Propagate a Sweet Potato

 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and people being home more and wanting to try a garden, every online garden store was out of sweet potato slips. I knew I would not have time to root a lot of sweet potatoes because I had already tried propagation twice and the potatoes I used did not root. On the 3rd try, with a new potato, roots formed in about 2 1/2 weeks. 

During this time I made sure I kept the potato watered. Just over a month, later the sweet potato was planted. I didn't think I'd see sweet potatoes in the fall because the starter potato was planted late. I was wrong. 

I dug up seven beautiful potatoes, two of them are the largest I'd ever seen. Not bad for my first time planting sweet potatoes.

 Growing sweet potatoes is kind of like growing pumpkins, they need lots of space because they have a vining habit. They belong to the bindweed or morning glory family and even have similar flowers. 

High in fiber and antioxidants, they are also delicious! Worth the time, in my opinion, to propagate, plant, water, dig up, cook, and eat.

March-the next year-propagating many more sweet potatoes. Cut them in half, put 1/3 of them in water (change once a week), and spritz the entire potato with water daily or every other day. They'll be ready to plant by May.