Yanzi has lived in rural areas for a period of time and knows a lot about sweet potatoes. I have never heard of rural people growing sweet potatoes without sweet potatoes, but sweet potato leaves and sweet potato stalks have become more and more popular among urbanites in recent years. Those sweet potato stalks and leaves that are supposed to be fed to pigs are expensive in supermarkets in big cities. It does exceed the price of sweet potatoes. There are cases where sweet potato leaves and sweet potato stems are more valuable than sweet potatoes.

As a vegetable, sweet potato leaves are expensive in big cities, higher than the price of the sweet potato itself

Huaishuguan Town, Yang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province is famous for its sweet potatoes Yanzi has tasted local sweet potatoes and surrounding sweet potato-related delicacies there, and has a deep understanding of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are full of treasures. The leaves can be eaten as green vegetables, made into pulp, and fed to pigs and cows. Sweet potatoes can be eaten, and can also be used to make vermicelli, candies, and steamed Hanzhong dough. Therefore, it is difficult to say that a farmer only wants sweet potato leaves but not sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are full of treasures

Of course, sweet potato leaves are also very valuable. In urban supermarkets, a kilogram of sweet potato leaves with stems can be purchased for a few yuan or even dozens of yuan. Under the same circumstances, the price of sweet potatoes is generally less than 4 yuan per kilogram, which is indeed lower than the price of sweet potatoes themselves. Blanch the sweet potato leaves in boiling water and stir-fry them to taste delicious; blanch the sweet potato stalks in boiling water and dry them in the sun, and they will become more valuable. They may be sold for tens of yuan or more per kilogram. Dried sweet potato leaves and stalks will It becomes a good raw material for stews and stews.

Sweet potato leaves are especially delicious when stir-fried.

Sweet potato stems and leaves are good raw materials for slurry. In addition, sweet potato leaves, sweet potato stems and vines are also good raw materials for feeding pigs and cattle. .

But we must point out that sweet potatoes are easier to preserve, their consumer groups are larger, and the added value they bring will be greater. Therefore, they are still the main force in the market.

Sweet potato leaves and sweet potato stalks are an emerging vegetable and have a large market in cities, but their real consumer demand is not large. In addition, sweet potato leaves are highly seasonal, although their prices It is very high, but it does not yet have a dominant position in the market.

(Original by Youshuizi)