Sweet Potato Slips

Sweet potatoes are usually propagated using slips. Slips are the green sprouts that grow out of tubers that have been bedded for slip production. Slips form roots quickly and take well to transplanting as long as they are given plenty of water for the first few days, ideally via drip irrigation.

Important Notes About Shipping:  We ship sweet potato slips in May into the first week in June, separately from seeds. There is a $12.00 flat rate shipping and handling fee on all sweet potato orders. (If you are also purchasing seeds in the same order there is a separate $6.00 flat rate shipping charge). Slips are shipped based on USDA hardiness zones, sorted by zip code. Shipments to USDA zones 8 and 9 go out in mid May; shipments to USDA zones 6 and 7 go out in mid to late May; shipments to USDA zones 4 and 5 go out in late May to early June. All orders are shipped via USPS Priority Mail to shorten the time in transit. We ship on Monday morning of each week (Tuesday on the week of Memorial Day). Our slips are cut rather than pulled, in order to prevent potential disease transmission. If your slips arrive in poor condition due to USPS transit delays please contact us at info@commonwealthseeds.com. We produce slips here in Virginia, so keep in mind that if you are in Florida or the deep South you may want your slips earlier than we are able to provide them, and you may want to consider other options.