How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in Containers
Buy an untreated sweet potato from a local farmer's market.. Find a small jar and fill it with cold water.. Put the sweet potato in the jar and wait for 3-4 weeks.
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Buy an untreated sweet potato from a local farmer's market.
Buy an untreated sweet potato from a local farmer's market.
Find a small jar and fill it with cold water.
Find a small jar and fill it with cold water.
Put the sweet potato in the jar and wait for 3-4 weeks.
Put the sweet potato in the jar and wait for 3-4 weeks.
Check that the slips are leafy and over 3 inches (7.6 cm) tall.
Check that the slips are leafy and over 3 inches (7.6 cm) tall.
Use scissors to remove the slips and prune the lower leaves.
Use scissors to remove the slips and prune the lower leaves.
Find a 20 gallon (76 L) bucket and drill holes in the bottom.
Find a 20 gallon (76 L) bucket and drill holes in the bottom.
Fill the bucket 3/4 full with soil.
Fill the bucket 3/4 full with soil.
Dig 6 evenly spaced trenches with your hands.
Dig 6 evenly spaced trenches with your hands.
Plant the slips and re-cover them with soil.
Plant the slips and re-cover them with soil.
Water the soil daily and keep the temperature steady for 100 days.
Water the soil daily and keep the temperature steady for 100 days.
Harvest the sweet potatoes after 100 days.
Harvest the sweet potatoes after 100 days.
Cure the sweet potatoes for 2 weeks in a warm, humid environment.
Cure the sweet potatoes for 2 weeks in a warm, humid environment.
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