Propagate Sweet Potato Vine - Ipomoea Batatas (to overwinter)

Sweet Potato vine is so easy to propagate! This is not only how I propagate Sweet Potato Vine but how I overwinter it so I can have a head start next Spring and save money.
See the results on how this worked here: • Overwintering Sweet Po...
These are decorative sweet potato vines and are not grown from sweet potatoes found in the store. Many of these will make a small tuber but it supposedly doesn't take good.
Personally, I haven't tried it so I can't say.
I love decorative Sweet Potato vine (Ipomoea batatas), it comes in so many beautiful colors. I am partial to the Margarita Sweet Potato Vine, it has chartreuse heart-shaped leaves and can grow 36" in a week in some climates. I do love the other colors as well but Margarita is my favorite.
They are so easy to propagate and fill pots and hanging baskets for lush plantings. You can use it as an annual groundcover or have it climb up a fence or trellis to add a privacy screen. (you will need to tie it up)
If you watch my White Tubs planting you saw a couple other colors I used this year and I loved them too: • Planting White Metal Tubs
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[@user-FM1]

Underrated channel , I really like the ideas here .👍

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Glad you like them!

[@neddiebarnett3742]

I’m growing a variety called SIDEKICK ‘HEART LIME’ in a large raised flowerbed. I really love how it contrasts with the hot colors of my zinnias, verbenas, mums and salvias, and also compliments the cool colors of Scabiosa, glomeratus, stock, foxglove and lobelia. The lime color really bridges them all together. I stumbled across your video because I was looking for if the ipomoea would overwinter here in Northern California. Making cuttings is an easy solution. Thank you!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Thanks for sharing! I am always surprised by the many varieties of what seems to be a simple plant. It is a trooper.

[@janbonfiglio1156]

This is my first year with sweet potato vines. I'm in LOVE with my Black Sweet Potato Vine. It took over my barrels, allowing other plants to peak through the leaves. It has very beautiful light purple flowers. To me it is breathtaking. I'm hoping to cut enough vines to root for next spring. Thanks for your instructions!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

You are most welcome. I was so surprised when my black one bloomed, it was so pretty and I loved it. I wish you success in saving yours overwinter!

[@gwenphelps9732]

@@FlowerPatchFarmhousewould you send me instructions on the Black Sweetpotato vines?

[@emptynestgardens9057]

I heard you mention you do this in a previous tour video. So I did it and you were right it's so easy. So then I potted it up into a pot of soil with some extra perlite and it didn't skip a beat. It's been on my south kitchen window sill. I keep taking cuttings from it to add back into pot. It's such a full lovely plant now. Love that I'll have free plants for containers outside next summer. I also grew Larkspur for the first time after seeing it in your garden and it's seeds I just noticed are coming up beneath where it was. Makes me so happy. I just hope these little guys survive our zone5 winter 🤷🏻‍♀️ Love love love your channel Pam!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I am so glad you found it successful. It is a fun one to propagate!

[@shaniya711]

Thanks so much for the awesome advice. I’ve tried to over winter them and failed, never thought to continuously take new cutting and keep propagating them. Awesome video

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

You are so welcome! Yes, the orginals seem to fade about February for some reason but until then they grow like weeds so I keep taking more cuttings.

[@Whomadegod]

you have such beaituful eyes and plants! thanks for the tips

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@truthbetold2611]

I bought a Manihi plant online that's growing beautifully in a big pot in the garden. It grows both beautiful dark leaves and edible tubers. I'll definitely root cuttings to winter over indoors.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I don't think I have heard of that plant, does it go by another name?

[@someonesometimes1]

Thank you so much for influencing me to grow this beauty! I love it so much that I want to keep propagating them on and on! God bless you for your lovely video!💛

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

You are so welcome! Glad you found it helpful.

[@maddang1797]

Great video thanks. Clear and informative. I took cuttings of Ipomea Batas Blackie - similar to the one you have there but rounder leaves. I rooted them in potting compost but I think your water method looks way better 😄

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I have yet to try in soil, I should do that for the hey of it.

