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Hard to grow sweet potatos
I love baked sweet potatoes. Is it hard to grow these? I have never
gron them before. I have grown regular potaos before. DO they grow like them? Into a bush that you pull up when they are ready to harvest? |
Pepperqueen wrote: Hi! I grow Sweet potatoes every year, because i live in Southern, Ontario, I have to grow mine inside to get them started. I use a foil pie dish, add the potting soil, keep it moist and cover with clear wrap. When you see the red buds start to appear, remove wrap, and make sure you spray the soil and buds. I harden them off in Spring, and plant them in a large plot. They grow all over! In September, which is harvest time for us, I dig them up!. From one plant I got eleven sweet potatoes! Excellent crop! Each year varies though. weather can play a factor. I wish you luck, and I hope this helps?? Deb. wrote in message oups.com... I love baked sweet potatoes. Is it hard to grow these? I have never gron them before. I have grown regular potaos before. DO they grow like them? Into a bush that you pull up when they are ready to harvest? I live in southern Kentucky |
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Hi again!
You have to dig them out of the ground. You can try using peat moss and/or Triple mix soil to help them along. Deb wrote in message oups.com... I love baked sweet potatoes. Is it hard to grow these? I have never gron them before. I have grown regular potaos before. DO they grow like them? Into a bush that you pull up when they are ready to harvest? |
Sweet potatoes are quite unlike Irish potatoes. They are members of the morning
glory family. They need a relatively long season but otherwise are very easy to grow. Most varieties are vining or semi -vining plants so they take up some space. Sweet potatoes are modified roots not tubers like an Irish potato, The easiest way to grow them is from slips (plants). If you just want a few you can start your own by half submerging a sweet potato root end down in a jar of water, placed in a warm sunny spot. Lots of folks use them as house plants this way. About two weeks after last frost last frost set the plants 12 -16 inches apart on mounded ridges (lists) about 4 feet apart. It helps to hill them up as the vines start to spread out. They are tropical perennials so they will grow until frost. Dig just before frost and spread them out to cure in a warm dry place. They will not tolerate cold. Store in place that stays above 50 degrees Fahrenheit until ready to use. I love baked sweet potatoes. Is it hard to grow these? I have never gron them before. I have grown regular potaos before. DO they grow like them? Into a bush that you pull up when they are ready to harvest? |
FarmerDill wrote: Sweet potatoes are quite unlike Irish potatoes. They are members of the morning glory family. They need a relatively long season but otherwise are very easy to grow. Most varieties are vining or semi -vining plants so they take up some space. Sweet potatoes are modified roots not tubers like an Irish potato, The easiest way to grow them is from slips (plants). If you just want a few you can start your own by half submerging a sweet potato root end down in a jar of water, placed in a warm sunny spot. Lots of folks use them as house plants this way. About two weeks after last frost last frost set the plants 12 -16 inches apart on mounded ridges (lists) about 4 feet apart. It helps to hill them up as the vines start to spread out. They are tropical perennials so they will grow until frost. Dig just before frost and spread them out to cure in a warm dry place. They will not tolerate cold. Store in place that stays above 50 degrees Fahrenheit until ready to use. I love baked sweet potatoes. Is it hard to grow these? I have never gron them before. I have grown regular potaos before. DO they grow like them? Into a bush that you pull up when they are ready to harvest? So they grow a vine like a water mellon? I hate weeding and am afraid it will be hard to weed with vines all over the ground. They dont grow like a "bush"? Like a regular potato does? Can I use place plastic tgo keep from having to weed? |
FarmerDill wrote: Sweet potatoes are quite unlike Irish potatoes. They are members of the morning glory family. They need a relatively long season but otherwise are very easy to grow. Most varieties are vining or semi -vining plants so they take up some space. Sweet potatoes are modified roots not tubers like an Irish potato, The easiest way to grow them is from slips (plants). If you just want a few you can start your own by half submerging a sweet potato root end down in a jar of water, placed in a warm sunny spot. Lots of folks use them as house plants this way. About two weeks after last frost last frost set the plants 12 -16 inches apart on mounded ridges (lists) about 4 feet apart. It helps to hill them up as the vines start to spread out. They are tropical perennials so they will grow until frost. Dig just before frost and spread them out to cure in a warm dry place. They will not tolerate cold. Store in place that stays above 50 degrees Fahrenheit until ready to use. I love baked sweet potatoes. Is it hard to grow these? I have never gron them before. I have grown regular potaos before. DO they grow like them? Into a bush that you pull up when they are ready to harvest? How do you know they are ready to dig up? |
Yes they grow vines like a morning glory. The so- called bush sweet potatoes
grow short stubby vines like bush watermelons. Sweet potato vines tend to choke out eveything that get in thier way so once they get to vining weeding is not usually a problem. Never tried black plastic but as long as a row is listed (hilled , mounded) so the roots are well drained it should work. |
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