If your transplanted sweet potato vine looks wilted and stressed, take steps to perk it up and revitalize its health. Spread 3 to 4 inches of organic mulch, such as compost or grass clippings around the sweet potato vvines. . Water the sweet potato vine once a day, or as necessary to keep the soil consistently moist.
Will sweet potato vine come back?
After a hard frost, a sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas) usually look like something the cat left out in the rain, limp, rotten and dead, but as long as the roots survive it will come back in the spring. Sweet potato vine grows as a perennial in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11.
Why is my sweet potato vine dying?
Fungal Disease Causes Root rot and fusarium wilt may cause sweet potato vines to develop yellow or brown leaves that wither and drop, although these diseases are more common in edible sweet potato crops than in ornamental sweet potato vines. There is no cure for these diseases.
Can I save my sweet potato vine?
You can store sweet potato vine tubers for 6-8 months, if done properly. However, don't try to store them much longer than that. It's best to plant them every year, otherwise they will eventually dry out and die.
Why is my potato vine wilting?
If the sweet potato vine plant is wilting, that could be a sign that it is under or over-watered. Keep track of how moist the soil is to know the difference before watering the sweet potato vine plant more.
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