Maturity time: sweet potato early and medium-maturing varieties start harvesting at the end of August and the beginning of September, and late-maturing varieties start harvesting in mid-October.

The year-round availability is due to post-harvest storage. Sweet potato storage requirements temperature at 10-15 ℃, air relative humidity at 85%-90 ℃.

Sweet potato is native to South America and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, and in most parts of China. It is generally recognized that the introduction of sweet potatoes into China, originated in 1593 AD, because of the extraterritoriality, the people of Mindi called "sweet potato".

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Main Values:

1, sweet potato is rich in nutrients, containing essential calcium, iron, zinc, copper, phosphorus and other elements. It also has the effect of lowering blood pressure, blood fat and so on. Like sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes are also a high-yield crop, mu yield can reach thousands of pounds or even more than ten thousand pounds.

2, sweet potato fleshy tuber rich in starch, sugar and protein, crisp and juicy, thin and tough skin, easy to peel off, can be eaten raw, fried food, do feed. Processed into sago powder, has the effect of cooling and removing heat.

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