I dont want to have to buy new ones this spring.. can someone give me suggestions on the best way to do cuttings or can I save the tuber some how?? I have both colors, the dark purply brown and the lime green
best way to take potatoe vine cuttings..
I dug one one year and found it had a huge potato (line green variety).
I forgot to take it indoors and it froze; always wondered if they are stored in a dark cool place would they not root in the spring.
I know they produce tubers but wonder if you saved them and planted them like a potatoe if theyd grow..
I have taken about 4"-5 " and removed the two sets of leaves so the nodes are in the potting soil and managed to start the cuttings that lasted all winter. Once you have a few plants going, you can keep cutting and rooting in the spring. This is just one pot that started from the same one plant.
should I cut the and let the ends air for 24hrs then plant them or do I plant them right away??
They root in water.
I don't know if they would last over winter in water. Did that work for you?Atleast the one time I did it, it died. I had better success with potting soil. I would not let the cutting dry out. Would love to know if anyone saved the tuber for spring.
Oh no, I wouldn't attempt to over winter in water, but I have taken cuttings of the lime green one and rooted them in water then planted.
Blkraven ~ I shouldn't think you need worry about air drying the cuts before potting them.
I had some of this vine that draped over into standing water and it set an amazing root system in water. You could probably take cuttings and root them in water like sweet potato slips.
We no longer have a pond in this area, but did have an the PV covered the small section of it!
okay Im going to wait as long as I can before doing cuttings.. hopefully Ill be able to keep them going till spring
thanks everyone for your suggestions
i did over winter one--it was not what i would call robust but it did make it in a kind of weak and leggy manner--and i will do it again this time--i have been taking peices off of a hanging plant and poking them into other pots--i am also bringing some to the round up--by the way--one year everyone talked about the big tuber they found under the ground of their sweet potato and i went and looked and all i had were regular old roots
also -bannana -your sweet potato vine looks different from the ones i have--kind of varigated looking--intertesting
It is green with a little white and pink. I love the light greens. I have a lot of shade so that lights things up
The one bannana has looks like tricolor. It is best to keep cuttings of that one alive throught the winter, they will not alway come back "true" if you dig and store them. They sometimes revert back to they're natural color.
This message was edited Oct 8, 2010 9:12 PM
interesting!