I went into the grocery store to buy sweet potatoes before work. It cost only $0.98 a lb. I bought 2 small ones and a large one to sprout for the

@FloorGenAdm no they had other veggies. I didn’t look at them closely so I don’t know what else they had but the shelves looked stocked

@MrAboo I guess it's the price gouging thing then.

@FloorGenAdm yeah sounds right.

@dale74 I think it’s usually like 1.69 I was surprised the prices actually dropped rather than remaining steady

@Fungirlmmm from what I read they’re pretty easy to grow and take about 3 months to mature. I’ve not had much luck getting them to sprout, but I wasn’t as motivated in the past to get them to sprout as I am right now

@MrAboo I put toothpicks in mine and sprout in water a few weeks before planting

@cherokeepatti I don’t want to mess with the tooth picks. I’ll try filling a container to about 1/4 of the sweet potato mass and change the water every day. One I’ll plant in half potting soil and remove slips as they get to the right size

@SW-User huh, the shelves looked stocked where I was, I was in there only 4-5 minutes

@SW-User I wish I had looked at the prices, maybe next time I will