Sweet Potato Vine In Water

Propagating sweet potato vines.

Sweet potato vine in water.

However depending on your growing zone it can be planted at other times of year. Keep the water level constant and empty the water and refill the jar with. The tubers are usually orange but may also be purple yellow or white inside. This video provides procedure on how to grow sweet potato vines from a tuber of the plant in water jar container at home.

Remove all the leaves on the bottom few inches and submerge the stem in water. Simply break off a branch with several leaf nodes. Most of the time the sweet potato plant is planted in the spring. Sweet potatoes are a traditional food in many countries because they will grow in poor soil.

This sweet potato plant propagation. Fill a jar with water and place the sweet potato pointed end down so the toothpicks rest on the rim of the jar and the bottom half of the sweet potato rests in water. Sweet potato vines should be planted in loose well draining soil. As a tropical plant it prefers warmer temperatures.

Foliage appears in week or two and grows into an attractive vine. Although they produce better with regular water they can handle dry periods. Sweet potato vines are easy to grow from existing plants. In a few days you should see roots.

To help the soil around the plant retain water cover the soil with a 1 inch layer of mulch. The sweet potato vines will continue growing in water for months or even years whether from cuttings or from a tuber.