4 to 10 inches tall, 4 to 5 feet wide, and trailing to 6 feet long.

Sweet potato plant indoors. Check out the companion plants for sweet potatoes article to learn more. All you have to do now to start growing your sweet potato slips is cut them in half, fill your vase or glass with water and place the pieces in there. Sweet potato plants thrive in full to part sun.

Insert sturdy toothpicks into the base of your sweet potato, starting two to three inches up from where it connects with its roots. While it does produce edible sweet potato tubers, the ornamental variety bears more colorful foliage,. Take a large jam jar and fill it with water, then place the sweet potato into it so that the bottom half is covered by water.

All you want is about 1/3 of the sweet potato submerged. Its large mature size and vigorous growth makes this a good choice as border edging or in a. Place them at regular intervals to touch both.

Sweet potato vines are usually attracted by golden tortoise beetle that looks. Place your sweet potato into the cup. Depending on the size, you may have to.

This video shows you how. To grow sweet potatoes indoors you will need supplemental lighting. Sprouting new slips from tubers is the first stage in.

Fill up your chosen cup with enough water for the bottom of the sweet potato to be submerged. The bottom of the potato should remain in water. The bottom of the sweet potato should be sitting in water.