What month is sweet potato planted and harvested?

Sweet potatoes were sown in April and May, and the early and middle-maturing varieties began to harvest in late August and early September, and the late-maturing varieties began to harvest in1mid-October. The latest harvest is before the frost. Harvesting is forbidden in rainy days.

When harvesting, we should dig, lift, transport and unload lightly, so as to prevent the skin and pieces of potato from being bruised. The storage temperature should be 10- 15℃, and the air relative humidity should be 85%-90℃. The storage place should be clean and hygienic, and do a good job of preventing rats and viruses. At the same time, there should be heat preservation measures to prevent frostbite and extrusion, and pay attention to ventilation and heat dissipation.

Extended data

Nutritional value of sweet potato: laxative. Sweet potato is rich in "soft" dietary fiber, which is said to be "soft" because the binding force and adsorption capacity of dietary fiber contained in sweet potato are higher than those of other three dietary fibers (such as potatoes, tofu and wheat bran), so it is easy to be digested and absorbed by human body.

At the same time, it can promote harmful substances in the intestine to be excreted in time, thus reducing the absorption of harmful substances. Moreover, after the sweet potato is cooked, some starch changes, which can increase the dietary fiber by about 40% compared with raw food. Can effectively stimulate intestinal peristalsis and promote defecation.

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