Once you own a sweet potato plant, you don't have to travel long distances or spend money to expand the stock. Growing sweet potatoes from cuttings is very easy and takes little time. Do you want to know how to do it? Then you should definitely read the following article.
How to grow sweet potato cuttings?
To grow sweet potato cuttings, cut a 10 cm long shoot from the mother plant in spring/early summer, let it air dry, place it in a water bowl and transfer it to garden soil after two to three weeks.
Propagation by cuttings
Growing sweet potatoes from seeds has little chance of success. Propagation through cuttings is much more effective. This process also happens at a surprising speed. Within a few days your cutting will form the first visible shoots. This is how you proceed with the propagation:
Instructions
- The best time to propagate from cuttings is spring or early summer
- cut a 10 cm long shoot from the mother plant
- let the strand air dry for about half an hour. During this time, a protective film forms at the interface, preventing bacteria from penetrating
- Place a water bowl in a bright location and place the cutting in it so that the roots are under water
- Let the cutting germinate for two to three weeks. During this time small roots should form
- prepare a pot with normal garden soil
- plant the cutting in the substrate
- It is important that the sweet potato is not left in the water bath for too long. Otherwise growth will stagnate
Overwintering with cuttings
The sweet potato is an annual and loses its leaves in late autumn. But that doesn't mean you have to get a new plant next spring. Simply grow a plant from cuttings of the mother plant. This is the most effective way to overwinter a sweet potato. Proceed exactly as described above.
