Propagation: Ornamental Sweet Potatoes, 1 by randbponder

randbponder wrote:
Sheryl; You would have a better chance of the tubers surviving over winter that way than I would here in zone 4. This spring I did have 2 S/Ps come up as volunteers. Evidently a couple good roots or tubers that were deep enough, and that I missed. So no guarantees, but possible.

We had a very late and wet spring, which delayed planting. Our good warm weather was below normal. That combined with a shorter time between when we could plant and the first frost, really cut into the number of days needed for good uniformed tubers.
The Centenials must not need quite as many days as the Vardaman, which says they should have 110 days.
I am happy with I did get, as the little ones don't need to be cut down to size to fit in the pan. LOL
I had about 70 plants, so we have plenty. We gave some to the Gospel Mission, some to older folks than us, who can no longer garden and some just to share with friends. We are taking some to our daughter in Ohio this next week, as they have just decided that they now like sweet potatoes. This is after nearly 40 years of not liking veggies. ( I'm chuckling to myself again ) Amazing, they are starting to eat what we tried to feed them all along.
Here we are with our 17th great grandchild.