I have never planted sweet potatoes, hints?
By Steve J.
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Plant sweet potatoes in a slightly acid soil, pH between 5.0 and 6.5. If you feed sweet potatoes, they will only produce foliage, so plant in soil with lots of organic matter in it, and don't feed again. 3 to 4 weeks prior to harvesting, don't wanter the plants or the tubers will split.
Hi Steve I live in Queensland Australia which is a hot and dry place, not sure where you are but if its a hot place. I buy some small sweet potato from the shops and leave them in my shed to sprout, it takes a while but it will send out shoots. Bury them leaves and all just under the surface or cover them with soil so you can't see them. You will notice in a few weeks the vines start to come through.
I wait a year and then starting in one corner follow the vine with your hand, when you reach a join in the vine; that's where you will find a sweet potato. then just bury the vine again don't dig them all up. sweet potato for ever. you can chop up the vines that grow too long out of the garden beds and give them to your friends. Good luck from gail
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