That looks fine, not rotting and has slips
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Has it been as long as 6 weeks?
This seems quite a useful article: How to Grow Sweet Potatoes From Slips
Mine have certainly been 6 weeks and there isn’t really a hint of anything more than was there in the first place. Very disappointing…
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I can see that it’s not rotting - looks just like mine - but where are the slips?
The soft woody things
Doh!!! I couldn’t see those. I don’t have anything like that growing from mine - they look just like they did when I started. Do you think there’s any point trying the damp soil method at this stage with some other tubers?
I’d certainly try it.
This is how I came to my preferred growing method…
I Watched a few YT vids on all the various methods and concluded that nature knows best and sticking them in a pot of water is not what nature does, so I used old posting mix just as a humidity retention medium and planted halfway up, kept moist.
I bought a sweet potato from the local shop, pretty sure it wasn’t bio and probably been treated with anti-germination stuff, so washed it before planting. To germinate they need light, heat and in the main to continue humidity. To get it to start making the slips I put it above the radiator in my bedroom which at the mo doubles up as my office so heated most of the day.
If I was you I’d put them in the warmest part of the house to start off.
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Thanks @wozza - I imagine it’s the cold up here that is the problem then. I gave them lots of light but warmth is difficult. If we ever get the polytunnel erected (it’s been sitting in the barn for years now) that should be a wee bit easier 
Try your kitchen or living room to start them off.
Seems sensible! Next year (when I have a kitchen and more of a living room 
) I shall certainly follow your suggestions. Meanwhile, I wonder whether a hot water bottle would help 
(That is only slightly facetious)
Giving them a hot water bottle that’s sweet, if you have a wood burner put them close to that.
If I do them next year I’ll send you some.
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That is very kind of you @wozza - thank you!!! I do have a wood burner so I’ll start off some new ones using your method tomorrow (we’re out on the razzle this evening) and I’ll make sure they are nice and warm. I’ll draw the line at taking them to bed with me to share the electric blanket though
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What about making them a little cloche indoors?
I had thought of that but it’s dark indoors at the best of times and I thought they’d be better with light. Worth a thought though…
@Wozza showed us he started his stuff in the cellar, with LED lights. Could you do something like this in a smaller scale?
Confusion abounds 
they are another vase behind with vines the neighbour gave me they are doing OK!
There is s nothing other than a couple of tiny things starting, I’d say heat issue. Will do as you have suggested to Angela as I have 2 ready to try the dirt method!
Use the one you have it’s sprouting! I took 15 slips off of mine and could have had many more. Or leave it alone but put in a warmer place and it should sprout even more.
If you use others they will take time to sprout when you have one primed and ready.
As I’ve mentioned b4 this is the first time I’ve grown sweet potatoes 
so not an expert, but have a bit of knowledge in agriculture / horticulture.
@toryroo and @AngelaR or anyone else I can recouper the sweet potato from my compost bin and see if I can get more slips and send them to you.
Angela and Toryroo have first pickings.
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Oh if you can that would be amazing 
The tiny tiny hairs?
Thé tiny hairs look like roots not fungal growth. So if I were you I’d bury it half way in compost / potting mix earth as a medium for keeping humidity around the potatoe and you should get slips forming. If not just move it to a warmer place and you should have +/- the same results. Where’s that @Griffin36 when you need him? 
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