Grow it Again!

Turn a sweet potato into a beautiful houseplant. It's cheap, simple and fun!

Materials

• 1 sweet potato
• 1 glass jar
• enough stones to almost fill your jar
• a small paring knife 

Instructions

1. Place the stones in your jar.
2. Fill the jar with water to just cover the stones.
3. Find a sweet potato that is already growing some roots or buds. If your potato hasn’t sprouted yet, leave it in a sunny place for a few days. You will see little “eyes” start to grow.
4. Cut a 5 cm piece from the rounded end of the sweet potato.
5. Place the sweet potato, cut side down, in the jar.
6. Keep your sweet potato in a sunny place.
7. Make sure the bottom of the sweet potato is always under water.

Watch it grow

1. After a week, you should start to see roots growing and leaves forming. If nothing is happening, try using an organic sweet potato.
2. You can also do this same activity with a turnip, cutting a 2cm slice from the leafy end.

Did you enjoy this activity? Check out the Great Celery Experiment or learn How Plants Eat!