Sweet potato is a very delicious nutritious food, which many people like to eat. If there are conditions, we may as well develop our own sweet potato land. Sweet potato not only has high yield, but also is easy to grow. As long as we have mastered the method of planting sweet potatoes, we should spend some time in daily care. When the autumn harvest season comes, we can harvest a piece of Sweet Potato Planted by ourselves. Isn't that wonderful? Let's take a look at the steps of planting sweet potato with Xiaobian!
The first step is to buy seedlings and select land. We need to buy a sweet potato seedling with good root system, and then choose a sunny land, because potatoes are warm and sunny, which is more conducive to their growth.
The second step is to loosen the soil. Sweet potato is a kind of underground tuber, which needs enough underground environment to grow. We need to dig the soil for planting sweet potato to 30 cm underground, and then loosen the soil. In addition, good soil environment is very important for potato growth. We can lay another layer of nutritious soil on the surface and clean up the large stone debris. Then go to the horticultural center to buy a set of pH test equipment to test the pH value of the soil. If the pH value of the soil is too high, we need to improve the pH value of the soil and add some peat soil or plant ash to maintain a neutral soil environment.
The third step is to determine the time and dig holes for planting Because sweet potato likes temperature, we can't plant sweet potato seedlings until the temperature rises next spring, a month after the last frost. The planting of sweet potato usually needs a larger area of land. When digging holes, a gap of 30-60cm should be kept between each hole, and the depth is about 3cm above the base of the plant to the root of the tuber. After putting the sweet potato seedling into the dug hole, we also need to cover the stem with about 1.5cm of soil. During the growth process, the vines of sweet potato will grow out slowly, and the stem blocks will grow up under it.
The fourth step is to cover the film and water, waiting for harvest. In order to resist the impact of cold weather on the growth of sweet potato, we need to cover it with a film, which can also prevent the growth of weeds and the rapid spread of sweet potato vines. In the early days of sweet potato planting, we need to water a lot every day, but in the later period, we can use the week as the unit. The growth of sweet potato is relatively slow, and it will not mature until the early autumn. What we have to do is to persist in watering and weeding, and be a good guardian. After about four months of planting, you can harvest large and sweet sweet sweet potatoes.