Reply To: Sweet potatoes

  • MamaLlama

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    October 11, 2022 at 12:05 pm

    Exactly my question too. This was my first time growing sweet potatoe slips and planting them. I just bet you watched those vines grow as did I, and wonder just what was under there. From Watching the u-tube channel of Danny and Wanda on Deep South Homestead, I realized it can be all about the temperatures of your soil. I’m a Zone 6 so we have very hot dry summers 3 digits and long cold winters beginning after thanksgiving to January. With 8 slips planted in 2 areas of our garden boxes, I found they love direct sun most. Those in a planter box blocked by a Trumpet plant didn’t fair so well. Evening temps dropped to 55 a couple of times, so I dug them out then. I got about 10-15 lbs my first time. Not too bad. They are also, in the coolest area of our house, not washed.