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Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas
Still time — sow latevegetable
Warm-season tropical vine grown for edible storage roots. Needs a long, hot growing season (100-140 days) with warm soil to bulk up tubers; in frost-free zones, slips can be planted from late winter through summer.
In Zone 9b, right now
Still time to plant — it should mature before frost
The usual transplant window (Early to Late March) has closed, but with about 120 days to harvest there's still enough season left. Get it in now.
Edible?
Yes — vegetable
Small space?
Needs ground space
Sun
Full sun (6+ hrs)
Comes back yearly?
No — replant each year
Harvest in
120 days
Ways to plant it
Transplant
Past the ideal window — still time
Early to Late March
Buy a young plant from a nursery, or move one you started indoors, into the ground or a pot.
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