[@roannegrasso6035]

This is my first year growing them and I really appreciate your video, thanks❤

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

You are welcome!

[@redraven7948]

So glad I came across this video! So helpful!! 👍

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Glad it was helpful! It is about time for me to do this again and save for next year!

[@ALJ03]

Such a great video, thank you! My aunt surprised me with a dark sweet potato vine this summer and I’ve been wondering if I could save it over the winter. But my house is turning into a greenhouse! I’m going to try your propagation trick and look for the Marguerite variety next summer-it’s so full and bright!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I do enjoy the dark ones as well. I even had one bloom one year. I know what you mean about the house turning into a greenhouse, I have the same problem.

[@franciscavasquez7574]

Cciiixh

[@AnnaKincaid]

I went to buy them today and found they where $7 a tiny plant!!! I said nope I would rather have empty baskets but I did find some cheaper elsewhere. Now I know how to do this so next year I won't have to buy them again next year. I love the same one you have in this video 🙂

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Amen! Just say no to expensive plants.

[@s.guidry2222]

I love the bright green sweet potato vine like you💕 thanks so much for these tips!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

You're so welcome! I do too. I found one this year and a couple of the ones I over winter made it!

[@dawnspruill1914]

I love the two vines you showed. They are my favorite combo and now I realize I need to make cuttings from the ones I have! Thanks!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

You are so welcome!

[@redplumesails7731]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Glad I could help!

[@dustyacres]

I wanted to grow sweet potatoes to eat so I started one from the store in water for the 2021 garden season with the tooth picks in a glass and it is still going strong. On that note I have to say I do love that particular one you are showing, Margarita. Will be on the hunt for one that I can keep in the house and use as a decorative for outside, Thanks for the informative video

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I love the big heart shaped leaves.

[@ashesforbeauty6582]

My question is can I cut my vines thay I planted as slips and replant them to make sweet potatoes grow?

[@ErnieHatmaker]

We did the same thing this past winter. I had a time with fungus gnats but finally won!😄

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Yes, fungus gnats are the pits but I also have a post and video on how I control them.

[@TonyaA7]

Thanks for sharing this video.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

You are welcome. I just priced Sweet Potato Vines at a garden center this season and they are over $7 each. I just saved me a bunch of money by babying these through the winter.

[@rachelhochstetler8691]

I like growing Beauregard sweet potatoes. They are an edible type. Thanks for your tips on propagating sweet potatoes!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I have never grown edible sweet potatoes, I should give them a try. We aren't huge fans of eating them but I am sure they are good for us and we need to branch out more.

[@dl8619]

@@FlowerPatchFarmhouse look up Georgia jets variety they are good to eat and don't get pulpy like other varieties once they get larger

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

I bought cuttings in spring for Beauregard but im hoping i can clip and save some cuttings for spring. I’m excited as the plant’s are thick and healthy so praying i get lots pf sweet potatoes they’re so expensive in Arizona.

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

I love the tricolors! I couldn’t find them last year and found the blackies to be a small and slow grower. I haven’t tried those green ones, but they just got them in here. I ordered my tricolors online already. I’m going to over winter them this fall. 👍 I think I’ll pick up one lime to see how they grow. The tricolors I had a few years ago were like 3-4 feet long at the end of the season.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I tried overwintering the tri-color but failed. Let me know how it works for you! I hope you are successful!

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

@@FlowerPatchFarmhouse I definitely will! I have a great south facing window in my basement. I’m going to plant a small pot and keep taking clippings off of that as it gets too big. I need that plant every year. It gets so long, I love them!

[@soulgirlktf]

Brilliant idea, thank you ! I have lost plants I try to overwinter indoors that I have potted up, you get good roots in water all looks great and then here in UK the winter can be long and miserable not much sun most days and I seem to lose them just towards the mid to end of winter, you baby them for weeks and then eventually you have to give up :( so I am definitely going to try this method next time of not potting them up, genius idea, happy gardening & thanks x

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Yes, I have taken the second set of cuttings from this first batch to continue on. Some of the first were fading but their cuttings live on!

