Too cheap to buy slips!!

I have attempted to grow sweet potato slips in the past, but had various obstacles to keep me from succeeding.  Most of those had to do with my ignorance and/or laziness....

****One year I started them in glass jars in May.  Perfect if I wanted to plant in September when everyone else was digging their beautiful tubers.

****One year, before I knew about bud nip, I bought cheap potatoes from the local box store.  Nothing grew....but I started them on time!!

*****One year I was too lazy to go buy toothpicks to hold up the potato & used nails instead.  Ewww....rusty squishy mess.

*****Last year I want to the right store for the starter potatoes...in January, bought toothpicks and grew some beautiful slips which I planted in my raised beds.  

 

Here we are this year.  Older and supposedly wiser.  I will post pictures of their progress....if they show any.