How long before harvesting sweet potatoes should you cut the sweet potato vines? How should you deal with them after harvesting?

People who harvest sweet potatoes think that there is no fixed time. We can cut the sweet potato vines one or two days in advance and then harvest the sweet potatoes, or we can cut the sweet potato vines in the morning and harvest the sweet potatoes in the afternoon, or we can cut the sweet potato vines and harvest the sweet potatoes at the same time. The specific time to cut the sweet potato vines can be determined by looking at how many sweet potatoes are planted.

How long before harvesting sweet potatoes?

Sweet potato is one of the main crops grown in summer. It is planted around Grain in Ear and harvested around Frost Descent.

How long before the sweet potato harvest do we cut the vines? Every year, we cut the vines two or three days before digging the sweet potatoes. The main purpose of cutting the vines is to allow the sun to directly dry the sweet potato ridges. Because the vines and sweet potato leaves block the sunlight, the sweet potato ridges are too humid. After cutting the vines, they are blown and dried for two or three days. The sweet potatoes are dry after being dug out, and there is less mud on the sweet potatoes, which makes them easy to dig. This is the main reason. Generally, we don’t cut all the sweet potato vines in advance. So when digging the sweet potatoes, just cut the vines two or three days in advance.

What to do with sweet potato vines after harvesting

1. As pig food. In the past, farmers would raise pigs at home. In order to save breeding costs, sweet potato vines can be said to be the most affordable and easiest to obtain pig feed. Therefore, the best use of sweet potato vines is to feed pigs. Generally, the sweet potato vines are cut into small pieces and then cooked to feed pigs.

2. Cook and eat. Because many people love to eat sweet potato vines now. When we were young, we often ate sweet potato stems. It is a very delicious food. Now it is difficult to eat it in the city.

3. Feed fish. Of course, this is only for some fish farmers in rural areas, because sweet potato leaves are very good for feeding grass carp.

Sweet potato vine treatment methods and effects

1. Pig staple food: We rural people take the sweet potato vines back, cut them into pieces, mix them with some coarse grains, cook them and feed them to pigs. Sweet potato vines (also known as sweet potato vines) contain a lot of hygienic elements and nutrients. Feeding pigs can promote the growth of pigs and make pork sweeter. It is an ideal feed for pig farmers.

2. Fish feed: Sweet potato vines can be used directly to feed fish. Sweet potato vines are high-quality feed for fish. Fish love them very much because sweet potato vines are more suitable for fish than other weeds, so fish will be greedy. Therefore, when feeding fish, do not feed too much to prevent fish from bloating or causing other diseases due to greed.

3. Reserve feed: Sweet potato vines are dried and stored, and can be used as feed for cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, and rabbits in winter. After the sweet potato vines are harvested, they are generally dried in the sun and then stored as feed for livestock. However, it is best not to pile up the dried sweet potato vines together, because piling up will easily cause the sweet potato vines to heat up, ferment, and deteriorate.

4. Fungus nutrition: After the sweet potato vines are dried and ground into powder, they can be used to cultivate fungi or grow flowers. This is because they contain nutrients such as minerals and hygienic factors needed by fungi or flowers, which is very suitable for their growth needs.

5. Medicinal value: Sweet potato vines can also be used as medicine to treat blood in stool, hemorrhage, milk blockage, carbuncle. It can be crushed and applied externally for thrush, dog bites, snake bites, etc.