Sweet potato propagation update
It took a few weeks for our sweet potato propagation technique to start showing signs of life, but now the new sprouts are popping up like they want to start a family of their own.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Hi Anna and Mark,
Well, I have 3 sweet potatoes and just bought a heating pad and will be trying to reproduce your method!
Could you please tell me what the temperature of your soil is?
The heating pad I bought has a 1 hour automatic cutoff. I disabled it :). But now I want to know how hot I should let the soil get so I am more or less like you.
I gather you keep the soil quite damp?
Thanks,
John
Hi Anna and Mark,
Too late??!! Sounds like a challenge?
My local farmer friend tried them last year and they also rotted.
He controls the temp to 72. I have noticed my uncontrolled heat pad temps to be in excess of 85. I guess that might be too hot?
Since I build electronics, I guess I will start at 80 since this is a hot weather plant?
Lots of fun!
John