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Question about sweet potatoes

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

Hi all,
I have a question related to growing sweet potatoes. I put cuttings in the soil about two months ago, the vines are growing crazy and I can see roots forming along the vine and going straight into the ground. So can sweet potatoes grow from these roots? Or they just grow underneath the original cutting?
Sorry if it's not clear, I am French ....
Thanks for you help!

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tropicbreezent
9 years ago
That's Ipomoea batatas, they can grow tubers on those roots. More roots should come from the leaf nodes along the vines and all those have the ability to produce tubers.
Laurent Seitz
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for your answer! That is great news then :)
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tropicbreezent
9 years ago
That's good, hope you get a good crop out of them. Where are you, I'm guessing in the southern hemisphere?

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