I cut a sweet potato from last year's crop and suspended both halves in a jar of water. Each half produced a number of slips; 50-75 in total. I planted the slips in our community garden and had a great harvest. The original potato halves were left outside in water throughout the summer. They made it through to the fall when one was eaten by a chipmunk. I took the second one inside, cut the bottom off of it, and placed it back in water. It immediately began producing roots and slips are starting to sprout.
Can I expect this potato to continue producing slips? Will they be of any value if they make it to the spring? They're doing all this in November as the days grow shorter.
I cut a sweet potato from last year's crop and suspended both halves in a jar of water. Each half produced a number of slips; 50-75 in total. I planted the slips in our community garden and had a great harvest. The original potato halves were left outside in water throughout the summer. They made it through to the fall when one was eaten by a chipmunk. I took the second one inside, cut the bottom off of it, and placed it back in water. It immediately began producing roots and slips are starting to sprout.
Can I expect this potato to continue producing slips? Will they be of any value if they make it to the spring? They're doing all this in November as the days grow shorter.