Side dress the sweet potato plants 3 to 4 weeks after transplanting with 3 pounds of 5 10 10 fertilizer per 100 feet of row.
Growing sweet potatoes in raised beds.
Cover with soil cover with mulch.
May 10th 24 days after planting a simple and easy solution for planting potatoes.
You can also repurpose materials like old tires and drums to create makeshift virtually free raised beds.
The sweet potato is suitable for growing in zones 3 11 as an annual and zones 8 11 as a perennial.
A raised bed in an area with plenty of sun especially afternoon sun that also has good drainage will be perfect for sweet potatoes.
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Remember to reshape the beds with soil or mulch.
I will be planting my potatoes in a four foot by four foot raised bed that is 12 inches deep.
How to grow sweet potatoes in a raised garden 1.
Gardening in raised beds and the soil mix we use on our homestead.
Plant the sweet potato slips 12 inches apart in an 8 inch high and 12 inch wide planting mound created along the.
This way by the time the hole is filled you still have the same amount of dirt in the raised bed and your potatoes are hilled underground.
Weed the sweet potato beds starting 2 weeks after planting to keep weeds down.
How to grow sweet potatoes.
All they need is a little green out the top in order to keep growing up.
Broadcast spread 4 pounds of a 5 10 10 slow release fertilizer for every 100 feet of row when preparing the soil.
This raised bed is filled with top soil mushroom compost and a little bit of perlite to aid in moisture retention.
Just know that they are a vining plant so they will just grow and spill over the sides of the garden bed and down on to the ground so plan on plenty of space for them.
You can use all kinds of materials for a raised bed including beds made out of traditional wood metal or plastic.
If in a rich planting bed space them 8 inches apart in rows 8 inches apart if you intend to take an earlier harvest of.
If you have sandy soil use 5 pounds.
Without a doubt planting in raised beds can produce some of the highest yields in your potato garden.
Growing and planting sweet potatoes in a raised bed garden.
Potato planting in raised beds step by step dig trenches 4 6 inches deep.
Add bonemeal or other soil amendments to the trenches.