Grow Sweet Potato Vine Indoors
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2020
- Find out how to grow sweet potato vines indoors. This video shows you how to cut the sweet potatoes and insert them into soil so they can grow lush vines. When to water sweet potato vines and the type of lighting they require.
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How long does the sweet potato need to sit before potting for a vine? I have a few sprouting and would like to get my indoor plant started.
Eric Williams, good question! You want to wait until the sprout is a half inch to an inch long before potting up. You can plant when they are longer, as you see in the video.
@@HealthyHouseplants Thank you for your fast response 😊
I planted a magenta colored vine one. Once it grew large enough to need more space, I took it up to the Columbia University greenhouse, where it absolutely thrived. It even gave out with some small mini yams. I made a casserole and it was very good. 'Famous chef who grew her own veggies...' It was total fun...
Cynthia Hawkins, Thanks so much for sharing! That sounds like so much fun. I bet it was very tasty! :)
Mine is doing the same. When did you harvest the potatoes?
FINALLY answers on how to grow sweet potato plant.
Thank you so very much for your time and trouble you put in so I could learn.
Mary Carson, you're very welcome, and I'm glad the video was helpful! Thanks for watching and your feedback. Much appreciated. :)
Thank you for your videos
Diana Savannah, You're very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Great!
Connie McNutt, Glad you enjoyed the video!
Perfect
Akasha S, I'm glad the video is helpful! :)
awesome video
fabian mattia, Thank you!!
Yup!!!
Thanks for your videos.
How long can these live?
Slamurai Matt, You're welcome! They can live for several months.
Hope you see this..... the plant is a great idea...my question is can you grow these inside till spring and then plant in ground to grow the potatoes?
Jean Paeth, You grow sweet potatoes outdoors with slips, which are the vines that grow from the sweet potato that you see in this video. So, providing the vine stays alive and grows healthy for you, yes, you can harvest slips from the plant you've grown indoors and plant outdoors in spring. You would remove portions of vine that are healthy and then root them in water and then plant those portions (slips). As for planting the whole thing in the ground outdoors in spring, that might also work, if you attach the vine to the soil at various points as you see in the video and it roots. If the vine doesn't last indoors, next spring you can get another sweet potato and let it sprout and cut out the sprouts when they are 5 to 6 inches long. Remove the lower leaves, leaving top leaves on and root the slip in water. Once you have a strong set of roots, plant outdoors. Hope that helps!
Will the plant produce fruit this way or just the vine? I love the way the vine looks but I don't really want the actual potatoes lol
Genevieve Wilson, Indoors the vine generally doesn't produce fruit. So you can enjoy the pretty vine!
Sweet potato leaves are nutritional and edible. If sweet potato plants are grown in bigger size, deep containers or even in the ground and provided 6+ hours of sunlight outdoors, you can harvest sweet potatoes in a few months.
Do you have an update on this sweet potato houseplant? I would love to see, what it looks like now.
Rhonda Williams, the plants will last several months, but at some point they tend to peter out and don't look all that good--becoming very rangy, so it's best to just plant another one at that point. I had this one for about eight months, and at one point it was very long. Fertilizing them can prolong their life, though.
@@HealthyHouseplants Thank you for the information
Nice video but how to get the potatoes to have those nodes/leaves in the first place? Once I get those, I know how to plant them in the pot :) Thanks!
rk, Great idea for a video. This can be the tricky part. You need to get sweet potatoes that haven't been treated with a chemical that inhibits the eyes from forming stems. That generally means getting organically grown ones. Then you need to wait until the eyes, which are stem nodes, begin to form sprouts, and then let them grow into stems. When this is occurring, make sure the sweet potatoes have good air circulation, so they don't rot while the stems grow. Don't put them in the refrigerator, as that will inhibit growth. Hope that helps.
I put my sweet potatoes in moist compost. It's been 3 weeks, no sign of growth. They are in a 70 degree room.
How long does the plant live as a houseplant?
@beckyvanschouwen, They will generally live for several months. It depends on your indoor climate. They prefer things on the warmer side.
I have mine well rooted and growing but it needs support for vines. Any ideas?
Florence, Try a small trellis. You can put it in the container and then wind the vines through it.
@@HealthyHouseplants Thanks! I googled "houseplant trellis" but it was $20 for a big enough one, so I think I'll stick with hanging the plant. (That occurred to me after I wrote!). Could also drape over a plant stand. Thanks for getting me going with ideas!
@@florence8613 Hanging and draping the plant also works really well!
How often should we water ?
Reshma Prasad, You want to water when the top half inch or so of soil has dried out.
I have sweet potato plant Ive grown in water.. it now has long roots but the leaves is starting to get brown spots... shoúld I put it in a pot with soil? will that grow potatoes? cause I don't want that xD
powpaow, you can try to transfer the plant to soil. If you do so, I would recommend using the method in this video, because soil roots are different than water roots: th-cam.com/video/wjnx9_svihg/w-d-xo.html Generally, you won't get potatoes growing on the plants when they're growing in soil. You'll just have a lot of foliage.
How long will this vine last for indoors? What is the lighting requirements for this beauty :)
Paul Hignett, The vine will last a few months indoors. They require medium to bright light, but no direct sun as the leaves may sunburn.
Sweet potato leaves are nutritional and edible. If sweet potato plants are grown in big pots and provided 6+ hours of sunlight outdoors, you can harvest sweet potatoes in a few months.
Can you use normal potatoes instead?
Leilani x, Normal potatoes don't do as well as sweet potatoes when grown in this manner. They also don't have the pretty foliage. But you can give it a try!
I'm pretty sure normal potatoes don't have vines
@@broccoligirl9019 They grow above ground stems that are vineline and below ground the potatoes grow along the vinelike stem.
@@HealthyHouseplants Oooh
I remember My sister used to start them in a quart jar in water..
I have those in my backyard maybe I can grow one from the slips
Broccoli Girl, if you have the sweet potatoes growing in your backyard, you can likely grow them from the slips.
@@HealthyHouseplants Oh ok thanks
I wanted to know how to start it not plant it after it sprouted
Ron Newton, I think you're asking about how to get the sweet potato to start creating sprouts? As I mention in the video, you need to start with a sweet potato that hasn't been treated with a sprout inhibiter. Organically grown ones tend to be better sprouters because they generally aren't treated. Then you wait for the sweet potato to sprout. They sprout more quickly when the temperature is warm, so keep them in a warm area of the house/kitchen to encourage the sprouting.