Unlike regularpotatoes, sweet potatoes do not have eyes that grow into new plants.
Slips can be started from store bought sweet potatoes or from one saved from a previous year’s crop.
Sweet potatoes root prolifically and slips are started indoors in water or soil or outdoors directly in the garden.
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Read more here about how to grow your own slips at home for perfect crops every time.
When to Start Sweet Potato Slips
Sweet potatoes are a warm weather crop.
Air and soil temperatures need to reach 60F before transplanting slips into the garden.
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Allow six to seven weeks using the water method and four to six weeks starting in soil.
Planting out too early exposes the delicate vines to cold damage.
One slip, on average, produces about a half dozen sweet potatoes.
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you’re able to start slips with grocery store sweet potatoes.
Choose an organic variety which is less likely to have been treated with a root inhibitor.
Sweet Potatoes vs. Yams.
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What’s the Difference?Mississippi State University Extension
