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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 30, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:

> I'm planting potatoes today and wondered about sweet potatoes.
>
> I know they are planted from slips, but is it possible to grow them  
> from cut
> up chunks with a sprouting 'eye' like regular potatoes? Or is it  
> that they
> need a longer growing season and slips give a head start?

Growing slips multiplies your plantables. I've always had plenty extra  
so I just put the smallest ones directly into the soil. The key with  
sweet potatoes is in the keeping. We use an upstairs storage room  
above the bedroom, newspapers on the floor, potatoes spread out. Dry  
and warm, as opposed to very cool and humid for white potatoes and  
carrots.