Potato vines

Ornamental sweet potato vines are easy to care for. Learn all about how to grow them: water, light, soil, fertilizer, pruning, and more!

Potato vine

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 potato vine is easy to grow and perfect for adding bold, trailing foliage to pots, baskets, or garden beds. It's also easy to propagate and overwinter.

very large potato vine in my hanging baskets fall 2017

Potato Vine

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…

Ornamental sweet potato vine tubers look similar to the ones you buy at the store, but they aren’t very tasty. Here’s what to do with them instead.

How to grow sweet potato slips is a question that leads to a rewarding experience in the garden, a process I am deeply passionate about. From the initial sprouting to the lush growth of vines, each step fills me with joy and wonder. Join me as I share from 40+ years of gardening experience, the joys of growing sweet potatoes by starting your own sweet potato slips in water. #SweetPotatoSlips #SweetPotatoSlipsHowtoGrow #SweetPotatoSlipsinWater #HowtoGrowSweetPotatoSlips

Propagating sweet potato vine is fun and easy. Learn how to root cuttings or divide the tubers with my detailed step-by-step instructions.

Sweet potatoes are a favorite of many people, but you may not know that they grow on vines. Sweet potato vine is easy to grow, and in this blog post, we will chat about starting your plant from the sweet potato tubers.

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 […]

My sweet potato vine.

Potato vines in a pot

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My sweet potato vine on steroids.