[@warrenrobinson1525]

Cute

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@gardenfunwithjane4897]

Great video! I grew the variegated one last year but couldn't find it this year. I love sweet potato Vines

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I did not find the varigated until well into summer. But my favorite is still the regular lime green one.

[@carolcochran6147]

Hello I have recently rooted a sweet potatoe and about 40 shoots for the first time.. I grew them ans propagated using my fish tank and my water to root.. its working great..

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

That's great! It is such a great way to get more and so easy. Sounds like you have a mass production going on. 😀

[@jerryfloyd8711]

Can the vines stay in water for the whole winter until spring

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Barely, I will usually take more cuttings and keep starting from the ones growing to keep them going. Some have had better success than I will keeping the cuttings in water the entire time.

[@reneebrown2968]

I took 13 cuttings from my sweetpotatoes before harvesting my sweetpotatoes. So far they've been rooting and a flower. Hopefully they will make it thru to be planted in late spring. I washed them in cold water and soap to kill all bugs and eggs then washed them off and put them in water

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I have brought in some rooted cuttings and now I need to see if the ones out in my larger containers made tubers or not. For me, sometimes the ornamental sweet potatoes do and some they don't. But we are to get extra cold temps next week so I need to get on it.

[@debofChrist]

Just beautiful! Can these be grown easily from seed? Thank you for the video! God bless

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I have never found seeds myself but wouldn't it be great to be able too?

[@Miko62642]

I have no problem growing roots on SPV cuttings in water. My problem is, keeping them alive over winter indoors once they're planted in soil. Any tips?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I keep taking cuttings from the plants potted in soil and rooting those and I have been more diligent about spraying them with neem oil spray to combat the spider mites that seem to proliferate out of no where and killing them.

[@Miko62642]

@FlowerPatchFarmhouse thank you for the tip!

[@marycarolgarrison9270]

I’m trying this with some of our plants. Hope it works.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I hope it works for you too!

[@danasloan7691]

Thanks! This is my first year and man do they take over (which is ok for a newbie, I just trim back). I don't understand how I will control growing them inside this winter. Say I want to have ten small pots/plants to put in my flowerbed next spring. Do I root in water all winter inside? At some point do I HAVE to pot in dirt while inside this winter? Seems like I will be trimming and throwing alot away this winter (inside).

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I have done both, kept trimming and putting new cuttings in water (seems the older cuttings in water start to die so this way I keep them going) and I have put them in small pots with soil. I get spider mites on them terribly so I never seem to have too many as some die off.

[@joydavis3089]

Im a big fan of the margarite. I also have the dark burgandy variety. Have you ever grown slips from the tubers. The sweet potato at the base of my margarite is as big as my head. I was going to store it in a cool dark place and lay it on a tray of sandy damp soil to see if i could grow slips.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Not yet! As I have never really gotten tubers. Maybe my grow season is too short. I will dig up some of my larger ones and see if I have any tubers. Many dig up and store the tuber over winter then replant when it starts getting warmer.

[@moriumanwar6466]

Thank you for sharing this video. I have same one as you I guess!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Thanks for watching!

[@morgancooper8474]

I’m trying to overwinter my sweet potato. After you take the cuttings from the mother plant, what do you do with the mother plant? Do you just keep it outside and then in the spring replace with the new propagated cuttings?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Sometimes I will bring it inside and other times, if it is too big I will just leave it outside. Sometimes I try and just tuck the pot in the basement, but last year the rodents ate the tubers.

