When does sweet potato ripen?
Sweet potatoes that ripen in August are usually sown in March and will ripen in 4 or 5 months. Sweet potatoes that are ripe from September to 10 are usually sown in June, with sufficient sunshine and good quality and taste. The latest maturity time of sweet potato is generally around 1 1 month. The sweet potato that matures in this season is planted in June and July and belongs to late-maturing varieties.
Sweet potato is also called sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, fennel sweet potato, red sweet potato, yam, sweet potato and so on.
Sweet potato belongs to the family Convolvulaceae of the genus Panicum, which is more than 2 meters long and lies on the ground. Its leaves are usually wide oval, 4- 13 cm long and 3- 13 cm wide. Corolla pink, white, lavender or purple, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, 3-4 cm long, and capsule ovoid or oblate.
Sweet potato was first planted in Mexico and Colombia in Central America, and then brought to the Philippines and other countries by the Spanish. Sweet potato was introduced to China for the first time in Wanli period at the end of Ming Dynasty, and entered China through three routes-Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian.
The stems of sweet potatoes are often called vines or vines. The long branches on the main vine are called lateral vines. The appearance of vines, that is, the plant type, is generally divided into two types: dot type and semi-erect type. The length of vines varies greatly with different varieties, the shortest is only 0.7 meters, and the longest can reach more than 7 meters.