Sometimes, you just "boldly" do something different, as long as that "different" thing is based on the basic characteristics of vegetables and fruits, your "experiment" will definitely be successful, for example, growing sweet potatoes on a trellis.
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| Sweet potatoes grown on trellis like squash, gourd, pumpkin |
Sweet potato vines are probably quite new to many urban 'farmers'. When the area of the garden is quite difficult, you can still take advantage of a small yard, or a corner of the balcony, terrace to make a trellis for... sweet potato vegetables. Sweet potatoes are quite easy to grow, many urban farmers grow them for their leaves, few people grow them for their tubers. However, you can still help your home space stay green and fresh with a sweet potato trellis. At the end of the season, you will have a bumper crop of tubers thanks to the extremely simple care and most importantly, no soil is needed.
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| The model of growing sweet potatoes on trellises is becoming more and more popular. |
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| Not only harvesting vegetables, sweet potato trellis is also an attractive tourist destination for many people. |
To create truly impressive 'tubers' for a productive harvest, people can use plastic pots, ceramic pots or flexible rubber pots for convenient hanging on the trellis. Each certain area is placed with pots or tanks containing nutrients. Sweet potatoes are easy to grow and grow in all climates.
The roots of the sweet potato plant are concentrated in the large basin below, the hanging pots or basins above are usually placed in the position where there are many root clusters on the stem and branches of the sweet potato. When the plant covers the trellis, the roots on the branches also grow and develop. In the branches that have roots, you can place the root clusters in the basin, the water basin containing hydroponic solution to nourish the tubers. From the roots will grow quite impressive clusters of plump tubers.
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| Large bunches of bulbs are usually hung quite carefully until harvest time. |
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| This impressive and unique potato growing model was successfully researched and implemented by the Center for Testing and Application of High-Technology in Agriculture in Yangling, Shaanxi Province, China. |
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| Sweet potatoes ready to harvest |
When harvesting, simply lower the pot and cut the tubers. The sweet potato vines will continue to grow new roots in hydroponic solution to produce a new batch of tubers. Each sweet potato root has an average lifespan of 3 - 5 years and gives a truly impressive yield, about 1 ton of tubers when harvested.
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| Sweet potato roots are trellised to produce fruit in many batches. |
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| The model of growing sweet potatoes on trellises is suitable for families with small areas or families who want to create a tourist attraction or simply increase the amount of food each day. |
With this flexible method, the sweet potato plant is completely suspended in the air, the roots are absorbed hydroponic solution and water to ensure the plant has enough nutrients to grow and produce large, sweet tubers no less than conventional growing methods. This unique farming method is not only suitable for urban families with limited land area but is also a great model for farmers who love to grow crops but do not have land to grow.
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| Potato tubers develop from clusters of roots on the branches and stems of the potato. |
In addition to simple and easy planting and care, harvesting sweet potatoes by planting on a trellis is also quite convenient when harvesting. If with the conventional soil cultivation method, when harvesting, you need to cut off the potato stems and dig up the tubers, which takes a lot of time and effort, then with the trellis planting method, you only need to cut the tubers, keep the leaves and stems intact to continue to nurture the roots, care for them and wait for the next harvest.
To ensure that the potatoes are plump, you just need to take care of them, water them regularly, and provide enough nutrients to help the plants have enough nutrients. In addition, it is necessary to control the temperature and humidity well for the potato stems to help the plants be strong and healthy to branch out, grow roots, and continue to develop for the next root growth and tubers.
According to Tuoi Tre Thu Do