[@lilbitnurotiq9837]

I’m new. I understand how to grow the plant. When the glass is full of roots do I have to get a bigger container? How big for the root system? I want to keep one full time as a houseplant. Thanks in advance

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

For me they only last a short while indoors and I need to continue to take cuttings. You can put them in a larger container if you like but as long as they get moisture it really isn't about the size of the vessel. It is more about giving them fresh water weekly. Trial and error will be your best teacher. 🙂

[@thanks2ugod]

Everytime l bring one indoors, it roots then began to become dormant right away then dies off. But next fall l will try the continual vine cutting.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I know freshening the water helps with that, change it out weekly. I need to do that myself and some of mine are looking a little tired so I may pot some up after taking cuttings from them.

[@SV-cb6iy]

Recently bought similar to the one you have there, the bright green one. it grew leggy and started off like creeper and so I was searching for a video which tells me how propagate. 2 months its grown 20 inches long...the only stem near its root is bare with no leaves..wondering why?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Good question. I have had them push out leaves when I cut them back hard to within an inch of the root but that was in the winter when I had them inside.

[@wandawilson6266]

I dont know this or not but youll get a potatoe from the vine. I brought my plant in for the winter an it stayed alive for the winter. But come string time it didnt seem to want to grow. So i thought it was root bond. I toke it out of the pot an it was packed with roots an a few big bulbs. Potatoes. So i broke it all up an planted the potatoes an they new. This year i dont want to bring in the pot. So im wondering if i can take it out of the pot an break up the roots an store the potatoes?.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Yes, I have a friend who does just that. She unpots and stores the tubers then replants the following year. I have not had tubers form but I would certainly do that if they did.

[@heathermolsbee5751]

Thank you for your video! I live in a very hot and dry climate. Do you keep your sweet potatoe vines in sun or shade locations? Also, they seem to get eaten by something, do you spray them? Thank you!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

No I don't spray, I just take a hose to them and spray them with water. In very hot weather I like to place them in spots that get afternoon shade but other than that they are in the sun.

[@amiekyte44]

Is there an update on how these did over winter?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Not yet, but thanks for the reminder.

[@karenbarrera7938]

Hello! Would these vine cuttings need more than one node or leaf? As a beginner, I made cuttings like pothos for water propagation, but am not sure if they will root anymore. Thank you for the video!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Even with pothos I have much greater success when there is more than one leaf node to root but it is worth trying. I just bought some pothos cuttings on etsy (varieties I don't have) and they all only had one leaf node and one leaf and half did not make it. I was greatly disappointed as I typically will do at the very least 2 leaf nodes below the water for greater success and I expected any reputable seller to do the same. Especially with the fancier hybrids, which are more finicky to begin with. So anyways, the vines may root for you, just wait and see.

[@karenbarrera7938]

@@FlowerPatchFarmhouse Ty!

[@sigmawwww]

Thanks. Im going to do this. Mine are just going every where. How deep do I plant in a pot my cuttings next summer?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I plant mine just to above the roots.

[@alicejosephine1921]

Does this work with a sweet potato from the market? Could you tell me what to look for please because the signs at the market don’t specify which variety it is.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I have heard you can grow them from market sweet potatoes but have not tried it myself. I don't know which ones, sorry.

[@joydavis3089]

I grow sweet potatoes from organic sweet potatoes from the grocery store. There is a KZbin video on how to produce slips. He is a gardner in UK

[@onamoomano907]

Hi, it is my first time planting sweet potatoes, do I have to change the water everyday? Or just let it stay for 1-2 weeks.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I don't, I change the water weekly or every two weeks. I top up as it evaporates so it is getting fresh water added frequently.

[@jaclyndepre5557]

I'm currently trying to overwinter edible/ornamental sweet potatoes for the first time. I just took cuttings the other day and they are just rooting. How frequently do you have to change the water out?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Many say to change the water once a week but I confess to being lazy and only doing it when I notice it looking a little cloudy.

[@dcrcort]

my favorite vine. Im having issues where little holes are appearing on the leaf. Do you know what insect is attacking my vine??

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

There can be so many and I too have some insect damage on mine right now. It grows so fast and irons itself out as the beneficial insects arrive in droves.

