Sweet Potato Slips

[tilts]

I wonder if anyone can help?  I have 4 lovely (3inch) slips/shoots growing from the sweet potato (in water).
When i take the slips/shoots from the potato, do i take a little of the potato with it (cut it), or just the shoots?
Do I then place these into compost and grow on before putting out?
Should i pinch out the shoots as they look as though they could become quite leggy?
Any help greatly appreciated.

[tilts]

[MikeB]

Look in the Wiki  (button is at top of page), look under edible plants, list of veg to grow, scroll down to sweet potato, click and all will be revealed. (I think  ???)

[jimdob]

i have just done this on my sweet potato. i just pinched the slips from the potato at their base. i then put them in water and three days later i have roots :)

[Anne Robertson]

This is the first time I've grown my own slips, I have 4 potatoes, two have nothing growing on them but the other two have 7 between them with the promise of more. I'm so glad you asked that question, I know what to do now!

[tilts]

Thank you so much for that link to wiki, i did not have a clue what it meant or what i could find in it.
Not only did i find the answer to the question i found answers to questions i never dared ask!
Remember us silver surfers and the terminology next time!

[Jesse]

How is everyone's sweet potato slips coming along?

I'm pleased with mine, they're growing into sturdy little plants, pictured here are the first 5 slips that came off the tubers and have now been potted up. Today I potted up another 3 slips which had rooted after sitting in water, and today I also twisted off another 3 slips from the tuber and placed into water so that they can root. The tubers have about another 5 slips nearly ready to come off. Hopefully by June which is planting out time the plants will have developed a good root system, much further ahead than I was last year with the bought slips. :)



ani, one of my sweet potato tubers didn't produce any substantial slips, all the slips have come off the other two tubers.

[cambourne7]

Hi Peeps,

I was wondering what feed you give the sweet potato while they develop?

Cambourne7

[saddad]

All I gave mine was standard tomorite last year and grew that 5lb monster...
::)

[mc55]

mine had homemade nettle feed

[RosieMcPosie]

hope somone can help me, i have a few slips on a sweet potato in the kitchen, is it ok to plant them out now?

[cambourne7]

I would i not plant them out till after the frosts are past.

You can suspend the plant in a jam jar of water to help it develop roots, you will need to harden these off in feb to plant out perhapse under some protection.