Info needed on starting sweet potato slips
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Bob
FarmerDill wrote:
Can I just start them in a warm well lighted room on a table, or do I need a
growing light?
Do I need to put fresh manure in the seed bed inside, like I needed to
outside?
I would like to get 100 to 150 slips. How many seed potatoes do I need to
realize that many?
Thanks for the help. Dwayne
If you have a good sunlit window, you should be okay. You can start them halg
submetged in water, just remeber to kpoit the root end down, A growers mix like
pro mix or Fertilmix will also work, They key is temperature, the medium needs
to be in excess of 70 degree Fahrenheit. I usuall use 6 potatoes per 25 plants
, this will normally give about 30 plants redy to set a a time period, If you
are willing to wait for secondary plants you cna use half that amount. Of
course it is better to have too many than too few,
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