Porto Rico Sweet Potato Slips – 10 Bunch Orange Sweet Potatoes Bush Plants

Grow Your Own Delicious Sweet Potatoes

Get ready to harvest your own flavorful orange sweet potatoes with our high-quality sweet potato slips! This bundle includes 10 non-GMO and chemical-free plants, ensuring a healthy and bountiful crop. This variety is known for its light yellow to gold skin and cream to orange flesh, making it ideal for eating, baking, and cooking. These bush-type plants are perfect for gardens with limited space, maturing in approximately 100 days to provide a rewarding harvest.

Our sweet potato slips arrive as a bundle of plants with roots carefully wrapped in damp paper towel and a plastic baggie for shipment. Don’t worry if the leaves look dry or wilted upon arrival; this is normal after their journey. The health of the stem and roots is what matters most! These slips are ready to be nurtured into thriving sweet potato plants, offering you the joy of homegrown produce.

Benefits of Growing Sweet Potatoes:

• Delicious Flavor: Enjoy the sweet and creamy taste of homegrown sweet potatoes.
• Space-Saving: The bush-type growth habit makes them perfect for small gardens or container growing.
• Versatile Use: Ideal for eating fresh, baking, roasting, and various cooking applications.
• Non-GMO & Chemical-Free: Ensuring a healthy and natural crop for your family.
• Easy to Grow: With proper care, these sweet potato slips will quickly establish and produce a bountiful harvest.

Planting and Care Instructions:

Upon receiving your sweet potato slips, immediately unwrap them and place them in a cup of water to rehydrate for a couple of days. If root growth is minimal, leave them in water for about a week, changing the water daily and adding a touch of hydrogen peroxide and/or rooting hormone to encourage root development. Once the slips have recovered, plant them in loose, well-drained soil, as deep as the first set of leaves. Water thoroughly after planting and provide shade for about a week to help them establish, especially if the root systems are not yet strong. Keep them well-watered, ensuring they don’t dry out or get baked by the sun.

Frequently Asked Questions:

• How long can I keep the sweet potato slips in water before planting? You can keep them in water for up to a week or more until you see significant root growth, ensuring they are ready for planting.
• What size pot is recommended if I want to start them in containers? A 1-gallon pot is a good starting point, but larger containers are better as sweet potatoes need ample room to grow and produce.
• How often should I water the sweet potato plants after they are planted? Water deeply whenever the top inch of soil feels dry. Aim to keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged to prevent root rot.
• What are the signs that my sweet potato plants are not getting enough sunlight? Leggy growth, where stems are long and stretched, and pale leaves are clear indicators of insufficient sunlight for your plants.
• How do I know when my sweet potatoes are ready to harvest? Sweet potatoes are typically ready to harvest about 100 days after planting the slips. Check by gently digging around one plant to see if the potatoes have reached a good size.