Sweet potato tubers will generally begin sprouting once temperatures reach approximately 70 degrees fahrenheit. For even faster sprouting, bump the temperature around the sprouting jar up to 85 degrees fahrenheit. This can be accomplished using space heaters or a seed heating mat.

Place the sweet potato in a container of water. Keep the top 1/3 of the potato exposed by placing toothpicks into the sides. The pointed end should be down in the water. In a few weeks a vine with several stems will begin to sprout.

Each sweet potato can produce up to 50 slip sprouts. To create sprouts, carefully wash your potatoes and cut them either in half or in large sections. Place each section in a jar or glass of water with half of the potato below the water and half above. Use toothpicks to hold the potato in place.

In about a week, you should see signs that the potatoes are sprouting. After three to four weeks, you can plant the fully sprouted potatoes into the garden in the same way you would plant unsprouted potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are warm-season plants that are very sensitive to cold temperatures. The tuberous roots should be harvested by the time frost kills the vines or soon thereafter. Sweet potato roots continue to grow until frost kills the vines.

If your sweet potato is oozing, soft and squishy, discolored, smelly, or have a bunch of sprouts, it's time to toss. If there are only a few sprouts and the sweet potato is still firm you can cut the sprouted portion off, cook and eat right away, or you can plant it.

New potatoes – all potatoes can be new potatoes if harvested when the tubers are still small and thin-skinned, about 50 to 55 days from planting the seed potatoes for early maturing varieties.

• Pork. Sweet potatoes tend to pair nicely with pork, pork chops and other pork dishes
• Poultry. Chicken and other poultry products tend to have a mild flavor in general, so prepare them with thyme or rosemary
• Eggs
• Beans, Grains and Lentils
• Herbs and Spices

Generally, new potatoes will be present by day 60, they will be small and fragile. You can take a few if you just can't wait any longer!! Most varieties will have good-sized tubers that are ready to harvest by 90 days.

The potatoes will need 4 to 6 weeks after chitting before they're ready to plant. This will give them a chance to sprout and start putting on growth. At this point, you can plant the seed potatoes in warm soil.

When to chit seed potatoes. Seed potatoes should be chitted around 6 weeks before you plan to plant them – so, for many, that will mean chitting in february ready for planting in march/april. You can chit first and second earlies, and maincrop potatoes, at the same time.

Cover and cook on high for 5 to 6 hours, or until potatoes are fork tender.

Growing an avocado from a pit starts with sprouting. The only skill you need to coax that hard avocado seed (aka the pit) to crack is patience — because it usually takes six to eight weeks to get a sprout.

Dig potatoes too early, and you'll harvest a measly crop of minuscule tubers. You'll also risk stressing the plant and its precious root system, so although you could try replanting it, the plant might not thrive. Wait too long, and your potatoes may get damaged by frost, or begin to sprout, crack or rot underground.

Market characteristics. Yukon gold matures in 80 to 95 days after planting, so may be harvested as an early season crop. Tubers are set early and bulk quickly.

Seeds should sprout in 10-20 days. Sow on the soil surface or barely covered with perlite. Thin plants or transplant to 30cm (12″) apart. Keep seedlings well protected from cats.

Wait until the tops of the vines have completely died before you begin harvesting. When the vines are dead, it is a sure sign the potatoes have finished growing and are ready to be harvested.

Meat – pork, chicken and beef all taste great alongside sweet potatoes. Fish – salmon, walleye, halibut, cod and mahi mahi pair well with sweet potatoes. Vegetables – just about any veggie on the planet accompanies sweet potatoes perfectly.

How to harvest brussels sprouts. Sprouts will begin to ripen from the ground up after 80-90 days. Snip off sprouts when they are 1-2 inches in diameter, starting at the bottom of the plant and working up. Leaves will sometimes turn yellow as the plants mature.

How to store leftover scalloped potatoes? Store them in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

Seeds will germinate in 10-14 days. Space transplants at 25-45cm (8-18″) apart. Grow in a rich, well-drained, evenly moist soil in full sun.

With the seed ends up, set potatoes or pieces in a spot that stays around 70 degrees f and gets indirect light.