Can sweet potatoes be grown in pots?

Can sweet potatoes be grown in pots?

Sweet potatoes can be planted in pots or in flower pots. If you have space at home, you can choose to plant them in the ground. You can sow more seeds, and you will have a lot of harvest.

When planting sweet potatoes in flowerpots, choose a soil pot with good air permeability, a wide top and a large size to accommodate the growth of sweet potatoes. Generally, they will bloom and bear fruit in autumn after being planted in the spring.

Sweet potato pot cultivation method

1. Soil preparation

Sweet potato bonsai does not have high requirements for soil, normal soil will do, but the soil must be loosened regularly to ensure its air permeability. A soil combination of leaf mold, garden soil and river sand is the most suitable.

2. Pruning

Sweet potato bonsai has a good ornamental effect, so during its growth process, the denser branches and leaves need to be pruned to give other branches sufficient growth space so that they can achieve a better ornamental effect.

3. Watering

Sweet potato bonsai can be grown in water or soil. In water, water is usually added to two-thirds of the sweet potato, and the water is changed every two days. In soil, just keep the soil moist.

4. Fertilization

Generally, before planting sweet potatoes, base fertilizer should be applied to the soil first. Urea, phosphate fertilizer, wood ash, and decomposed farmyard manure are more suitable.

5. Repotting

When the branches and leaves grow in the early stage, in order to make the sweet potato potted plants look more lush in the later stage, you can choose to replace the flower pot with a mouth of more than 30cm, and the higher the better.