine in water and start some in soil, both work but soil method creates more. A sweet potato farmer shared this tip with me. It works great! I just wanted to share this with you. Happy Spring planting. :)

@suevalenti9584 3 года назад

My potato has roots but no slips, how long did yours take once there were roots?

@lisagilmore4519 3 года назад

Mine are in the window!

@amilynnstapay796 3 года назад

You are referencing Pothos (Epipremnum spp.)

@allthingsmj 3 года назад

My stems are mostly purple and I am not growing sweet potatoes or any red variety. I’m trying to figure out if this is normal?

@blueheronhill 3 года назад

Cut off some of the lower leaves so they don’t rot in the water.

@lucillecohon2520 3 года назад

How about using a cardboard or plastic lid so all you have to do is cut them apart! Just an idea!

@jeannestout8770 3 года назад

My sweet potato grew loads of roots but no slips!!!

@pamelawells1425 3 года назад

Mine rotted and did nothing

@cynthiafisher9907 3 года назад

I’m not sure about the lid being a great idea. How about just putting strips of scotch tape across in a grid shape to stick the slips in?

@hack7aoomen897 3 года назад

You have a bug on your sweet potato

@connieatkins7390 3 года назад

My sweet potatoes did nothing. Started over.

@dumbbunnie123 3 года назад

Your lid is great for cut flowers but you're going to shave off your nice new roots pulling them up through those holes. I'd just keep putting them in a shallow jar and stay on top of the watering. That's what I do anyway! Good luck..they look nice and healthy.