How to grow a sweet potato vine

Learn how to grow your own sweet potatoes in 5 easy steps!

Looking for an ornamental plant that is easy to care for. Well, you have found the right place. Sweet potato vines are such a great choice. You might be wondering how to grow sweet potato

With just one sweet potato and six simple steps, we harvested hundreds of sweet potatoes.

By Julie Christensen If you’re looking for a vigorous, fast-growing vine for trailing in pots or in beds, sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) just might be the ticket. Sweet potato vines are tropical plants that thrive in rich, moist soil. They tolerate a variety of soil Ph levels and grow in both full sun and […]

Sweet potatoes don’t actually grow from seed but rather a slip or sprout that forms off of old sweet potatoes. There are a few ways of growing the slips.

Here's the Basics: Find one nice Sweet Potato at the grocery store -preferably long and skinny , anywhere from 4 to 6 inches long with a lot...

Here's the Basics: Find one nice Sweet Potato at the grocery store -preferably long and skinny , anywhere from 4 to 6 inches long with a lot of eyes, - indentions where potatoes make roots and leaves. (They do look kinda like eyes indentions.) At about 1/3 to 1/2 of the potatoe length down, stick 4 toothpicks firmly into the potato - like spokes opposite each other - all at the same level, ( they will kinda form a cross through the potato. Find a fruit jar (a quart jar is always good). Fill…

Sweet potato vine is very easy to grow and perfect for an eye-catching, trailing display in flower pots and hanging baskets, or growing directly in the garden as an annual ground cover. You can also propagate cuttings, overwinter the plants, or grow them indoors as houseplants.

Ornamental sweet potato vines are easy to care for. Learn all about how to grow them: water, light, soil, fertilizer, pruning, and more!