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1. Large planter box-600x1500 or an old bath tub
2. filled with good soil and fertiliser
3. place a piece of Fencing wire across the the centre
4. support the wire with garden stakes
5. place the seedling on either side of the wire, 30-50cm apart. alternatively use any old sweet potato that past the used by date by leaving it in a box for a week or so in a cool dry place. once the shoot appears, it's time to stick them in the ground and watch them grow.
6. water well and fertilise regularly.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoDecorative sweet potato vine, a common planter filler in garden centers, can easily be rooted in water. Once rooted, it can then be planted in a moist soil, in a container with good drainage.
To direct-root sweet potato vine, you can plant nodes of the stem in moist seed-starting mixture and cover with plastic, like in a mini greenhouse.
I have had best results from the water-starting method for this plant, however.
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∙ 14y agoJust get a sweet potato that has 'eyes' or 'buds' on it, and cut chunks of potato with eyes and plant them in dirt or potting soil. Or, put a few toothpicks in the top and suspend the potato in a jar filled with water enough to touch the potato. This takes a long time, but fine roots will appear and eventually a delicate vine will emerge. The vine in the dirt will be lush and beautiful.
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How does a potato grow?
A sweet potato grows in the ground as a tuber. It is a vine plant.
Is the juice from a sweet potato vine poisonous to pets?
are sweet potato vines toxic to house cats?
What do you do with the vine you grew from a real sweet potato and is still growing in the potato?
plant it
Is there any difference between Sweet Potato Vine - Batata - with heart-shaped leaves and purple to black skin and the vine from the edible tuberous root of the sweet potato?
Probably not. I have included two web links to help you make sure. See the related links below. There is also a vine called Potato Vine which is a member of the Solanum family and it is toxic, as are the vines of the sweet potato.
Are the things growing underground from your sweet potato vine edible?
no!!
How does a sweet potato grow?
Sweet potatoes grow best with compost and an organic potato food will increase their size. I start mine from sweet potatoes rooted in water in the winter. When the vines grow from the potatoes, I cut them off the tuber and root them in water. I then plant these rooted vines in the garden after all danger of frost is past and given about 100 days to grow, they will produce new sweet potatoes. The last month or so, do not water the potato vines and this will increase the size of the new tubers.
Does new plants grow from the roots of sweet potato?
Yes,new plants grow from the roots of potato, sweet potato, ginger and turmeric.
Do Mexicans know the difference between a Sweet Potato and Yam As it seems impossible to get a sweet potato here in Mexico?
I am aware other tuber sweet and the vine type. I was served a very sweet potato, by A Peruvian lady. It is a little sweet and different in texture
What is a ipomoea vine plant?
Ipomoea is a sweet potato plant that is grown for it colorful vines, it does not produce sweet potatoes.
How does the sweet potatoes reproduce?
Sweet potato reproduces by roots that can grow into new sweet potatoes. -Note that the reproduction methods of the sweet potato and potato are different.
Are Sweet potato leaf in salad?
The younger leaves and vine parts are sometimes eaten as "greens".
Flowers that need little sun?
Begonias, violas, fuchsias, sweet potato vine, impatiens.
