We wanted to move our vines from the ground to a hanging pot. They were only out for a couple hrs and totally got super soft and limp. We repotted them and they are still looking very sad. Are they gonna make it?
Ornamental Sweet Potato Vines would not transplant easily and likely would not survive.
You can try cutting the plants back to about 3 to 4 inches above the soil line.
Keep the soil moist but not soggy.
Then you will just need to wait and see if the plants can recover.
Here are some links to refresh you on the care requirements.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/winterizing-sweet-potato-vines.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/grow-sweet-potato-plant.htm
In all the years of growing them outdoors, I've never got a potato in the pot. What do you do with the potato? Can you save it to start more for next year or just get rid of it?
Technically the tubers are edible, though the varieties for ornamentals are not very tasty. Also there may have been many chemicals used on these ornamental plants that are not considered safe for edibles. For this reason I would not advise eating the 'potatoes'.
If you would like to try to store the tuber, the link below will have storing information.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/harvesting-sweet-potatoes.htm
Sweet potato vine tubers that I just dug up, can I use these next year and what to do with them until then?
You can store the tubers in the same manner as you would store potatoes. You can then plant in the spring.
Here are some links to help you.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/grow-sweet-potato-plant.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/potato/saving-seed-potatoes.htm
I have two questions: 1) many of my tubers were damaged in harvest because the ground was so hard from pounding rain. I cured them anyway. Will they keep? 2) I placed them in a plastic tub lined with brown paper and covered them with a shallow cardboard box and then a feed bag over that. They are in a cool cement room. Will the plastic tub be an issue?
Damaged sweet potatoes will not keep as well as undamaged ones, so keep the damaged ones in a separate container and eat them first.
I think the plastic tub will be fine, since you seem to be providing ventilation through the top. You may want to check at some point to make sure the interior has high humidity, but not excessive condensation.
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/ccdms/yg/091017.html
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/sweet-potato-storage-tips.htm
I dug up a good harvest of sweet potatoes 2 weeks ago, and without cleaning them off, set them into the garage in buckets until I had time to process them. Is it too late to 'cure' them with 80 degree temps (as recommended when they are first dug up)?
I think it is fine to cure them now- the process should still help them develop the sugar-producing enzymes. Make sure none of them have any rotten parts, though- those ones should be separated from the others.
Can you plant sweet potatoes in the same bed as Irish potatoes after the harvest of Irish potatoes?
Yes, I think you can plant sweet potatoes after Irish potatoes. One problem that might arise, though, is that both plants are susceptible to root knot nematodes, so rotation with a non-susceptible crop or choosing a resistant variety of sweet potato might be preferable:
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/r607200111.html
The last two years I've had sweet potato vine. Now this spring getting my yard cleaned up and I found some potatoes so I'm wondering if there edible.
Though ornamental Sweet Potato Vines do produce an edible tuber, it would not likely taste very good!
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/grow-sweet-potato-plant.htm