#ipomoea batatas

[bolaneno]

The sweet potato slips (that I collected the other day) are already rooting 😃🍠!

[uxbridge]

Sweet potato in bloom

[buffetlicious]

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) comes in a variety of colours such as orange, purple, white and yellow. They are also rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre. You can boil, bake, steam or fry them but in our house, we normally boil/steam it whole with skin or peel the skin and prepare it as Sweet Potato Dessert Soup (番薯糖水). Here, we are using Vietnam grown Japanese Purple Skin Sweet Potato with yellow flesh.

[infinitesismall]

ipomoea batatas

[bolaneno]

Here's one of my sweet potato plants 🍠

[bolaneno]

I'm planning to separate / root / then plant this sprouted sweet potato 🍠. I've never grown any tubers on my own, so this will be almost like an experiment.

I'll be so happy if I succeed in growing a nice crop of sweet potatoes 🧡.

[segmentedleg]

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[whimsidreams]

My pantry creature was looking a little sad and pruny; so I transferred it to a pot with well-watered soil. Hopefully that will appease it. <3