I know all about starting the sweet potato and getting the shoots and that I can keep it in water but I would like to plant it and no where do I see how to. My daughter planted the whole darned potato and she has a lovely plant but putting the whole potato in dirt sounds weird. Won't the potato rot?

There's about 100 articles on the web to get the shoots but no where does it mention the actual planting.

If you would like an edible crop of sweet potato, take the cue from your daughter and plant the potato ,with or without shoots, when the leaves appear keep hilling the soil up so that only the leaves are protruding from the soil, when the leaves start dying off in months ahead start digging potatoes out.I take out only what I need and the rest keep well in the soil.