{"id":7182,"date":"2024-03-09T19:52:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T17:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.light-recipes.top\/?p=7182"},"modified":"2024-03-09T19:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T17:52:57","slug":"tips-for-growing-sweet-potatoes-and-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.light-recipes.top\/?p=7182","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Growing Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sweet potato cultivation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated with the dayflower, the sweet potato is produced by a tropical vine that grows best in areas with long, hot summers and provides a nice ground cover during this season.&nbsp;Some of these vines are only grown for decorative purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grown from tubers or sprouts with roots, sweet potatoes grow best in sandy marl and need sun and about 120 days of warm temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Planting sweet potatoes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hill up the soil about 30 centimeters high and 30 centimeters wide.&nbsp;Sweet potatoes appreciate good drainage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant the tubers 10 centimeters deep, leaving 40 centimeters between each and keep them moist for several days.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sweet potato tubers are generally planted in warm weather.&nbsp;It is therefore preferable to cover them with a planter or a flower pot to protect them from the strong rays of the sun for a few days after planting them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Increase in harvest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With edible or ornamental sweet potatoes, you can increase your harvest by cutting 15-centimeter pieces of stem and planting them in moist potting soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Harden them<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After digging up the sweet potatoes, cure them in a warm place (29\u00b0C) for seven to 10 days.&nbsp;This curing period helps to toughen the skin while making the tubers sweeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once hardened, store the tubers in a cooler place where the temperature is between 13 and 18\u00b0C.&nbsp;They will keep for four to five months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potato cultivation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grow what you can&#8217;t buy, like potatoes with buttery yellow flesh or the oblong &#8220;russet.&#8221;&nbsp;Blue-fleshed potatoes are fun to grow, as is the &#8220;totally blue&#8221; variety.&nbsp;You can also try the \u201cCaribe\u201d potato which has snow-white flesh beneath a purple skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Help Potatoes Stay Cool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sow early, two to three weeks before the last expected frost, when the soil is still cold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When leaves and stems appear, start mulching to keep the soil cool and moist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potatoes stop producing new tubers when the soil warms.&nbsp;So it&#8217;s best to help them get off to a quick start in the spring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Keep them in the dark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Light on potatoes causes them to turn green and causes solanine, a mildly toxic substance that has a bitter taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As the plants grow, keep as much soil or mulch around to block the sun from reaching the tubers which are sometimes just below the surface of the soil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait for a cloudy day to harvest the potatoes so as not to expose them to bright light.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. New potatoes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">True new potatoes are small potatoes harvested while the plants are still green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carefully remove the mulch, feel around to collect the potatoes, then replace the mulch when you have collected what you need for your dinner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The plants won&#8217;t even notice they are gone.&nbsp;Harvest the rest when the plants begin to die back naturally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Watch for Colorado potato beetle larvae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colorado potato beetles are large red larvae that munch on potato leaves and flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remove them manually, spray with a neem-based insecticide or, better yet, get rid of them before they have time to hatch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the underside of leaves for clusters of yellow eggs and remove leaves that contain them by pinching them off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, growing sweet potatoes or potatoes is not that complicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweet potato cultivation Associated with the dayflower, the sweet potato is produced by a tropical vine that grows best in areas with long, hot summers and provides a nice ground cover during this season.&nbsp;Some of these vines are only grown for decorative purposes. 1. Planting sweet potatoes 2. 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