2007-04-09 13:52:23 · 7 answers · asked by wildwolfgrey 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
get a large-mouth jar and fill it with water. about 1/3 of the way from one end of the potato, put 4 toothpicks in radially(like spokes on a wheel - 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock positions) about half way. the toothpicks will hold one end of the tater up and the rest of the tater will be suspended in the water. put a PINCH of fertilizer in the water. it will start growing roots in like, 2 days, and leaves in about a week. You can pull the vines off right at the surface of the potato and put them right in the ground (mulch it good and keep it moist) to grow more tatersI do it all the time. keep the water changed, because they tend to grow fungus.
2007-04-09 14:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by smeagol_jr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sit a potato(es) in a lighted area(preferably the sun)and let small nubs or protrusions form at the eyes. Cut the potato up so that there is at least one eye with each chunk. Plant each one two inches down and ten inches apart, water. Within a week you will have sweet potato plants starting. Where I live we have had an unexpected reoccurence of winter. So depending upon where you are, you may want to wait about three weeks to begin this process.
2007-04-09 14:03:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is going to sound strange...
Stick 3 nails into a sweet potato and plant. It should sprout soon enough.
Regular green sweet potato vines are from regular sweet potatoes, but there are other leaf colors that won't grow from the supermarket tubers.
2007-04-09 15:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by chryse74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cut the potato or just stick the entire potato in a glass or jar of water with just a bit of it sticking out the top..it will sprout and eventually you will have an entire potato plant
2007-04-09 13:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by bailie28 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it doesn't sprout in 2 weeks, give up. Some distributors put some kind of root inhibitor on the potatoes so they will never sprout. I tried sprouting one for 2 months before learned that.
2007-04-09 15:16:29 · answer #5 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is the best time to plant slips of potatoes in the state of Ct
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what month is the best time to plant sweet potato slips?
2016-03-06 04:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by Harold 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slice off the eyes and plant them. They will grow!
2007-04-09 13:56:25 · answer #7 · answered by billy brite 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