红薯秧苗就这样育成了!

一直都很喜欢吃红薯尖，可是本地的东方店不卖这东西，想吃就得自己种啦。有一年的春天在农贸市场买到过红薯秧苗，种在地里，隔三差五地剪些红薯叶尖回来清炒，味道比空心菜还好！那一年吃了很多红薯尖，秋天还挖出二十多磅红薯，真是省事儿又高产的蔬菜。可惜后来再没有买到过红薯秧苗。

试过把红薯埋在地里，期望能长出苗来，没成功！也试过自己育秧。照网上搜来的方法：把红薯竖着切成两半，切面朝下接触潮湿的育秧土，放到窗台上去。勤浇水，保持土的湿度。后来倒是发出不少芽苞。怪自己心太急！本想趁着太阳天搬到阳台上晒晒，不想被太阳灼伤，又被寒流冻过一次，那一年就没吃上红薯尖。

去年夏天回国去了，就没顾上这档事儿。

今年我再试红薯育秧。在网上找到个新方法。这是我用此法育成的秧苗。





这种方法就是太慢。很考耐心的说。



另外，见到园艺用东方店买来的红薯叶的梗子育秧的做法，也想试试。于是趁老公出差的机会，打发他专门从外地的东方店带回来两包红薯叶，把六七十截红薯藤插到地里去，成活的只有十来棵，就这样我已经是无限欢喜了。



如法炮制，把一些空心菜的杆子插到地里去，也成活了。旁边是从园艺那里要来的马兰头，长势喜人哪，哈哈。。。

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Grow a Sweet Potato Vine

Sweet potatoes in the U.S. are grown mostly in the South. They are planted in the spring by "slips." These are the small rooted pieces of the vine that grow from the "eyes" or buds of the potato.

The sweet potato produces vine-like stems that resemble the philodendron plant. 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. The stems are weak; tie the stems to a stake.

Sweet potatoes like a bright, sunny location and require care like house plants such as ivy.

Fertilize about once a month.

If the sweet potato vine gets too long, cut it back a few inches to force the vine to get bushier. The tip of the vine that was pinched off can be rooted in water or moist soil.

Your sweet potato vines can be planted outside in late May to produce sweet potatoes that can be dug and eaten in the fall.

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我这样成功繁殖宝贵的紫薯苗，今年忙一点，没怎么浇水，但也收获了几十磅紫薯。