Sweet potatoes are grown using root sprouts called "slips." Grow your own slips by using sweet potatoes sourced from a ...

Related: How to Grow and Care for Potatoes—Including Martha's Favorite Planting Method Sweet potatoes aren’t grown from seeds but from sprouts (known as slips) that come from mature sweet ...

Unlike regular potatoes, sweet potatoes do not have eyes that grow into new plants. Skins contain fine roots, just like beets and carrots, that can be coaxed into producing slips which are sweet ...