Starting my sweet potato slips
A few years back I would start sweet potatoes by cutting them up and placing them in the ground. Though in the last year I have learned about growing "slips".
Slips are new growth from the spuds that form when you expose them to water. So I have some of my smaller spuds I harvested last year and I placed them in water. In a few days or weeks eyes will form and new growth will emerge. I let them grow nice and long.. over a foot if I can. And then cut them off and place in a new water dish to root. Maybe I could use my bubbler.
Normally I would eat these sweet potatoes, but being able to take the small ones that are not as good for eating. And using to grow new spuds may work well. I question if I need large spuds to grow large slips. Last year when I grew them I may have used larger sweet potatoes so we will see.
By growing slips with my smaller sweet potatoes I harvested. I will get to eat all my larger ones. And honestly I still have a bunch of small ones so may end up cooking some I didnt use for slips.
As of February I still have about half of my harvest. Looks like I'll eat the rest of them before my next harvest in November or so.
Some of the spuds want to grow already. Though I'll probably eat those. Looking forward to trying the leaves again when they are all big and full of vines and growth.
Some other changes have been made to where I am growing plants indoors over the winter. I placed a wire rack to set everything on. And took some Feverfew cuttings I am hoping to root into new plants.
Replaced some of the sponges on the bubbler. I get normal dish sponges and cut them to fit into the bubbler. Right now I have Blueberry cuttings and a couple long Feverfew stems.
An humidifier had been set up as well. To help keep the plants from running out of moisture too quickly.
All and all some major changes have been made to bubbler and able to start rooted plants early in the season really help me out. Hope they all do well.
Did you grow it inside? From what I know sweet potatoes can't survive in a small area. They will keep on growing and providing a lot of branches and leaves.
I start them inside and them move them outside to beds when the weather warms up.
thats what they look like when all grown and outdoors.
Ahm yeah that's it, the same in our country.
That's really great ❤️, the shape are really different indeed. The shapes are normal round or egg shape I have seen this shape first time. Its great that you are growing our food for yourself its great.
Thanks alot, yeah their shapes are probably due to markets only selling perfect shaped ones.. The ones I grew came in all weird shapes and sizes, and I think most markets would not sell those.. They are still good regardless of shape though.
ya indeed , but they are be eaten by you then there is no issue in the shape 😊🙏