[@kristinbrown2270]

can you dig up the tuber and store over winter like with dahlias?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Yes, you can if you find you have a tuber. Not all of them produce one. I did not have any tubers in my pots so that was not an option for me.

[@teniechafabre]

I bought some grow lights for my sweet potato vines but I'm struggling with which light I should select. I'm still unsure how to care for them because just when I think they are good. I find wilted leaves and droopy leaves. Please help.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

They take time to adjust to indoors, mine lose leaves for a bit but then begin to grow. I can't help much with which grow lights, I just use cool and warm fluorescent bulbs in a shop light fixture.

[@katnip2u]

I love the potato wine, but after it's rooted and I plant it, it never makes it through the winter in my apartment. Nevermind what sun conditions I give it. It seems to do well and even the roots are still strong in the soil, but the top dies after a while. Dries up and dies. So frustrating, because just like you I love this plant in my planters, but l can't seem to overwinter it!?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I am not great at overwintering it in a pot either. That is why I do the cuttings. As I mentioned in this video I take new cuttings from these cuttings in about 2 months, put those in water and let them root. The first ones start to fade but the fresh ones I take from them go ahead and root and I repeat the process until Spring arrives and I can plant them up and put out.

[@ashesforbeauty6582]

If planted will they grow sweet potatoes??

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

These are an ornamental Sweet Potato and not usually for eating but they will grow tubers that some have tried, they just weren't that tasty.

[@lindamiller5489]

Is this from a sweet potato 🥔that u put in water to grow?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

No this is the ornamental Sweet Potato vine.

[@charliemagoo7943]

Seems like the black ones are more vigorous. The TRI color doesn't have as much chlorophyll so they are slower

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Yes, sometimes hybrids are not as vigorous as the old fashioned ones but that is what some do not like about the regular types, they seed to be too vigorous for their liking, I for one, love the vigor. I just prune to keep in check.

[@sherryortizchavez9893]

Where can I buy then to start?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I usually buy at a local nursery or garden center. They are typically available when it gets much warmer as they are not cold hardy.

[@tangerinefusion1]

My potato vine produced beautiful potatoes! 😲 Are these edible? 🥔

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

The tubers are edible but not tasty. Keep them in a cool, dark place and you can replant them next Spring and get more sweet potato vines!

[@darlenesgardenandhome]

Is this real sweet potato or just the decorative vines.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

This is the decorative. The tubers are more bitter than the ones we buy in grocery stores to eat.

[@lesliekupstas8308]

I brought my dark colored sweet potato vine in for the winter. I got it at Produce Junction in a pot that said Lowe’s and it was combined with New Guinea Impatients. I tossed the impatients and potted the sweet potato vine in a hanging basket in soil. So far it’s doing well. It tends to get dry leaves that fall off but still looks good. Thanks for the advice of rooting them in water as I will also try that.

[@reneebrown2968]

I don't understand why you would want shorter vines?? People don't understand that the vines and leaves are very edible. Yummy

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

I haven't tried them. I should see what I think.

[@nativeplant2]

I live in costal California, is there some reason I cant keep them as an indoor plant? I will likely try outdoors all year as it seldom freezes here.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Go for it! I have a hard time as mine seem to always get spider mites and succumb to that. I love them as an indoor plant but they need very bright light.

[@catalinadowney927]

Those leaves are edible.

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Thank you, good to know. I have yet to try them but have read they can be bitter like other greens.

[@jeremiahmcafee3816]

I want your potatoes!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

The sweet potato vine is available all over so you should be able to find them locally.

[@sharriceowens913]

There is a potatoe with purple skin and white flesh sweet inside like a sweet potatoe ..do you know the name?

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Regular potato? I am not sure of a name, I am growing a purple potato now but I can't remember if it has white flesh or purple. I do know that there is an heirloom purple potato with more creamy yellow flesh called Huckleberry Gold. I think GrowOrganic.com has it.