Monday, January 20, 2014

Sprouting Sweet Potatoes

Last summer I planted some sweet potatoes in my garden.  I wasn't sure what was going to happen or if they would grow, but after the first frost I dug up a couple extremely large ones, about a dozen mid sized and around 2 dozen small ones that resembled roots.  

We have been eating them here and there all winter and they are best sweet potatoes we have ever had.  So next year of course I am going to grow MORE!  I was reading online that the best way to start new ones is to take the smaller existing ones that you dug up, put them in water and wait for them to grow.  Let them grow for about 6 weeks until you get some good plants and then transplant them into some small pots for further development until they are ready to be planted.  So here we go, I put these in the water on January 19, 2014.