Ipomoea batatas | Sweet Potato | Various
Ipomoea batatas belongs to the plant family CONVOLVULACE and Genus Ipomoea This plant specimen prefers Wet soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Ipomoea batatas does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Ipomoea batatas so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Ipomoea batatas sweet potato is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … No fertilizer
Ipomoea batatas likes full sun to partial shade.
Ipomoea batatas will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Ipomoea batatas is a perennial.
This plant is will not resist frost and is classed as … Tender
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Cooked. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … sweet and starchy
Tubers … are the edible part(s) of the Creeping Blueberry plant
It is sweet and starchy. Some of the vitamins and minerals found in Ipomoea batatas include: vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron. For even more, see the full list of nutritional values. Sweet potato is most commonly used cooked.
Suggested spacing for this crop to ensure plants next to each other use the space optimally without losing the benefits of sunshine and water needs is 1' 6" in one direction and 1' 6" in the other direction.
"Unusual Vegetables: Something New for This Year's Garden", Anne Moyer Halpin, editor, Organic Gardening and Farming, Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, 1978.