How to preserve outside plants through the winter?
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I have these beautiful sweet potato plants that are thriving outside, and since the weather is changing, was wondering if I can transplant them or bring the planters inside so they will survive the winter in Ohio. Thank you.
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Yes, Sweet potato vines are pretty, but they are not meant to survive winter - even inside. They naturally die. You need to grow new slips from a sweet potato in the early spring, root them once they are about 4 inches long in water, then plant.
You can stick a sweet potato in a glass of water with a couple toothpicks poked in it to hold it up off the bottom of the glass, when it starts to root, pot it and you can grow your own sweet potato vine for next to nothing. To make your current plants last as long as you can, bring them inside at night when temps drop to 45 to get them acclimated to living indoors. They need about two weeks of coming inside at night before you bring them inside full time. They may even make it through the winter, just cut back on watering to about half and stop feeding them
Here is an article that might help you - https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/protecting-plants-winter.htm