LET’s GET STARTED 1. Choose a sweet potato that is beginning to bud. 2. Stick toothpicks in the potato around the middle area as shown (see Figure 1). Toothpicks will help the potato to sit in the top of the jar. The toothpicks should stick out of the potato so it can sit on the jar.
Figure 1
3. Place the pointed end into the jar facing down. Half of the potato will be out of the jar (see Figure 2). 4. Add water just below the top edge of the jar. Set the jar in a sunny window and watch for changes. Add water as needed to keep the level the same.
Figure 2
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5. Watch the sweet potato as it grows and keep a journal to tell what you see.
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WHAT DO YOU Wonder ? WHAT ARE OTHER PLANTS GROWN FROM ROOTS, STEMS, OR LEAVES?