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I wondered if anyone knows if you can use the self rooting sections which appear along the vines of sweet potatoes to produce 'slips' for cropping the following year. I have just harvested mine and potted up a dozen or so of these shoots in the hope that I can use them next year. I have them in the greenhouse which should remain frost free here in Guernsey.

Hi Infrance As far as know there are two ways to make slips, in water and in soil, it explains the methods here
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/212864_h ... toes-slips
, If you have roots then I imagine they would produce tubers. They are plants that like warmth, and need to be hardened off properly before planting out - not sure how they will react to winter cold, but maybe ok if your greenhouse is heated.

Thanks Nature's Babe for your reply. I will continue with the rooted shoots I have but will also keep a tuber to start off slips as described as an assurance that I end up with some viable plants. Growing them in the open ground has proved much better than containers, for me at least, the crop is much better.