Growing Sweet Potatoes In Raised Beds

Weed the sweet potato beds starting 2 weeks after planting to keep weeds down.

Growing sweet potatoes in raised beds.

Potato planting in raised beds step by step dig trenches 4 6 inches deep. Broadcast spread 4 pounds of a 5 10 10 slow release fertilizer for every 100 feet of row when preparing the soil. All they need is a little green out the top in order to keep growing up. You can use all kinds of materials for a raised bed including beds made out of traditional wood metal or plastic.

Plant the slips as the transplants are called into the bed so that the leaves are above the soil live and space them water the plants 1 2 times a week for the first month or so after you. Remember to reshape the beds with soil or mulch. May 10th 24 days after planting a simple and easy solution for planting potatoes. I will be planting my potatoes in a four foot by four foot raised bed that is 12 inches deep.

This raised bed is filled with top soil mushroom compost and a little bit of perlite to aid in moisture retention. How to grow sweet potatoes in a raised garden 1. 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. Plant the sweet potato slips 12 inches apart in an 8 inch high and 12 inch wide planting mound created along the.

Gardening in raised beds and the soil mix we use on our homestead. Without a doubt planting in raised beds can produce some of the highest yields in your potato garden. A raised bed in an area with plenty of sun especially afternoon sun that also has good drainage will be perfect for sweet potatoes. How to grow sweet potatoes.

Cover with soil cover with mulch. Growing and planting sweet potatoes in a raised bed garden. 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. 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.

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. If you have sandy soil use 5 pounds. Add bonemeal or other soil amendments to the trenches. Prepare the raised bed for planting now that the seed potatoes are ready for planting it is time to prepare the planting bed.

The sweet potato is suitable for growing in zones 3 11 as an annual and zones 8 11 as a perennial.