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It took a over a week. Roots started grow from the bottom first. They were very tiny white fibers at first and just 1-3 of them on each sweet potato. Soon after though, we had roots growing very well and sprouts/slips followed. Change the water every 3-4 days and rinse the sweet potatoes under...

I have LOTS of slips. There's about thre dozen in a glass of water at the moment sprouting roots very well. The sweet potatoes that are still partially submerged in cups of water and growing more slips. Our weather is crazy right now, so it will be a week or two before I plant slips into the...

It's not quite seeds, but we are attempting to sprout slips on sweet potatoes I got at the store, We'll see how it goes. I just put them in water today. I purchased three of them. I cut each one in half and suspended it in a solo cup with the use of push pins to hold it at the rim. The cut side...

We are not growing any cherry tomatoes this year over here. DW finds them annoyingly small I think. I selected Rutgers and Roma. The Rutgers will be for immediate use primarily, while much of the Romas will be canned as sauce and salsa.

Great advice! Thanks. Any idea on what things you can harvest before the plant dies? You mentioned melons and zucchini from the store for example. The plant would typically live on past the harvest of a zucchini... How do you know the seeds in the zucchini are fully developed/matured? I'm also...

Anybody an avid seed collector? A number of the seeds I purchased for the garden this year are heirloom varieties. I would like to attempt to collect some seeds from this years garden for next year. I get the idea of keeping seeds from the healthiest, best producing plants. However, I do not...