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How to Grow Sweet Potatoes: Tips for Gardeners
17.06.2024 14:00
You can grow sweet potatoes yourself. To do this, it is enough to know a few rules.
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a starchy, sweet-tasting root vegetable. Young leaves are also edible.
The vegetable grows well in dry climates.
Use seed material and a growing container.
Add a layer of sand and potting mix.
It is important to keep the soil moist and warm - up to 85°F.
Keep the plants covered with plastic until they germinate.
It is also important to use fluorescent lights for growing sweet potatoes - 14 hours a day.
How to grow sweet potatoes in open ground
When the seedlings have formed a root system, plant them in the garden when there are no longer night frosts.
Low soil temperatures can damage roots.
Keep the soil moist. Plants must receive regular watering.
During hot weather and drought, the volume of watering should be increased.
However, excessive soil moisture can cause root rot.
In order for the root crop to develop normally in the garden, it is important to constantly get rid of weeds in the vicinity.
You can also use mulch for this purpose.
Previously, we told you how to grow physalis in the garden.
