How to Bed Sweet Potatoes for Spring Slip Production
Thursday, March 23, 2023 · 10 am–12:30 pm
Surry, Virginia
If sweet potatoes do not grow from seeds like most vegetables, nor from buds, like the eyes of a potato, then how do you grow them? Come discover how to cultivate sweet potato slips now for early spring planting. Clif Slade, a retired Extension agent and SFOP program assistant, has been growing sweet potatoes for over 35 years on his family farm in Surry, Virginia. He also will discuss sweet potato varieties, integrated pest management and mitigating viruses and diseases. This is an in-person event—please dress for the weather.
Space is limited to 35 participants.
For more information, contact Dennis Hatch at 804-689-0410 or dhatch@vsu.edu.
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Small Farm Outreach Program office at smallfarm@vsu.edu or call (804) 524-3292 / TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8 am. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
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