my camote had kids
a little bit over a week ago my dad cut my camote plant and put the slips into water to grow some roots, and this is what it looked like then
today, since the roots were getting quite long, i decided to plant some of the cuttings into soil. jill got me some cups and i’m actually excited that they’re clear plastic because i’ll be able to watch the roots grow when they hit the edges of the cup!
this is what the leaves looked like before i started planted them. as you can see, my shovel is that plastic spoon =)
here’s another leaf that was growing a great set of roots
and here’s my 5 little daughter plants sitting in their cups
a little pic of them up close before i put them on the sill
and here’s the mother plant and her 5 li’l uns sitting on the sill. on the far right you can see another camote sitting in water growing roots. i’m waiting for some of the shoots to grow above the water before i actually plant this next one
hopefully they’ll start growing pretty soon… i’m not sure if what i did was right because a website says “The sweet potato plants (slips) are transplanted into the rows at a depth of 3 inches with no less than 2 plant nodes in the ground and leaving at least 2 leaves or more above the ground." i didn’t have room to leave 2 leaves above the ground because my dad cut all the nodes apart. and the leaves actually look a little bit wilted right now, ever since i’ve taken ‘em outta the water. but, hopefully it’ll soon be time to transplant them outside! then i can start eating camote =) oh yeah!
That’s so cool! You’re like a science teacher who does her own experiments and then forces the kids to do the same thing!
Makes me wonder if I, even with my black thumb, could possibly make a camote grow?
...I’m not holding my breath. I’m 3 plants down and I’m NOT getting more! Someone has to stop the carnage on plant life!
Posted by Kat on 03/05 at 11:10 AM
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