When is the best time to plant sweet potatoes?

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1. When is the best time to plant sweet potatoes?

2. How to grow sweet potatoes

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It is best to sow sweet potatoes every day in the spring. If you want to raise seedlings in advance, you can sow them in early spring, use a small plastic shed to raise the seedlings, increase the temperature of the sowing environment, and wait until the sweet potato seedlings grow 2 true leaves before moving them. Planting. If you want to sow directly, you can soak the seeds in clean water before and after Grain Rain to induce germination. After the seeds turn white, they can be sown directly in the ground.

1. When is the best time to plant sweet potatoes?

1. When is the best time to plant sweet potatoes

Sweet potatoes are best planted in spring every year. If you want to grow seedlings in early spring and harvest sweet potatoes in advance, you can grow seedlings in a hotbed or a small plastic shed and wait until Transplant the sweet potato seedlings when they have 2 true leaves.

2. How to grow sweet potatoes

1. Land preparation and fertilization

Sweet potatoes like to grow in sandy loam with deep soil and good drainage. During the period of plant root growth and expansion, appropriate nitrogen fertilizer and more phosphorus and potassium fertilizers are needed. Be careful not to fertilize too much, otherwise If the soil is too fertile, the stems and leaves of the sweet potato will easily become elongated, while the fleshy roots will not easily swell. Usually before planting, the soil can be plowed 20-25cm deep, and 5000kg of manure and 25-50kg of compound fertilizer can be applied per acre.

2. Sowing and raising seedlings

Sweet potato The seeds are relatively hard. In order to increase the germination rate of the seeds, you can soak the seeds to accelerate germination before sowing. Soak the seeds in clean water for 10-12 hours, remove them and place them in a damp paper towel until most of the seeds are white before sowing. Usually Before and after Grain Rain, seeds are sown in the ground on demand, and 1-2 seeds are placed in each hole. The row spacing of each sweet potato plant is 50-60cm, and the plant-to-plant spacing is 35cm.

3. Post-planting management

After the sweet potatoes are planted, seedlings should be thinned and replanted as they grow. Manure water should be applied once after the sweet potatoes have fully grown. When the soil is slightly dry, cultivating, weeding and soil cultivation should be carried out. Wait until the main vines of the sweet potatoes have grown to 18-24 leaves. Topping, the side vines must be removed during the growth period of sweet potatoes, leaving only the main vines. Usually sweet potatoes can be harvested 5-6 months after sowing.

2. How to grow sweet potatoes

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