Holes appear inside sweet potatoes due to wireworms.

Sweet potato vine inside. Ideal conditions for curing are a temperature of 85 degrees fahrenheit and a relative humidity of 90 percent. Depending on the size, you may have to prop. Typically, in my container gardens the vines do not develop much of an underground.

Store the potatoes in a warm, humid room for four to seven days. To keep it secure, use toothpicks to prop it up on the. Spread on a baking sheet and sprinkle generously with salt.

When sprouts are about 6 inches long break them off the mother plant. Sweet potatoes root really easy so don’t be afraid to break off the slips. Continue to add 3 inches of soil for every 6 inches of growth until the soil reaches the top.

Place your sweet potato into the cup. Set the sweet potato inside a jar of water. White sweet potatoes are usually much less sweet than orange sweet potatoes.

Add 3 inches of soil to the base of the plant when the potato's vine reaches 6 inches long. Take a sweet potato and place it in a cup of water or a vase. Wireworms are known to eat through the flesh of the sweet potatoes and leave numerous holes in their wake.

Then you will fill the jar with distilled water. It is a tender perennial grown as an annual in most regions. The foliage lends a tropical feel.