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Old May 7, 2011   #11
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Originally Posted by desertlzbn View Post
I have no idea how to grow sweet potato slips, I just put one in a planter, and two in my strawberry bed, do they need to be hilled like regular potatoes? How long to they take to grow?
Are they cold weather or hot weather crops?
Since you've posted in the Sandhill Sweet Potato thread I'll suggest that you go their website and read the long description that Glenn has written about sweet potatoes at the beginning of the Sweet Potato section.

Wendy, above, mentioned Glenn's Northern Selection, and every variety he lists has a rough days to maturity.

So see if that doesn't help you better understand what conditions they need and what the best varieties are for different geographic areas and how to best grow them.
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