Sad Sweet Potato vine

barbaraparmelee

9 years ago

Just planted my sweet potato vine last week. It's looks like it's dying! What do you suppose the problem is??

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
transplant shock .. cold damage ... lack of hardening off to sunshine ... or something else ...

the key is: planted last week ...

no time for bugs or disease.. to even be in the equation ...

feeding it will not help ...

i cant see the growth tips.. if those are acclimated.. and growing.. you are all set ... in a week or two.. just nip off the ugly leaves ... for right now.. even ugly.. they are working

ken
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
9 years ago
Looks like sunburn.
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I am a preschool teacher, each year I have my class start a sweet potato plant by placing it in water in the classroom. It will take a few days for it to root then in about a week it will start growing the vine. The vine will grow very fast! When spring comes we plant it in our flower garden. The vine will spread a very long distance. We dig up our sweet potato plant close to Thanksgiving. Last year our one potato produced 25 potatoes of varying sizes. We found several recipes to cook up for lunch. I am sorry I don't know how to attach photos, my students always have fun with this project. We will have to try a sweet potato leaf salad now!
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Donna
9 years ago
I see the growing tips Ken alludes to. They look fine. It would be my guess that the plant was not hardened off before it was put outside (thus sun scorch). My second guess would be that the soil might still be too cold for the vine to be happy? (If the nights are still below mid fifties, try covering the plant with a light fabric.) Keep it watered and chances are very good it will be fine in a couple weeks, as Ken said. When you see it putting on new growth, then cut off the disfigured leaves.

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Sad Sweet Potato vine

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL

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