I had some sweet potatoes that had started growing some sprouts on them, so I decided to start me some slips with them.

Since the sprouts had started from the top, I knew the other end had to be the root end.

I then filled up some jars with water and stuck toothpicks on each side of the tater.  The reason for this was to keep the tater from sinking all the way under the water.  The mouth on my jars wound up being too small and I really could've skipped that step.

Place the jars by a warm, sunny location and it'll only be a few days before you'll start to see roots growing from the bottom of the tater.  And it'll only be a few more 'til the roots have gotten really long.

Then you'll start noticing your first leaves.

And then they'll start to grow...

and grow....

and produce vines....

that wind up growing all over your kitchen counter and up your wall.

You can then take one of the slips, like I have here...

and give it a good twist.  Make sure you get a small piece of potato with it....

because you're next gonna root the slips.  Just stick the slips in a jar of water and wait for them to root.

I think these have rooted well enough I may try to plant these within the next few days.

Don't throw out your potato just yet.  It'll keep producing slips for a while.  Some can make up to 50 slips per tater.

I'll have to let ya know later how the planting and growing process goes.  This is the first time I've started any slips.  They'll likely to die as soon as get 'em in the ground.