Re: Ipomoea tuber propagation

In a message dated 12/9/98 10:19:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mlaute@micron.net writes:

<< At 03:31 PM 12/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
 >Do the slips come out all over the tuber (like potato), or only from the
 >crown (like Dahlia)?
 >Geoff    gstanf@swbell.net
 <snip>		
 >>Set it aside, preferably in damp sand with some of the tuber protruding.
 >>It will grow "slips" that you can let grow until time to set them in the
 >>ground.  Margaret L
 >>
 Eventually, they'll come out all over the tuber, but they start out
 concentrating on one end.  My home-grown sweet potatoes are already
 producing starts for next year.  Sigh.  Margaret >>

Margaret and all,

Thanks so much for your help.  Hopefully this won't seem to repetitive, but I
want to be sure that I'm going to be doing this right.

So, I should place the tuber SIDEWAYS (?) in a pot filled with damp sand, with
some of the tuber above the surface, and just wait?  Should I fertilize?  When
the slips beging to grow, what do I do with them then?  I will be doing all of
this in a heated GH ( lowest temp 50*), or should I do this in the house,
where I have a prop. mat?

Thanks again,
Karen Ernst
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