Sweet Potato Vine Care In Winter

At this point you can leave the container all winter or you can pot them up and enjoy them as indoor plants until spring.

Sweet potato vine care in winter.

The one season in which it s generally not advisable to plant sweet potato vines is the winter. If a frost is in the forecast water the sweet potato vines thoroughly. If you prefer to save the tubers for replanting next season. However depending on your growing zone it can be planted at other times of year.

Care for sweet potato vines over winter place the container in indirect sunlight and watch for roots to develop within a few days. Planted against a sunny south facing wall in a wind sheltered garden the tender vines should survive a frost free winter. Then cut back the vine to just a couple of inches and spread a thick layer of mulch around the container to act as a blanket to protect the roots. Take cuttings several weeks before your average first frost date and place in water.

Store dormant tubers in a cool dry place and replant in spring. To grow a sweet potato vine as an annual allow it to die back in the winter and then replant in the spring after the last frost date. As a tropical plant it prefers warmer temperatures. Heeling in sweet potato vines over winter if your region doesn t often receive sustained freezes you can simply bury the container in which the vines grow in mounded soil.