SWEET POTATO SLIPS **TWO WAYS TO GROW** SECRET TIP WHICH END GOES UP? (OAG) 

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I would try the water method it seems to be able to produce more slips

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Hello L. Our weather just keeps on acting up, it has either been too cold or too wet to get my garden planted. I hope to get some of it done in the next few days. C.

@@OldAlabamaGardener yes , even in Texas we are having alot of rain for June & July & cooler weather then normal . But trying different ways to grow.

@@OldAlabamaGardener thanx so much for your advice. Just getting slips from one just planted few months ago and another tat few weeks ago in a bowl laying down with no picks. My potato in the ground has very few roots so far but quite a few slips. I actually thought I was harvesting a crop when I found my original sw potato good as new. Yesterday I brought it inside and placed it in a bowl fully submerged. I will pull the slips off as they root more like you did. Bit disappointed nothing grew but I didn't water daily i'd given up on it weeks ago but we had a good storm and it sprouted well. I'm preparing an old baby bath with some sand bout one inch and pasture hay few inches. I will be using sea water diluted bout a quarter sprayed onto sand and thru the bale. I hope to get a crop started. I'm having success growing some heirloom tomatoes in sea sand on my verandah in a hanging pot few feet long now with a trellis and my ripe tomato tasted awesome with a hint of sea salt. Truly I've never tasted anything so nice. Thankyou for your advice it was God sent very timely just as I was perplexed what to do. I'm in Australia and we are having terrible home invasions and shootings daily around my home and food trucks are being stolen so I suggest you get ready for the worst. Australia is dangerous now it's gone to the dogs so sad really. I live 2 Kilometers from the beach on Sunshine coast beautiful area but crime is so bad some days with car bombs that radio says sometimes to stay indoors unless you have to go to work or get groceries. Insanity seems to be rampant here with druggies all over and at 65 I have just moved into a unit four months ago and thought it looked safe but stay locked in most times. I grow on my verandah with nice trellis to grow everything. I've had a potato plant bout a foot long with good roots growing sabotaged quite disheartening really. I've tried to grow corn and it was going well and found they were broken by people. I've had quite a bit of success with sea water hydroponics for few weeks and people keep breaking stalks of my seedlings. I've cordoned off my verandah now. I've had my jewellery stolen and other things as well being a pensioner it's hard. Please prepare for things going south. You have given me hope that I can do this.thanx God bless. 👍🙏😇

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So true!! I have a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering--($$$$$). You can learn more in a few minutes than an entire semester in some college subjects.

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Slips from the bottom is the best way. Trick is to figure out which end is the bottom. OAG

@@OldAlabamaGardener very true! It can be very difficult to tell!

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I have grown them both ways and prefer the water method. OAG

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It is a worth while plant to grow. OAG

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You are welcome. Not everyone does it this way, but it works for me. OAG

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@@OldAlabamaGardener I'm doing well! I meant to send you a picture of my Comfrey progress! They're doing very well!!! May 25, 2021

Then you have fond memories.

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It may depend on where you are located. You can order sweet potato slips on the internet. OAG

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I am working on getting it done. When I get it done, I will make a garden tour video. OAG

Yes, you are right. I have to take measures to keep the deer from eating my sweet potato plants. OAG

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If it is not organic potatoes, then I am pretty sure it has been sprayed. To make sure it has not been sprayed, buy organic potatoes for sprouting. OAG

I don't think tropical rains would be an issue. If you have soil that doesn't drain, then you might have a problem of too much water. As Florida is very sandy soil, drainage isn't usually a problem. The grow bags do have drain holes don't they? If not, then I would make some drain holes near the bottom of the bag. Wind may move the plants around after they get long but that doesn't usually hurt the plant as long as it doesn't actually break the stems off. OAG

@@OldAlabamaGardener ok thank you. The grow bags are porous but don't have holes per se...I might just elevate them so they aren't sitting in ground puddles. Thanks again! Oh, I did both the water toothpick method and dirt and got a lot more slips with the water method.

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Yep, that is an old way to do it. And the sprouts or slips are good to eat. OAG

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Yes, they will likely still grow, but be a little slow to get started. If it were me, I would give them some water every few days until they get established. OAG

I don't change the water unless it gets dirty from leaves getting in it. I do add water as it goes down over time. OAG

Yes, some people do have good success with growing slips in the ground. I never do, so, I start slips in water in the house. OAG

A good question and it depends on if you are in the north end or south end. Either way, sweet potatoes need about 120 days to produce harvest size potatoes. So, count back wards from your first frost date in the autumn 120 days, and that is when you should set the slips in the garden. But you then have to count back from the date planned to set slips in the garden to know when to start growing the slips. Using my time line, I started the potato in water on 13 Mar, and it needs about 60 days to grow the slips with a plan to set the slips in the garden by the 13th of May, this would put me harvesting the potatoes late September. OAG

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If you change the water in the jar, the slips will stay good for quite a long time. Don't allow any leaves or rotting slips to remain in the water. The other way is to put the slips in a pot of potting mix, doing it this way the plants will begin to grow but that may not be a bad thing. C.