Question
Hi Darlene.

I was just curious , I've heard many people talk about having grown a potatoe plant .. some say they have even grown a sweet potatoe plant .. I have been looking for pictures of a sweet potatoe plant , and havnt found any .Kinda curious as to what they look like .. Can you grow a plant out of any kind of potatoe , or does it have to be a certain type ?

Thank you
Brenda
Keenesburg Colo

Answer
Brenda,

Any potatoe will grow a plant. That's how we get potatoes, from potatoe plants. However the more decorative plants are sweet potatoe vines.

The sites below have instructions on growing sweet potatoe vines.

http://www.canoe.ca/LifewiseHomeYardWeekend00/0513_potato.html

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/vegetables/sweet.html

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/sweetpotato1.html

http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/hortiscope/fruitveg/swtptato.htm

Good luck.

Darlene