Comments on: Starting Sweet Potato Slips – A Tutorial http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/2009/02/starting-sweet-potato-slips-a-tutorial/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:15:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tabitha http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/2009/02/starting-sweet-potato-slips-a-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-3172 tabitha Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:12:40 +0000 http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/?p=144#comment-3172 I have always just used water, cutting the vines as they grow and placing them in a new jar (with kelp water or fish emulsion). But this seems great, too! In reply to James's comment, sweet potatoes are clones of their parent, so size or shape of the stock does not matter. I have always just used water, cutting the vines as they grow and placing them in a new jar (with kelp water or fish emulsion). But this seems great, too!

In reply to James’s comment, sweet potatoes are clones of their parent, so size or shape of the stock does not matter.

]]> By: Digging the Sweet Potatoes http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/2009/02/starting-sweet-potato-slips-a-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2428 Digging the Sweet Potatoes Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:25:10 +0000 http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/?p=144#comment-2428 [...] because a frost will kill the vines. Most of the big potatoes are concentrated around where the sweet potato slips were planted, but we also found some smaller ones in other places where the vines had taken root. [...] [...] because a frost will kill the vines. Most of the big potatoes are concentrated around where the sweet potato slips were planted, but we also found some smaller ones in other places where the vines had taken root. [...]

]]> By: James http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/2009/02/starting-sweet-potato-slips-a-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-2175 James Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:30:55 +0000 http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/?p=144#comment-2175 That is very similar to the "bedding out" methods we used when I was a kid, except they were done on 4 to 6 foot wide rows, and what seemed like a mile long. Our choice of seed stock was different though. We chose some of the best shaped potatoes to insure good genetic characteristics. That is very similar to the “bedding out” methods we used when I was a kid, except they were done on 4 to 6 foot wide rows, and what seemed like a mile long. Our choice of seed stock was different though. We chose some of the best shaped potatoes to insure good genetic characteristics.

]]> By: Garden Fever - Seedlings & Early Spring Planting http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/2009/02/starting-sweet-potato-slips-a-tutorial/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Garden Fever - Seedlings & Early Spring Planting Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:53:43 +0000 http://homeschoolhelperonline.com/blog/?p=144#comment-196 [...] variety of broccoli so I can save the seed from year to year.  On the left in the picture is the sweet potato slips I also started [...] [...] variety of broccoli so I can save the seed from year to year.  On the left in the picture is the sweet potato slips I also started [...]

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