Where are my sweet potatoes? I planted the slips ~six months ago. Vine growing like crazy but no potatoes. SWFL
Where are my sweet potatoes? I planted the slips ~six months ago. Vine growing like crazy but no potatoes. SWFL
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Significant_Ad_1025
The sweet potatoes at my old house were prolific. The vine left one of my raised beds and moved to others, I had potatoes everywhere. This year, I planted a slip in a garden I had cleaned up and laid new dirt/compost in. Sumemr came and with it the oppressive heat, bugs, and weeds. I left the garden after multiple attempts to clean it up. I keep looking for sweet potatoes where the vine meets the ground but haven’t found any.
poopknife22
Wait until the first freeze is about to come before you dig up your sweet potatoes. They get quite deep and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
FakinFunk
They grow underground. 👍
Lokinir
Just in case you weren’t aware they don’t grow like peas or beans. You don’t know what you got until you dig them up
urbangardeningcanada
I just harvested mine today. I only got potatoes where the original slip was planted, wherever it rooted there were no potatoes because the season was just too short! So I am going to grow mine vertical next year to fit more slips in
FlyRepresentative313
Don’t throw away the leaves. Sweet potato greens are edible and when cooked, taste similar to spinach.
Optimistiqueone
DIG THEM UP. They are the roots, so you have to go down.
Wellness2213
Also, if your soil has a lot of nitrogen in it, the vines will look great but the sweet potatoes might be small. For better potato growth, add more phosphorus!
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The sweet potatoes at my old house were prolific. The vine left one of my raised beds and moved to others, I had potatoes everywhere. This year, I planted a slip in a garden I had cleaned up and laid new dirt/compost in. Sumemr came and with it the oppressive heat, bugs, and weeds. I left the garden after multiple attempts to clean it up. I keep looking for sweet potatoes where the vine meets the ground but haven’t found any.
Wait until the first freeze is about to come before you dig up your sweet potatoes. They get quite deep and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
They grow underground. 👍
Just in case you weren’t aware they don’t grow like peas or beans. You don’t know what you got until you dig them up
I just harvested mine today. I only got potatoes where the original slip was planted, wherever it rooted there were no potatoes because the season was just too short! So I am going to grow mine vertical next year to fit more slips in
Don’t throw away the leaves. Sweet potato greens are edible and when cooked, taste similar to spinach.
DIG THEM UP. They are the roots, so you have to go down.
Also, if your soil has a lot of nitrogen in it, the vines will look great but the sweet potatoes might be small. For better potato growth, add more phosphorus!