Sweet Potatoes

[finefencer]

Good day all,

I am wondering does anyone know how to produce, Sweet Potato slips?

Last season I had S/P left by the window, to my amazement they threw runners.

I was not sure how to use these, so I cut them off with a good piece of S/P still attached and planted them out....the runners kept growing but no S/P.

So how do I produce good S/P slips, and what do I do to grow them to maturity?

Thanks to all you knowledgeable people out there.

[Alison]

You may have done nothing wrong. If you're in the UK then they're not easy to grow and last summer was pants. I managed some small ones in my polytunnel but would have had no chance outdoors. Where and when did you plant?

[finefencer]

Hi Alison,

I live in Worcestershire....THE PLACE OF THE GODS.....haha

I planted them first into pots, and then into the garden. The runners started in December, but were not put out until April/May

[cristalfiona]

You wouldn't want to put them out before that, they don't like the cold. I didn't have much luck with mine either, only a couple of very small potatoes. I was just going to use them to make new
slips for this year but they must not have cured properly as I took them out of the box yesterday to start new slips and they had shriveled and gone a bit mouldy. Off to see if the supermarket have any organic ones this weekend...

[Thelma Sanders]

I got nothing worth eating from the plants I grew in the greenhouse, the year before last - which wasn't a bad summer.

I'll not bother again - I don't think we have hot enough summers tbh.

[astraman1]

im trying to get my slips now been in compost in heated green house for a week or two nothing yet tho

[Bigmallly]

Have tried twice & IMO not worth the time or effort.

[Philthy]

Have tried twice & IMO not worth the time or effort

Amen to that.