Many years ago now, I found sweet potatoes in my yard

[conuly]

They'd ended up there and rooted and sprouted due to the actions of some child who threw them out the window some time earlier.

If I had a sweet potato on my desk that I didn't realize was there until it sprouted, what would be the best way to plant it on purpose? I don't want to trust to the window method a second time.

Comments

[moxie_man]

I figured that like potatoes you cut them up with a sprout in each chunk and plant the chunk. According to what I found through my lack of "Google-fu" abilities on the net, that's not the case.

[conuly]

No, they’re a completely unrelated species both to potatoes and to true yams, so I wouldn’t expect them to really grow the same.

[wint3rpear]

Hmm... good q. I'm not too sure... yams are delicious, for sure, but as for planting them?? *smh*

[conuly]

They’re pretty in the yard, so I don’t care if I don’t have time to get a crop! They don’t take over like morning glories, that’s a plus.

[wint3rpear]

Aha. My foster mother had morning glories and they were everywhere...