[Hughholland]

Hi everyone, I live overseas and I can't buy sweet potato slips here. What I can buy are these sweet potato plants in tiny pots about 4" high and 4" in diameter. They are pretty expensive, about $1.50 each but they grow well and I get a good harvest.

I also make my own slips from the previous year's tubers so that I don't have to purchase very many.

So, since they sell them in pots here I wondered if I could do the same. I cut some tips off my existing vines, rooted them in water and put them in potting soil. They are alive and growing. I was considering buying a grow light to keep these alive during the winter so I can plant them next year.

My question is, should I spray them with some kind of growth inhibitor, just let them grow, or trim them periodically? The pots are small and they will be in these pots for 8 months before I can plant them again. Is it possible to do what I'm trying, or will they outgrow the pots and create tubers?

Thanks for the help-Hugh

 

[Hughholland]

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[Hughholland]

Thanks for all the responses. I was wondering if these tiny pots will be able to contain any potatoes that form before I can plant again next year. Would it be better next year to make cuttings from these and create new plants or just stick these in the ground?