Sweet Potato Vine Indoors Care

Of all houseplants to grow from kitchen scraps sweet potato vines are probably the fastest growing and the most fun.

Sweet potato vine indoors care.

Ornamental sweet potato vines are versatile plants that are equally suitable for filling outdoor containers spilling over a wall or covering ground in a landscape bed. Care of sweet potato plants the care of sweet potato plants is similar to most other vining houseplants in the home spending summers outdoors. Another way of winterizing a sweet potato vine is to simply bring them indoors. Plants can also be brought indoors and treated as houseplants.

Even better the leaves are edible and tasty. The sweet potato vine needs to be in a well draining soil so that any excess water from rainfall or watering has the opportunity to drain away. Carefully remove the sweet potato from the jar and transfer it into the pot with the roots down. Store dormant tubers in a cool dry place and replant in spring.

A clay container will have better air circulation for the roots than a plastic container. At this point you can leave the container all winter or you can pot them up and enjoy them as indoor plants until spring. Choose a generously sized planting container with holes in the bottom. Sweet potato vines can be overwintered indoors from tubers or cuttings.

This plant doesn t like sitting in wet soil so if you have this as a houseplant make sure you remove any standing water from around the base after you water it. Here are some organic sweet potato vine care tips. If you want to keep your sweet potato slips indoors and continue growing them as houseplants you can now remove them from the mother potato. Though prolific growers you may fertilize monthly if desired using a general all purpose water soluble fertilizer.

Then simply place them in water again small shot glasses might be an easy option. Just gently twist them off taking care not to damage the stems too much. Potting your sweet potato vine put a few rocks into the bottom of a medium size clay pot and fill it halfway up with potting soil. Hold the potato so it is vertical and place four to six toothpicks in a circle around the potato about halfway down.

Care for sweet potato vines over winter place the container in indirect sunlight and watch for roots to develop within a few days. Take cuttings several weeks before your average first frost date and place in water. While tolerant of drought these plants prefer to be kept moist not soggy.