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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Our Sweet Potato

What great success we've had in growing our sweet potato! It took a while to get going but is now looking very robust. After a little more research, we found out that new sweet potato plants grow from slips that have been rooted before being planted. So I twisted off three of the slips (the stems with leaves) and have put them in water to see if they will root. Have you ever grown a sweet potato?


Update: May 25th


Update:  June 8th

The sweet potato slips have now been planted!  Thanks to my grandson, Isaac, for finding a place for them to grow in his garden.  I wonder how big the plants will get? I wonder if we will get any sweet potoatoes in the fall?



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