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Sweet potato tuber question

19 years ago

Can the tuber be divided when it is replanted? I had a Margurite in a hanging basket last year and the tuber is huge. It took a lot of water in the basket. I know regular potatoes can be cut up and each piece becomes a new plant(if it has an eye). Can this be done or should I plant the whole thing out in a bed this year?.

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mfyss
19 years ago
Sweet potatoes are grown from 'slips'. The leaf bearing stems are slips and are easier to grow if they have roots. I obtain slips by taking sweet potatoes and grow them in poor soil (sand or water will work) and pull the slips off when they develop and plant them soon after. Yale
Carol Henry
Original Author
19 years ago
Thank you for the answer. I now won't cut up my huge potato. I'll try the slips.
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