Did you know that yams and sweet potatoes are the same thing? Ok, so the sweet orange tubular root vegetable we call a yam is actually a sweet potato. But here are also white sweet potatoes and golden/yellow and… Um, ya, I’m not writing an exposĂ© on this! I just wanted to post that sweet potato vines make a beautiful house/patio plant and that my granddaughter and I have each started a potato. I’ll be sure and post updates on their progress!
Instructions
What you’ll need…
- 1 firm sweet potato
- approximately 6 cocktail sticks
- a clean, deep glass jar (that your potato will fit in)
- fresh water
What to do with it…
- Hold your potato root/skinny side down and poke the cocktail sticks in about a quarter of the way down. Then place it into the jar and fill the jar up with fresh water almost to the top. Put your potato in a sunny window inside or a place outside that gets lots of light but little to no direct sun.
- Change the water completely every few days, and never let the water get below half way. You should see your potato grow roots and sprout in two weeks or less.
- When the potato is growing a lot of vines/leafs and has lots of roots, you can plant it into a pot with dirt, or into the ground.
Below is my starter potato, I gave him a face. Yes, yes I am strange.
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