Beginner Gardening: sweet potato question, never have grown them, 1 by Farmerdill
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Farmerdill wrote: Sweet potatoes are roots. They don't have "eyes" like an Irish potato. The sprouts from the root are pulled off and transplanted. I like for them to be 6 to 10 inches long. Some folks like roots on them, but I have not found it to make a difference. they are easy transplants. You can even cut off pieces of vine stick them in the ground, wet the soil around them once and they take off. |