Sweet Potato Vine Care In Winter

Plants can also be brought indoors and treated as houseplants.

Sweet potato vine care in winter.

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. However depending on your growing zone it can be planted at other times of year. If a frost is in the forecast water the sweet potato vines thoroughly. Most of the time the sweet potato plant is planted in the spring.

The one season in which it s generally not advisable to plant sweet potato vines is the winter. 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. 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. Sweet potato vines can be overwintered indoors from tubers or cuttings. If you prefer to save the tubers for replanting next season. As a tropical plant it prefers warmer temperatures.