Comments on: How to Grow Sweet Potatoes

By: Ysabet

Ysabet — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 03:39:42 +0000

I’m about to try growing Japanese sweet potatoes (they call this variety ‘imo’, they’re a deep burgundy with cream=colored flesh that is beautifully sweet and when cooked is the texture of a ripe banana.) Has anyone here tried growing these? I picked my potatoes up for growing slips from a local Asian market. I used to eat these in Japan and have cooked the same ones that I bought to grow slips from– they’re truly delicious!

By: Dawn Schroeder

Dawn Schroeder — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 16:35:05 +0000

I’ve been growing sweet potato slips. Some are quite large and are starting to vine while still in the jars of water. Is there anything I can do to slow the growth. Or can they be temporarily put in pots and transplanted outside when it gets warmer. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

By: Dawn Schroeder

Dawn Schroeder — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:26:38 +0000

Hi I’ve been growing sweet potato slips. They have gotten very large. Some of them have started to vine while still in the jars with water. Is there a way to slow their growth. Or can I temporarily plant them on pots and transplant in February or March. Please help. Thanks so much.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:05:34 +0000

In reply to Dawn Schroeder. You can cut them in half and make two slips if you want or just trim. You could also plant in a pot while you wait. Good problem to have :)

By: Dawn Schroeder

Dawn Schroeder — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:50:34 +0000

Hi.
My sweet potato slips are very large and starting to vine while still in the jars? Is there anything I can do to slow the growth or can I plant in temporary pot until I can plant outside in my garden beds. Help please!

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 19:13:52 +0000

In reply to Dell. You can do it outside, I would avoid full sun areas if it's really hot. Keep an eye on the water level, it could dry out more quickly outside.

By: Dell

Dell — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 14:20:57 +0000

Hello,
I’ve removed the slips from the sweet potato and have placed them in water to root.
If it’s warm enough, can I leave the glasses of slips outside? Or is it best to complete the rooting process inside?
Thanks so much for your help!

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Tue, 23 May 2023 17:14:38 +0000

In reply to Bruce Vivers. They are a long season crop - its best to get them all in the ground right away.

By: Bruce Vivers

Bruce Vivers — Mon, 22 May 2023 01:42:22 +0000

First time growing sweet potatoes in the Deer Valley section of North Phoenix. I ordered 10 slips that I expect any day. Does it make sense to successive plant or all at once. If successive planting is the route I go, how do I keep the slips not planted viable. I plan to put one each in 10 gallon potato grow bags.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:03:01 +0000

Hi Angela,

Thanks for all your helpful information. When you say sweet potatoes can take full sun, how much exposure can they take here in Phoenix? I have a bed at the inside corner of my block fence, so it’s got hot, reflecting surfaces on two sides. It also gets full sun until about 3 hours before sunset, year-round. Is that going to be too much for sweet potatoes? (I’ll be planting the first week of May.) It’s such an intense amount of sun I’m not sure what will do well in that spot. Thanks again!

By: Infidel

Infidel — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 05:17:55 +0000

I planted some slips, and a few sweet potatoes last summer. They took off quite well. Then they were an inch tall. Deer! They always attempted to regrow, and the deer would get around my protections. Aggravated me. This year, I may go full electric fence on the predators. They ate my beets, my carrots, beans, corn and anything else I had out in the garden. I planted some grapes and had those chewed up as well. Even my fruit trees and a bald cypress tree. I haven’t hunted in a while, but if I can’t harvest my veggies, I may harvest a deer or two.

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:28:34 +0000

In reply to Marge. Sweet potatoes do not like cold weather, so I wouldn't plant them outside this fall. If you can keep it alive through the winter and plant it out next spring, that may work.

By: Marge

Marge — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:48:06 +0000

[Zone 7] I had a purple sweet potato slip, Molokai, given to me in the middle of the summer. I put it in a peat pot, & it is well-rooted, but I never put it in the garden. Should I plant it in a bigger pot & keep it indoors? Put it in the garden now?

By: Angela Judd

Angela Judd — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 19:45:23 +0000

In reply to Louise. Dates may be similar, not exact. Use our dates as a guide and go from there. Soil temperatures may also be helpful for you to determine planting times.

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 23:50:41 +0000

Live in Lake Havasu City new to gardening in AZ. Had a great garden in high desert in Ca. Can I use the same planting times as the Phoenix area? We are a lot hotter here. Getting shade cloth for my raised beds .