Re: Ipomoea tuber propagation

At 10:36 AM 12/9/98 EST, you wrote:
>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
>
I use a  shallow plastic pan-like flat (it is made for growing plants, but
is not pot-shaped), fill it with sand and get it wet, but not sopping wet,
and lay the tuber in the sand, covering most of it.  I started my shoots in
the greenhouse (min. temp 55), and let them go.  The shoots become pretty
vines before you set them out, but they've got quite a head start.  If I
order shoots or slips from a commercial supplier, I'll get small ones in
April.  Too little, too late.  I would not use a prop. mat for these.  Good
luck, Margaret
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