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   collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 21:00:26 JST collatz
   Sweet potatoes establishing well and starting to vine.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 21:00:25 JST Zealist

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     @collatz i watn my sweet potato to make slips already 😭
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     collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:40:43 JST collatz

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     @Zealist Unless you're somewhere that doesn't frost until close to December, it'll be difficult to produce full sized taters if your slip-producing taters aren't doing that yet.
     
     I have a bunch of extras if you have like a p.o box you feel is sufficiently anonymizing.
     
     That aside, are they in water? If so, I always tell people - dirt works way better ime. I also put them on heating mats to get going a little earlier. poa.st/@collatz/posts/AWwt2XnAqSyag42twe
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:40:43 JST Zealist

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     @collatz i'm gonna put them in tubs i drilled holes into for drainage and keep them in the garage when it gets cold, till then i'm doing them in the tubs outside
     potatoes and sweets, i got several tubs
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:41:20 JST Zealist

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     @collatz i personally will be satisfied if i get a few sweet potatoes at all and some potatoes, then next year i'll have slips ready to plant outside
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:42:15 JST Zealist

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     @collatz what kind of sweet potatoes you got? i just bought a potato from the store that the store is just like "its a sweet potatoe" and i'm like thanks
     i wish i knew what kind it was.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:44:20 JST Zealist

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     @collatz yea i read, you basicly make slips by putting a potatoe in hte water, then it'll grow some, then you break them off when they got roots and plant them
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     collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:44:21 JST collatz

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     @Zealist Not sure if you're just going for slips in this arrangement, but they won't produce new potatoes until the slips are separated from the root/potato that produced them.
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     collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:47:08 JST collatz

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     @Zealist They grow well here tho, so it's kind of just "the one that works" lol
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:47:08 JST Zealist

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     @collatz i got an orange potato, that the store called a sweet potato, i've had it in water for a week and it's got a buncha little roots popping out in various places
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     collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:47:09 JST collatz

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     @Zealist Same. Yeah, I'd guess something like Georgia Jet just from the potato color and greenery's shape/color, but Idk.
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     collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:52:43 JST collatz

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     @Zealist There's a channel, Deep South Homestead; I think the guy's down in Louisiana - Grows a looooot of sweet taters. He has all kinds of videos on growing/preparing/harvesting/etc., and that's where I got into doing them in dirt. Ime, wouldn't go back to water.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jul-2023 23:52:43 JST Zealist

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     @collatz well my first one is ognna continue being in water it's the only potato i got
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     KindOfAFarmer (kindafarming@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 00:22:25 JST KindOfAFarmer

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     Was it a garden store or a grocery store? Just want to make sure. And please don't take this as thinking you're and idiot or whatever, I just want to know the basis you're working from.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 00:22:25 JST Zealist

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     @kindafarming @collatz i went to an iga and bought the first individual sweet potato i saw
     lol and an idaho potato.
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     KindOfAFarmer (kindafarming@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 00:26:55 JST KindOfAFarmer

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     Gotcha, ok. If it's rooting that's a good sign. Store potatoes are usually "young" so they're going to take quite a bit longer to slip than something was over wintered. I'd just be afraid they treated it in some way that will inhibit or at least slow slipping.
     Just give it some time. Worst case scenario you've got something for next year if you can keep it alive/growing. You'll just need to keep it in good light and warm.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 00:26:55 JST Zealist

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     @kindafarming @collatz i think it'll be fine, it already has tons of stuff coming out to grow, i also plan to try and have htem go in a storage tub that i drilled holes into for drainage lol.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 00:28:23 JST Zealist

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     @kindafarming @collatz what i mean is over winter in the garage, but i'll start them as soon as i get something to plant, and have them sit in the sun till it cools down in november and then i'll move them into the garage which is heated, i got some grow lights i plan to purchase cuz i got tomatoes i'm keeping in pots over winter too. so i can make a buncha cuttings in jan and get htem good and rooted then put them in the dirt next spring.
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     Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 00:53:26 JST Zealist

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     @kindafarming @collatz well i'm hoping too, cuz i'll throw some in the ground next year,but my year is already pretty late for anything that don't grow fast,s o i'm just trying to experiment over winter with grow lights and heated garage.
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     KindOfAFarmer (kindafarming@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 00:53:27 JST KindOfAFarmer

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     Ok, yeah... the heats the big thing. Sweet taters hate the cold (anything less than 60 it seems). You also need grow lights on them because they'll want a full dose of "sun" to stay alive and healthy.
     
     Good luck, and I hope it goes well for you (and it will interesting to see the results) and you end swimming in sweet potatoes next harvest season. They're such a great crop.