Take a sweet potato and place it in a cup of water or a vase.

Sweet potato vine inside. Wireworms are known to eat through the flesh of the sweet potatoes and leave numerous holes in their wake. The bottom of the potato should remain in water. When sprouts are about 6 inches long break them off the mother plant.

Then you will fill the jar with distilled water. Depending on the size, you may have to prop. When bringing my sweet potato vines inside for the winter i take a different approach.

Spread on a baking sheet and sprinkle generously with salt. Winterizing sweet potato vines by cuttings. Ipomoea batatas, or sweet potato vine, thrives in hot, tropical climates and is an ornamental foliage plant often used as a foil for flowering displays.

Store the potatoes in a warm, humid room for four to seven days. Alternatively, allow the tuber to sit on the bottom of a glass or jar, and add water so. The easiest way is to start your plant off in a jar of water and grow slips, otherwise.

Set the sweet potato inside a jar of water. Unlike ground planted potatoes that immediately multiply, sweet potatoes need to grow brand new plants. Ideal conditions for curing are a temperature of 85 degrees fahrenheit and a relative humidity of 90 percent.

It also has a crumbly texture, while the orange sweet potato has a smoother texture. White sweet potatoes are usually much less sweet than orange sweet potatoes. Typically, in my container gardens the vines do not develop much of an underground.