Growing Sweet potatoes from tubers

[daylily]

I get enough junk mail already. I don't want my veg to start sending me stuff too!

ROFL.

[BarleySugar]

I've just tipped out my sprouting tubers and the shoots that had roots I've carefully removed and potted up as separate plants. I've 3 so far, and lots more sprouts are coming on. They are growing quite quickly now.

[veggiechicken]

Thanks for the update Barley Sugar. Looking good!! Not the slightest sign of a root or sprout on my half tubers yet.

[RedThorn]

I thought you had to grow the roots first before the slips would grow, I don't think its the same thing as chitting a spud (i've been really wrong about these sorta things in the past though so don't quote me )

Here is a pic of my wee root

That's how we started avocado trees in africa.... toothpicks into the pip/seed

[Ananke]

Success!!!

My sweet potato has tiny slips sprouting.

[veggiechicken]

I hope you'll be very happy together! Mine are still sleeping!

[Ananke]

I hope you'll be very happy together! Mine are still sleeping!

I'm sure we will be, I often find myself just gazing into it's eyes (all 6 of them)

Fingers crossed yours come out of it's slumber soon.

[veggiechicken]

My sweet potatoes are doing something! There are 4 halves suspended in water. One has a tiny root another has two teeny weeny little shoots at the top and the other 2 are still sitting there, sleeping. I expected them all to reaat in the same way - all root, or all shoot. Seems they're more versatile than I thought!

[BarleySugar]

Mine are now providing temptation for greenfly. I don't know where they came from, but each day I'm squishing any I find. I've had to give my biggest plants canes now, they began twining amongst themselves, like bindweed. Altogether 10 plants now, I don't think the tubers will provide any more shoots. I think they will outgrow my kitchen soon

[veggiechicken]

My "real" sweet potato is in a pot in the GH looking very lively! No greenfly though, praise be!! - Thank you!!

[Rocketron]

I've tried growing my own slips with pathetic results.
I am very tempted by this:-
Sweet Potato Growing Kit - Seed Potatoes - Vegetables - Gardening - Suttons Seeds and Plants
Any comments gratefully received.

[veggiechicken]

Three of my 4 halves are doing something now - albeit rather pathetically. The one with 2 tiny shoots also has a spindly root, 2 others have spindly roots and the 4th is still sleeping.
Don't think I'll be cropping these this year
Don't know anything about the bought-in tubers, sorry.

[Bigmallly]

Any updates, or is it a waste of time & effort...........Positives needed please.

[veggiechicken]

The 4 half tubers that I was attempting to grow are basically unchanged since the 4th April, although they have more roots and the shooting one has leaves . The 4th one is as dead as a Dodo.
Whether to pot them up is the question?
UPDATE; I've just potted up the shooted and the best rooted ones. Now lets see what happens

[Bigmallly]

My sweet potatoes have been "Feralized".......................the one in the glass has started sprouting from below the cocktail sticks & the halves in the dish, well, the so called top is doing nowt but the so called bottom is sprouting.......