A couple of things. You can cut those slip vines into MANY slips per vine. At the base of every leaf are small nodes that will sprout roots if you clip the vine and put that node into water for a week. The other thing is, you shouldn't have to purchase any sweet potatoes next year. Just hold one or two of the ones you grow this year back in a cool dry place. They will keep until then. I bought a bag of 5 sweet potatoes around November 2022 to use for propagation, didn't get around to them until Feb 2024 and they had started sprouting in the bag. I bought a couple of clear bins from Dollar Tree for $1.25 each and a bag of potting mix. Did the same as you did her but never covered mine since they had sprouts already. I've already clipped 25 slips from one potato and have them rooted separately in a jar of water. I cant even miss the ones I clipped off of the main plant its growing so many more. Have fun and good luck with your sweet potatoes. I cant wait to get some from my own garden this year
Thank you for your input ! This is great !
A couple of things. You can cut those slip vines into MANY slips per vine. At the base of every leaf are small nodes that will sprout roots if you clip the vine and put that node into water for a week.
The other thing is, you shouldn't have to purchase any sweet potatoes next year. Just hold one or two of the ones you grow this year back in a cool dry place. They will keep until then. I bought a bag of 5 sweet potatoes around November 2022 to use for propagation, didn't get around to them until Feb 2024 and they had started sprouting in the bag. I bought a couple of clear bins from Dollar Tree for $1.25 each and a bag of potting mix. Did the same as you did her but never covered mine since they had sprouts already. I've already clipped 25 slips from one potato and have them rooted separately in a jar of water. I cant even miss the ones I clipped off of the main plant its growing so many more.
Have fun and good luck with your sweet potatoes. I cant wait to get some from my own garden this year
Mine are doing great ! I am super excited to see what yield I get this year!