Here in the northeast there's still frost in the ground but I'm working on this year's crop of sweet potatoes. Several years ago I found some sweet potato rooted cuttings at a garden center and have been hooked on them ever since. Since I can't always count on finding sweet potatoes at garden centers I start some of my own as a backup plan. I selected a couple of sweet potatoes with new sprouts from last year's crop, cut off the bottom and suspended the sprouting end in water.
As the sprouts grow out they well develop a vine with leaves and roots. When the sprouted vine is about 1.5 inches long, with a couple of leaves and some roots, I cut the vine below the roots and transfer it to damp potting soil and let it grow until planting time.
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