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["Liz Pike" <liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com>]

Tending to cuttings over winter is too much work, unless you're dealing with
a small amount.

We sectioned off a room in the barn with plastic barriers and put in a
heater.  Then we sprayed down the walls of the room twice a day to provide
the humidity.  Sweet potatoes like high humidity 90-95%, and temps between
70-85*.

After 3-4 weeks, you can plant them out in ventilated, plastic covered beds
to produce more slips, or keep them in the room, and keep an eye on them.
Bedding them produces more slips, stronger slips, but I wouldn't go to that
much trouble for a few rows.

Liz Pike
Laughing Brook Farm
Westfield NC
336.351.5558


----- Original Message -----
From: <Dcimmarr AT aol.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:25 PM
Subject: [market-farming] Sweet potato propagation


> This has been my first season of growing sweet potatoes. I put in 4
varieties
> and I am now ready to harvest. My question is in relation to propagation.
I
> would like to plant out the same varieties using the potatoes from the
> harvest. Has anyone had good results  propagating sweet potatoes from
> cuttings taken from plants now and over-wintering them, or are slips taken
> from the potato in the spring the better way to go. Id appreciate hearing
the
> pros and cons of each method.
> Thanks,
> Denise Cimmarrusti
>
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