Guidelines, specifics, and variety recommendations on best storage practices — temperature, humidity, and optimal shelf life — for enjoyment of classic storage crops such as roots and tubers like rutabagas, beets, turnip, cabbage, winter squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and leeks, well into the winter months.
This Tech Sheet provides instructions for growing sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) from slips. Cultural information detailed in this tech sheet covers basic soil requirements; planting instructions; pests and diseases; harvesting instructions; and storage recommendations.
A slide deck recap of Johnny's webinar Rooted Knowledge: Sweet Potatoes from Slip to Storage.
Learn how to grow, harvest, and enjoy sweet potatoes with confidence!
Illustrated steps to successfully starting sweet potatoes from slips: holding over, laying mulch, spacing holes, dibbling in the slips, and laying row cover.