Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
Warm‑season · frost‑sensitive · plant slips or cuttings
90–140 days from planting to harvest
Sweet potato is a warm-season, frost-sensitive root vegetable and leafy vegetable in Convolvulaceae. The usual propagation is slip, and harvest is about 90–140 days from planting (about 13 to 20 weeks).
Primary method
Sweet potato is usually propagated by slip.
- Start. Use the usual propagation: slip.
- Grow to harvest. The harvest clock starts at planting. 90–140 days from planting (about 13 to 20 weeks).
Time to harvest
Ready to harvest about 13 to 20 weeks after planting.
- Plant
- Growing
- Harvest, earliest to latest
Dates for your area: Local dates: not yet available This guide has no calendar dates; they depend on your place.
Other start methods
No second start method is listed.
Care basics
Sun: full sun, at least 6 hours of direct sun.
This plant does not tolerate frost.
Types and varieties
Other names: Kumara, Camote, Batata, Sweet potato leaves. Variety groups are not listed here.
Growing facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Plant name | Sweet potato |
| Scientific name | Ipomoea batatas |
| Family | Convolvulaceae |
| Time to harvest | 90–140 days from planting (about 13 to 20 weeks) |
| Days to germinate | Not grown from seed |
| Ideal growing temperature | 21 – 32 °C |
| Minimum tolerable temperature | 16 °C |
| Maximum tolerable temperature | 35 °C |
| Start indoors | Not the usual method |
| Direct sow | Not the usual method |
| Season type | Warm-season, frost-sensitive |
| Typical start method | slip |
| Light | full sun, 6+ hours direct sun |
Glossary
- Ideal temperature
- The preferred daytime range for good growth.
- Tolerable temperature
- A wider range where the plant can still grow, less optimally.
- Harden off
- Gradually acclimating indoor seedlings to outdoor conditions before transplanting.
- Transplant
- Moving seedlings into the garden.
- Days to harvest
- The usual time to harvest, counted from the start point named beside the number (seed, transplant, or planting).
Related
No other plants in this family are in the catalog.