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Had a lot of stuff come up this year, so I think I’m too late to start my own sweet potato slips. I live in zone 5b. I ordered slips in the mail last year from Annies Heirloom, but I wasn’t too impressed with them and a lot of them died. I was thinking of buying some off facebook, but I’d have to drive minimum 70 mi to pick any up. Nurseries don’t carry them near me. Anyone have suggestions?
 
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Sandhill preservation center in Nebraska is a neat place!
 
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I buy a sweet potato from the store, and toss it into a pot. It sends out lots of shoots that I break off and plant into the garden. Sweet potatoes love hot weather, and don't really grow for me before June.

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Joseph Lofthouse wrote:I buy a sweet potato from the store, and toss it into a pot. It sends out lots of shoots that I break off and plant into the garden.


That's what I do too. I might put the pot in a bucket and soak it in water for a bit (in fact lately I'm using a tetra-pak with the side cut off, I put it in there, add dirt, soak it for a few hours and then take off the lid and let it drain). It usually doesn't take long (remember to keep watering every so often).
 
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Sweet potatoes rot every time I try to sprout them. I suspect it's either 1) too cold in my basement or 2) some sort of treatment on the potatoes.
 
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Joseph Lofthouse wrote:I buy a sweet potato from the store, and toss it into a pot. It sends out lots of shoots that I break off and plant into the garden. Sweet potatoes love hot weather, and don't really grow for me before June.



I wanted to do that, but I was afraid I didn’t have enough time to do slips. I read it takes 6 weeks and so that would mean not getting them in the ground til early June. What are your thoughts?
 
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Bridget Evab wrote:Sandhill preservation center in Nebraska is a neat place![/quote
Do they ship over mail?

 
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Early June is honestly fine for zone 5b. I've started slips from shop-bought sweet potatoes in April and they were ready to go out by late May, early June. Just stick one in a jar of water on a warm windowsill and it'll start shooting in a couple of weeks. The slips grow fast once they get going.

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Ryan Burkitt wrote:

Bridget Evab wrote:Sandhill preservation center in Nebraska is a neat place![/quote
Do they ship over mail?



Yes, but probably not until June, which should be fine. You don't want to plant until it's hot.

https://www.sandhillpreservation.com

 
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I'd also vote for Sand Hill in Iowa -- they're doing a lot of great stuff.
 
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Joao Winckler wrote:Early June is honestly fine for zone 5b. I've started slips from shop-bought sweet potatoes in April and they were ready to go out by late May, early June. Just stick one in a jar of water on a warm windowsill and it'll start shooting in a couple of weeks. The slips grow fast once they get going.



I did this about a week ago and it is already sending out tiny roots. Hopeful.
 
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