Sweet potatoes are started from transplants (slips) or vine cuttings rather than from seeds. Slips are usually grown from bedded roots. A vine cutting is a 10- to 12-inch section cut from a vine growing in the field. Home gardeners can produce a limited number of slips or sections of vine by placing a sweet potato bud side up in a jar of water and placing the jar in a sunny location. Vines produced can be cut into sections and planted.
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