Will start germinate sweet potatoes soon! 🍠 i plan to grow them in dark colored boxes, so the sun can heat the soil! Trying to grow as much as possible because I really love them - it’s also first attempt growing them
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You can buy your starter potatoes at the grocery store. Just get the organic ones because the regular ones are sprayed with something to keep them from making slips.
Bury the potato on its side about halfway in soil and keep the soil moist but not wet. If you are in a colder climate then you will transplant the slips out into the boxes or if you are in a warm climate you can just grow from a single potato per box. Don’t put more than one potato per box, you’ll get a ton of vines and a lot of potatoes but they will be small.
The leaves are edible and tastier than you would expect. Cook them like spinach. The growing season is longer than you would expect and you can harvest once the leaves turn yellow and start dying.
Good luck! I’m about to start a new batch first of march.
Really useful knowledge! Thank you so much! Will keep you updated 👏🏼🌱🍠