Planting sweet potatoes is far easier than you may think. With my steps, you will have plants sprouting before you know it! Kids also love the planting process, and it makes a great learning activity!
My Planting Steps
1. Place whole sweet potato(s) lengthwise in a pan of soil so the soil comes halfway up the side of the potato.
2. Make sure the soil stays moist and wait for it to produce roots/slips in 2 weeks or less.
3. Break the slips off and put the slips in water.
4. In a few weeks, your slip will have grown roots!
5. Plant the slips out in the yard. This makes a beautiful ground cover that has the added benefit of being edible! Both the roots (sweet potatoes) and the leaves are edible.
If you want a guide on how to grow normal potatoes, visit this blog post!
Happy Planting!
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~ Leah Brooks
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