Can you still eat sweet potatoes that have been sprouted for a long time? Can I grow potted plants?

Sweet potato is a high-yielding and adaptable food crop native to South America, and now it is widely cultivated in various parts of our country, and many people will buy sweet potatoes to eat. Can sweet potatoes still be eaten if they are sprouted for a long time? Can I grow potted plants?

I. the basic situation of sweet potatoes

1. Alias and origin of sweet potato

Although sweet potato has a large planting area in China, it is an "alien species". It was first introduced into China during the Wanli period of the late Ming Dynasty, so at first the special envoy was called sweet potato, but now it is called sweet potato, golden potato, sweet potato, red yam, jade pillow potato, sweet potato, goose, sweet potato and so on. Sweet potatoes are widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.

two。 The morphology of sweet potato

The sweet potato we generally refer to and eat is the round, oval or spindle-shaped root of the underground part, and the color of the epidermis and flesh varies according to the variety and soil; the stem has multiple branches, and the stem nodes are easy to take adventitious roots. The leaf shape and color of sweet potato varies with different varieties, and sometimes the leaf shape of the same plant is also different. most of the leaves are broadly ovoid at the top, nearly glabrous on both sides, and the leaves are mostly thick green, yellowish green and purplish green. Sweet potatoes usually bloom in areas with high temperature and short sunshine.

3. The value of sweet potato

Sweet potato is a kind of nourishing natural nourishing food, and it can also be eaten as a staple food. Eating sweet potatoes regularly can enhance resistance, delay aging, prevent cancer, prevent the occurrence of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases; a jin of sweet potatoes mash and squeeze juice has a very good effect on the treatment of eczema and shingles; in addition, sweet potatoes are also high-quality livestock feed, which is helpful for fattening and fattening.

Second, can you eat sweet potatoes that have been sprouted for a long time?

Sometimes food will be stored for a long time when it is bought too much. Foods such as sweet potatoes will germinate if they are kept for a long time. We all know that germinated potatoes are poisonous, but can germinated sweet potatoes be poisonous? This problem is not very clear to many people.

1. Sprouted sweet potatoes, unlike potatoes, do not produce ingredients that are harmful to the human body. As long as the buds on the sweet potatoes are removed, they can be eaten, let alone the legendary symptoms of poisoning.

two。 After the sweet potato sprouts, due to a large amount of nutrition and water consumption, when eating up, it not only tastes bad, but also loses its edible value, so the sweet potatoes you buy must be eaten in time, and it will be a pity when they sprout.

3. Although sprouted sweet potatoes can be eaten, be careful not to eat them if they still have brown or black spots on the skin, because they are contaminated by black spot bacteria. The toxin excreted by black spot fungus contains sweet potato ketone and sweet potato alcohol, which make sweet potatoes hard and bitter, and are highly toxic to the human liver. Although this toxin is boiled and roasted, its biological activity will not be destroyed. After eating, mostly within 24 hours of onset, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. Severe cases include high fever, headache, asthma, confusion, hematemesis, coma, and even death.

Third, can sweet potatoes sprouted for a long time be planted in pots?

In addition to edible sweet potato sprouting, it is also very good to make a pot full of green potted plants. The following steps are arranged as follows:

1. Potted sweet potatoes can choose to be cultivated in soil or hydroponics. If they are planted in soil, the soil layer is deep and the soil is fertile and loose. Hydroponic cultivation can be done with clean water.

two。 The containers for planting sweet potatoes can be good-looking flowerpots or other containers that can be filled. Bury the sprouted sweet potatoes in a prepared flowerpot and hydroponically put them in water to make sure the germinated parts are exposed and facing up.

3. Water-raised sweet potato potted plants should change water regularly, usually every week or two, not too much water each time; soil-grown sweet potatoes are usually watered every three or four days.

4. Sweet potato is a light-loving plant. Therefore, in the process of its growth, traditional Chinese medicine ensures sufficient light, and the daily sunshine time is usually kept at eight to ten hours.

5. When sweet potatoes grow into long vines, they will be trimmed, and the trimming will be done according to personal preferences.

After reading the introduction of sweet potato potted plant production is not very simple, like friends can try to make their own ah, because the vitality and adaptability of sweet potato is still very strong, planting is not troublesome!