How do you grow sweet potato vine?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Decorative 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.

Answer 3

Just 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.