How to grow sweet potatoes

Ipomoea batatas · other family · annual crop

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Growing basics

Sweet potato is a warm-season crop, usually started indoors and transplanted.

Seeds germinate once soil reaches about 65°F.

Varieties in the library run 90 to 100 days to maturity.

Grows best in full sun.

Frost-tender: plants go out after the last frost.

Space plants about 12 inches apart.

Sources

3 sweet potatoes in the library

Beauregard · Georgia Jet · Centennial

Each has a full cited page in the library.

Pests and diseases we cover

Aphid
Root-knot nematode
Sweet potato weevil
Whitefly
Black rot (sweet potato)
Fusarium root rot (sweet potato)
Fusarium wilt

Identification and treatment for each, with photos, in the library.

Row & Bed covers 3 sweet potato varieties, each with a cited care timeline and fertilization schedule, identification and treatment for the 4 pests and 3 diseases that reach them, and planting windows worked out for your ZIP.

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