How to Grow Sweet Potato Leaves? Master These Planting Methods

Sweet potato leaves are the leaves that grow on sweet potato vines. In recent years they have been eaten as a green vegetable and are loved by many people, so how do you grow sweet potato leaves? And what benefits do they have?

1. How to grow sweet potato leaves?

1. Raising seedlings: use hydroponics or soil culture to make sweet potatoes sprout, or directly buy sweet potato leaf seedlings;

2. Transplanting: transplant the sweet potato leaf seedlings you have grown or bought into the soil;

3. Soil: sweet potato leaves are suited to growing in loose, well-drained soil;

4. Watering: newly transplanted sweet potato leaves need more water, and after a period of time watering once a day is enough;

5. Light: sweet potato leaves like light, so they should also be given plenty of light.

During the planting process, note also that if you raise the seedlings yourself, the sweet potato used for sprouting needs to be a whole sweet potato and cannot be cut, then placed horizontally in the soil at a depth of about 2 cm.

To transplant sweet potato seedlings, you need to transplant sweet potato leaf seedlings that have grown white roots. Once the sweet potato leaves grow to about 5 cun, they can be cut off for eating. Generally cut from the fork of the vine, so that after cutting they can continue to grow.

2. What benefits do sweet potato leaves have?

1. Rich in chlorophyll, they can “purify the blood” and help detoxify;

2. They can supply the iron and vitamins A, C, and E the body needs for a day, preventing anemia;

3. They contain 5-10 times more antioxidants than ordinary vegetables, can boost immunity, and “prevent colds”;

4. They are rich in vitamin A, which can strengthen eyesight.

However, not everyone is suited to eating sweet potato leaves. If you have a poor stomach or intestinal tract, or have kidney disease, it is best not to eat too many.