Growing Sweet Potato Vine Indoors

Overwatering and poor drainage can cause fungal problems such as fusarium wilt root rot or tuber rot.

Growing sweet potato vine indoors. Get an organic sweet. This plant produces vine like stems similar to the philodendron and requires similar care to that of ivy when grown indoors. Possible insect problems include sweet potato looper whitefly aphids thrips slugs flea beetles and weevils. The decorative sweet potato vine ipomoea batatas is a vigorous fast growing vine that does well as a houseplant and as an annual or perennial garden ground cover.

After picking up 3 more large sweet potatoes over the weekend to make more of our own sweet potato dog chews we decided to see if we couldn t try to grow some of our own yes we have lofty dreams of growing bountiful potato vines that supply our natural dog treats. Plant a sweet potato in water and almost before your eyes it transforms into a sprawling vine with lime green or purple tinged leaves. We ve decided to try our hands at growing sweet potatoes we ve really got nothing to lose other than half a potato if we fail. Bulb like tubers grow just beneath the surface of the soil.

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. Both edible and ornamental varieties of sweet potato grow quite well in large pots. The vigorous growth and drought tolerance of ornamental sweet potato vines makes them great choices for mixed containers and hanging baskets. Here s how to enjoy growing this fun vine as a houseplant.

Warning do not leave the same water in your jar for more than two weeks as it will become foul smelling and will attract fruit flies and other pests. Follow these steps to planting and growing your own sweet potato vine indoors. Both types grow best in sunny conditions but if you want to grow the garden varieties that produce edible tubers it will take quite a long growing season. Sweet potato vine winter care.

Grow sweet potato vine indoors and you ll soon have a sprawling vine with lime green or purple tinged leaves. How to grow sweet potato vines. Use an organic sweet potato. Sweet potato vines can be overwintered indoors from tubers or cuttings.

Otherwise there are several easy ways of overwintering a sweet potato vine. If you have space you can simply bring the plants indoors and grow them as houseplants until spring. Even better the leaves are edible and tasty.