Potato vines how to grow

Here's the Basics: Find one nice Sweet Potato at the grocery store -preferably long and skinny , anywhere from 4 to 6 inches long with a lot...

Sweet potato vine is very easy to grow and perfect for an eye-catching, trailing display in flower pots and hanging baskets, or growing directly in the garden as an annual ground cover. You can also propagate cuttings, overwinter the plants, or grow them indoors as houseplants.

By Julie Christensen If you’re looking for a vigorous, fast-growing vine for trailing in pots or in beds, sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) just might be the ticket. Sweet potato vines are tropical plants that thrive in rich, moist soil. They tolerate a variety of soil Ph levels and grow in both full sun and […]

Sweet potatoe hanging baskets. I just can not believe it. I am going to try this for sure.

Would you like some free plants to fill up your flower planters? That's what propagation is all about. And don't worry, it's easy! REALLY EASY. Using plants you already have, you can grow a bunch more with this simple process. And the bonus? They can live on for many seasons, indoors and outdoors.

Are you looking for fast-growing ground cover or pot filler? A sweet potato vine can be a great, easy-to-grow option for beginners. My detailed guide about ornamental sweet potato vine care will help you learn the ins and outs so you can pick the best varieties for your space and understand how to take care of them. Learn about sun, water, and soil requirements plus get tips on pruning, repotting, propagation and much more. You’ll know exactly how to get it thriving in your garden in no…

With just one sweet potato and six simple steps, we harvested hundreds of sweet potatoes.

Here's the Basics: Find one nice Sweet Potato at the grocery store -preferably long and skinny , anywhere from 4 to 6 inches long with a lot of eyes, - indentions where potatoes make roots and leaves. (They do look kinda like eyes indentions.) At about 1/3 to 1/2 of the potatoe length down, stick 4 toothpicks firmly into the potato - like spokes opposite each other - all at the same level, ( they will kinda form a cross through the potato. Find a fruit jar (a quart jar is always good). Fill…

Sweet potatoes don’t actually grow from seed but rather a slip or sprout that forms off of old sweet potatoes. There are a few ways of growing the slips.

In my earlier post Growing Sweet Potatoes in the North, I described how to grow short-season sweet potatoes in a northern Zone 3-2b garden. I also mentioned overwintering the vines for the next sea…