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GoDawgs · March 30, 2021

Here's a great video from Deep South Homestead on growing sweet potato slips and planting them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST-uuhuzf9s

All you have to do is to pull the slip right out of the soil, trim any side leaves off and put them in a glass of water. The slip should have roots. When it comes time, I'm just going to pull back the soil in the window box down to the potatoes, break the slips I need off of the potatoes and then cover them back up. It worked great last year. They'll keep putting out more which is nice in case I need a few more or some for friends. In fact, I have some that are too long already and I'll just pull those out because there are plenty of others available. I'll also follow Danny's tip about cutting off the 1/2" where the slip attached to the potato to eliminate any chance of disease.

Danny's right about sweet potatoes being tough as nails. Just pull your slips. No need to dig up the potato.

March 30, 2021	#5
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Here's a great video from Deep South Homestead on growing sweet potato slips and planting them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST-uuhuzf9s All you have to do is to pull the slip right out of the soil, trim any side leaves off and put them in a glass of water. The slip should have roots. When it comes time, I'm just going to pull back the soil in the window box down to the potatoes, break the slips I need off of the potatoes and then cover them back up. It worked great last year. They'll keep putting out more which is nice in case I need a few more or some for friends. In fact, I have some that are too long already and I'll just pull those out because there are plenty of others available. I'll also follow Danny's tip about cutting off the 1/2" where the slip attached to the potato to eliminate any chance of disease. Danny's right about sweet potatoes being tough as nails. Just pull your slips. No need to dig up the potato. Last edited by GoDawgs; March 30, 2021 at 06:06 PM.