The Quack Shack

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Except the person asking because they grew up with cm . I think the sqeet potatoes have the prettiest leaves when they are bigger. I only learnt recently they grow vinesView attachment 2468104

If you want to transplant these slips (dunno why they are called like an accident involving banana peels) in earth you need to cover their bases with water so that they grow roots. I would just lay down the whole potato into a flat bowl of water so that it is covered ½ with water.
Once the slip has grown roots you can break it off carefully and transplant it into the ground where it will grow vigorously. The sweet potato will produce more slips until it has exhausted its nutrients and will collapse in itself and start to rot.
Warning: In some parts of the world with warm, frost-free and humid climate, it may not be allowed to grow sweet potatoes outside of containers due to their incredible fast growth and ability to outcompete native plants. Make sure that your part of Australia does not have limitations on growing sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato plants creep and climb up to 10 meters high (that is almost 33 stinky King George Ⅲ feet, @duluthralphie) and produce beautiful white and pink flowers. Both the flowers and the leaves are edible too, though older leaves might be a little too tough for humons. - That will not stop your duckies from devouring the plants whole!

Is that a pineapple top in the glass beside the sweet potato?!
I grew one too in Houston, but sadly it did not survive the moving truck.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I have never seen a sweet potato plant.

Me too, until this year when i was so frustrated with my gardening skills that i decided to try sweet potatoes, b/c you cannot fail with those. (Except you have dux and no fence).
The plants are quite pleasant to the eye with their deep green leaves and their white and pink flowers and they grow really fast.
I have some growing in a hanging basket, but they're not doing well there due to the lack of sunshine during winter. I will take a picture tomorrow and post it here.

 

[duluthralphie]

If you want to transplant these slips (dunno why they are called like an accident involving banana peels) in earth you need to cover their bases with water so that they grow roots. I would just lay down the whole potato into a flat bowl of water so that it is covered ½ with water.
Once the slip has grown roots you can break it off carefully and transplant it into the ground where it will grow vigorously. The sweet potato will produce more slips until it has exhausted its nutrients and will collapse in itself and start to rot.
Warning: In some parts of the world with warm, frost-free and humid climate, it may not be allowed to grow sweet potatoes outside of containers due to their incredible fast growth and ability to outcompete native plants. Make sure that your part of Australia does not have limitations on growing sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato plants creep and climb up to 10 meters high (that is almost 33 stinky King George Ⅲ feet, @duluthralphie) and produce beautiful white and pink flowers. Both the flowers and the leaves are edible too, though older leaves might be a little too tough for humons. - That will not stop your duckies from devouring the plants whole!

Is that a pineapple top in the glass beside the sweet potato?!
I grew one too in Houston, but sadly it did not survive the moving truck.

I think I need to start one in the basement

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

The Post Office is taking the blame - the people that work at my local one know they messed up, and they're going to send a message to their Consumer Affairs department so that I can put a claim in and hopefully it will be approved.

Of course, I'll still only get half my money back from the claim, sigh.

That is very honest of the Postal-Service employees!
So with hopefully a few eggs still able to develop and hatch you might be able to break even…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I think I need to start one in the basement

If you want to transplant them to your garden, i would start about 60 days before the last frost. And the sweet potatoes need light to start growing slips! I started mine in January this year on the window sill of my bedroom and nothing developed until the end of February when there was enough daylight to trigger the growth. Then my potatoes literally exploded into green leaves.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

If you want to transplant these slips (dunno why they are called like an accident involving banana peels) in earth you need to cover their bases with water so that they grow roots. I would just lay down the whole potato into a flat bowl of water so that it is covered ½ with water.
Once the slip has grown roots you can break it off carefully and transplant it into the ground where it will grow vigorously. The sweet potato will produce more slips until it has exhausted its nutrients and will collapse in itself and start to rot.
Warning: In some parts of the world with warm, frost-free and humid climate, it may not be allowed to grow sweet potatoes outside of containers due to their incredible fast growth and ability to outcompete native plants. Make sure that your part of Australia does not have limitations on growing sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato plants creep and climb up to 10 meters high (that is almost 33 stinky King George Ⅲ feet, @duluthralphie) and produce beautiful white and pink flowers. Both the flowers and the leaves are edible too, though older leaves might be a little too tough for humons. - That will not stop your duckies from devouring the plants whole!

Is that a pineapple top in the glass beside the sweet potato?!
I grew one too in Houston, but sadly it did not survive the moving truck.

Okay so here's where I get confused, do you plant the bit with the leaves or the roots you break off? We have well contained vege garden boxes so shouldn't be an issue and as we are a very dry place am sure they won't get far but will still check out the rules. Yes that is my pineapple. It took 3 months to find a pineapple in the shop with a top still attached! They make great house plants so long as you don't want fruit. Has been in water just over a week. Am also taking a stab at 2 avocado seeds and hopefully some mango ones soon. Unfortunately the tray of mangoes I brought have a concerning grub that eats the seed but leaves fruit untouched so I've been boiling them to kill any unwanted bugs. No idea what they are but come from NT where all our mangoes come from and never seen them before

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

I think I need to start one in the basement

Little shop of horrors was my first thought. But then I remembered he wasn't a vine.

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning folks Good evening Wunda & Kiwi

Here's a short video for you Wunda

 

[duluthralphie]

Morning Dux conspirators.

Looks like I need to start my sweet potatoes this week.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning Dux conspirators.

Looks like I need to start my sweet potatoes this week.

Good morning Ralphie, have a great day