What are the cultivation methods and precautions for hydroponic sweet potatoes?

Growth habits of hydroponic sweet potatoes

When cultivating hydroponic sweet potatoes, you should choose healthy and plump sweet potatoes as the cultivation objects; the container used should have a certain depth, and it should be placed in a place with sufficient light during maintenance; it is not advisable to change the water frequently during maintenance, generally it is sufficient to change it once every 7 days.

Hydroponic sweet potato cultivation method

Water quality requirements: When growing hydroponic sweet potatoes, you need to ensure that the water quality is clean. If you use tap water, you need to let the tap water stand for two days and wait until the chlorine in the water evaporates before you can use it. It is not advisable to use polluted water to grow sweet potatoes, otherwise the sweet potatoes will easily be infected by pests and diseases and rot.

Temperature requirements: Sweet potatoes like to grow in a warm environment. It is best to control the temperature at around 20C. Otherwise, if the temperature is too low, it will easily grow slowly. If the temperature is high, cooling and ventilation measures need to be taken to avoid the hydroponic sweet potatoes in a stuffy environment.

Light requirements: Sweet potatoes need sufficient light to grow. When growing them hydroponically, they should be placed in an environment with good lighting to facilitate photosynthesis of the sweet potatoes so that they can grow vigorously.

Precautions for hydroponic sweet potato cultivation

Note that when growing sweet potatoes hydroponically, you need to choose sweet potatoes that are not rotten or moldy. Germinate the sweet potatoes before hydroponics, then place them in a container with the bud side facing up, and add an appropriate amount of water. After the hydroponic sweet potatoes take root, it is best to put the sweet potatoes on a rack so that their roots are in contact with water.