Sprout from a root
Sweet potatoes grow from "slips" — shoots sprouted off a store or saved root in water or damp soil.
A heat-loving powerhouse — huge, nutritious roots that store for months. From homemade slips to a cured harvest.
Sweet potatoes grow from "slips" — shoots sprouted off a store or saved root in water or damp soil.
They need warmth and a long season — plant after all frost into warm soil and give them ~100 days.
Loose, well-drained soil and modest feeding. Too much nitrogen grows vines instead of roots.
Cure the dug roots warm and humid — it heals the skin and turns starch to sugar. Then they store for months.
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