How do you grow sweet potato leaves?

Sweet potato leaves are the leaves on sweet potato vines, which have been eaten as a green vegetable in recent years and are loved by many people, so how to grow sweet potato leaves? What are the effects?

First, how to grow sweet potato leaves?

1. Raising seedlings: sprouting sweet potatoes by hydroponic or soil culture, or directly buying sweet potato leaf seedlings

2. Transplanting: just transplant the cultivated or bought sweet potato leaf seedlings to the soil.

3. Soil: sweet potato leaves are suitable for growing in loose and well-drained soil.

4. Watering: newly transplanted sweet potato leaves need to be watered once a day after a period of time.

5. Light: sweet potato leaves like light, so we should also give enough light.

In the process of planting, it should also be noted that if the seedlings are raised by themselves, the sweet potatoes used for germination need to be whole sweet potatoes, which cannot be cut, and then placed horizontally in the soil at a depth of about 2 cm.

Transplanting sweet potato seedlings need to transplant sweet potato leaf seedlings with white roots, and when the sweet potato leaves grow to about 5 inches, they can be cut off and eaten, generally from the bifurcations of the seedlings, so that they can continue to grow after cutting.

Second, what are the effects of sweet potato leaves?

1. Rich in chlorophyll, which can "purify the blood" and help detoxification

2. it can supplement the iron and vitamins A, C and E needed by the human body for a day, and prevent anemia.

3. It contains 5-10 times higher antioxidants than ordinary vegetables, which can improve immunity and "prevent colds".

4. Rich in vitamin A, which can enhance eyesight.

However, not everyone is suitable to eat sweet potato leaves, if the stomach is bad, or kidney disease, it is best not to eat more.