Sweet Potato Vine (Part 3)

At this point it's been about a month since I began my Sweet Potato Vine experiment. The two potatoes I originally bought from the store both failed, with one never doing anything, and one growing a few small roots and then stalling. The really small one continued to grow, and was the first one I transferred to soil.




I find that I am frustrated that I can no longer keep an eye on the root growth, but I'm sure I'll get over it! It has been in the pot for about a week. I was told recently by someone who is 'in the know' about such things that when you transfer a plant cutting that has been in water to soil, you should keep the soil fairly moist for a while as it grows it's soil roots and depends less on water roots. So I figure the same thing applies here.

Now, my bigger potato probably could have been planted weeks ago, but it's large size and the fact that the vines AND roots are growing from the bottom have left me in a quandary as to exactly how to pot it, so I keep putting it off!

Here is it's progress as of today! (note: apparently my iPhone blog publisher app will only allow me to post ONE picture per post, so I guess that's a fail)

I'm trying to psych myself into potting this puppy today, but I'm hesitant because I'm so scared that I'll kill it after it's been growing SO well! Therefore, you may or may not see the next chapter of my Sweet Potato Vine series later today!