Donna, you might be able to leave them in the ground. I've also had them survive in pots sitting on the ground, waiting to be 're-done' for spring. I'm looking forward to more productivity in the coming years, in general. The spot where we grow most of the edibles was reclaimed from lawn just a few years ago. Ryse, excellent soil with great tilth and fertility takes time and the periodic additions of organic matter. If you don't have enough leaves in your own yard, and people bag them where you are, get more bags and pile 'em high on your beds for winter. If you have worms, the leaves will be gone by spring. After doing that for a few years, you'll be shocked at the improvement - in texture, color, productivity, drainage while retaining moisture. In the summer, spread cut grass from mower bag (as long as you've mowed before the grass/any other lawn plants make seeds.) The exception is walnut trees/leaves (look up juglone toxicity if you happen to have a walnut tree in your yard.) Donna, I wonder if your pots tend to stay cooler? I'm sure it gets just as hot where you are, but most of my pots (that I put SPV in) are the dark green smallish (10"?) hanging baskets, so not a lot of room in them. They hang from the roof of a south-facing porch too, a hot situation, lots of extra heat radiating from the sun shining on the floor which is painted a dark gray color for some reason. I don't fertilize much either, for potted plants, and not at all for ground plants. That could be a definite factor. It can definitely cover some ground. I had to hack most of this away about every 2-3 weeks to keep it from eating the whole yard in this spot. I love looking at it, but I've developed an allergy to the latex sap. It would be best if none of it came back this year.

Definately try digging the roots too! It's fun to find the potatoes and see how many you get ! I've never had luck with the cuttings over winter, they seem to just hate the cool windowsills around here and end up dying a slow death. Even the roots seem to like warmer drier storage conditions than other root type things, definately a hot weather plant.

Carol, I took the top of a sweet potato and placed in potting soil around the holidays ( Christmas or Thanks giving) and placed it in a plastic rain gutter I have rigged up to go across the kitchen window. It grew and pretty well filled the rain gutter, which is about 26" long. I pulled the root ball apart and planted a 22' row in the garden. That was the first group of potatoes I harvested, which filled a 5.5 cu. ft. wagon. The end of the sweet potato was already starting to sprout, but the window was a little too cold for it until warmer weather came. At that time I had to tie strings across the window to support the runners. I also had to water it often because it had such a small rooting area. I plan on trying the same thing this year. I have some ornamentals rooting in the bath room now. Larry

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