Sweet potatoes aren’t grown from seed – they are grown from slips. A slip is a rooted sprout from a mature sweet potato. ⁣ ⁣ The water method for producing slips usually takes at least 2 months, but the soil method works in as little as 1 month.⁣ ⁣ The best time to plant is when your soil is warm, usually a couple of weeks after your last frost date.⁣ ⁣ Are you growing sweet potatoes this year? ⁣ #sweetpotatoslips #Sweetpotatoes #howtogrowyourownfood #growinginthegarden #gardeningtips #vegetable

Learning how to grow sweet potatoes is surprisingly easy – just a few plants provide a plentiful harvest. Sweet potatoes aren’t grown from seed–they are started from slips – rooted sweet potato shoots grown from a mature sweet potato. Sweet potatoes need a long warm growing season, are heat-tolerant and drought-resistant, and have very few pests or diseases. #howtogrowyourownfood #growinginthegarden #gardeningtips #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #organicgarden #desertgarden #arizonagarden #swe