Growing sweet potatoes [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.)] for their greens and the impact on storage roots

• DOI: 10.24154/jhs.v18i2.1932
• Publication Date: 2024-03-13T05:03:19Z
• Authors: Richardson M L; Arlotta C G
• Keywords: Ipomoea

Sweet potato greens are an underused but highly nutritious vegetable that grows well in urban environments and could help alleviate food insecurity related health problems. Therefore, trials were conducted field rows a green roof with seven varieties of sweet potatoes to determine whether 1) they differed their production 2) harvesting influenced yield or nutrients storage roots. There was no difference the mass harvested among either system. Harvesting severely reduced roots, although it increased content eight minerals including boron, calcium, copper, iron, phosphorous, potassium, sulfur, zinc. Urban farmers may have decide roots primary objective if former limits latter. Future research should explore timing amount taken see different methods allow for high nutrients.