Ridgerunner
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@Smart Red I put mine in water. You can see the roots at the bottom of the potatoes and even a slip stating down there on one of them. Eventually the slips on top will get roots too. I think yours might do better if you put them in water and keep them in a warm spot. The water does not go all the way to the top of my potatoes but is pretty close.
Eventually I'll cut the vines into 8" or 9" lengths, strip the bottom couple of leaves off, and set them in water. They will root and the original vine will send out a sucker and keep growing. I had over 40 slips off of two sweet potatoes last year doing it this way.
Watch your water. It will get kind of nasty so you might want to change it out every now and then. There's just something about that stagnant water smell in the house.
You can see where rats chewed the tops of some of mine last year, look at the one on the left. The potatoes healed and stored fine and are good to eat but I was not pleased. I've never had rats that bad before. I've taken five out of that part of my garden in the last month and a half to try to thin them down even though the garden is pretty dormant.
Eventually I'll cut the vines into 8" or 9" lengths, strip the bottom couple of leaves off, and set them in water. They will root and the original vine will send out a sucker and keep growing. I had over 40 slips off of two sweet potatoes last year doing it this way.
Watch your water. It will get kind of nasty so you might want to change it out every now and then. There's just something about that stagnant water smell in the house.
You can see where rats chewed the tops of some of mine last year, look at the one on the left. The potatoes healed and stored fine and are good to eat but I was not pleased. I've never had rats that bad before. I've taken five out of that part of my garden in the last month and a half to try to thin them down even though the garden is pretty dormant.