Propagation: Ornamental Sweet Potatoes, 1 by randbponder

randbponder wrote:




Lala & Holly;
Ok I see. I guess the only thing I do differently, is to cut the end off. aprox, 2" of the end. Stick tooth picks into the cut part. to hold the piece of tuber, upright. Kind of like a tee pee. then set it in a glass of water, tooth picks down. with the bottom of the tuber, or the cut, just touching the water. Of course these were the regular SPs, so I was interested in eating the rest of the potato. It seemed like they just did not want to stop producing new shoots. I did experiment with one, and put it in with the point down. I got a lot of roots, and the start of one shoot before it rotted. I think that with part of the tuber always in the water kept it too wet. Don't know for certian, just guessing.
Good luck on all your next, tubers.
Next year will be my first try, on the ornamentals. I intend on useing the same method, on them as well. Hoping for the same success rate. I am sure they would be appriciated at the next RU. I know every one that got the SPs this year; were very appreciative of the size of the plants. They were all ready to put out in the garden. I even had to give away the top of my 6and a half lb. tuber that was still putting out more shoots. Which was ok as I had left a dozen plants home, for our garden.
Now for next year, ( if I get the tubers I'm hoping for ) I can almost guess everyone who would be trying to get the ornamentals when we do the plant swap. Of course I am sure I will have to have the regular SPs as well. lol
One pic of 6.8lb SP.