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    Good day all,

    I am wondering does anyone know how to produce, Sweet Potato slips?

    Last season I had S/P left by the window, to my amazement they threw runners.

    I was not sure how to use these, so I cut them off with a good piece of S/P still attached and planted them out....the runners kept growing but no S/P.

    So how do I produce good S/P slips, and what do I do to grow them to maturity?

    Thanks to all you knowledgeable people out there.

  • #2
    You may have done nothing wrong. If you're in the UK then they're not easy to grow and last summer was pants. I managed some small ones in my polytunnel but would have had no chance outdoors. Where and when did you plant?

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    • #3
      Hi Alison,

      I live in Worcestershire....THE PLACE OF THE GODS.....haha

      I planted them first into pots, and then into the garden. The runners started in December, but were not put out until April/May

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      • #4
        You wouldn't want to put them out before that, they don't like the cold. I didn't have much luck with mine either, only a couple of very small potatoes. I was just going to use them to make new
        slips for this year but they must not have cured properly as I took them out of the box yesterday to start new slips and they had shriveled and gone a bit mouldy. Off to see if the supermarket have any organic ones this weekend...

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        • #5
          I got nothing worth eating from the plants I grew in the greenhouse, the year before last - which wasn't a bad summer.

          I'll not bother again - I don't think we have hot enough summers tbh.

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          • #6
            im trying to get my slips now been in compost in heated green house for a week or two nothing yet tho

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            • #7
              Have tried twice & IMO not worth the time or effort.
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              • #8
                Have tried twice & IMO not worth the time or effort
                Amen to that.

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