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Sweet potatoes are delicious, nutritious, and relatively easy to grow in the home garden.
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Why Companion Planting?
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Companion planting is the practice of planting two different crops together to mutually benefit both plants.
Seed radishes four to six weeks before your region’s last frost date.
They’ll be ready four to five weeks later, in time for you to plant sweet potatoes.
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Sow snap peas, snow peas, or English peas eight to 10 weeks before your last frost date.
Lettuce
Fast-growing lettuces are great for planting before sweet potatoes or even interplanting between slips.
Turn under the crop before you plant again in spring.
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Otherwise, seed spinach after sweet potatoes to harvest in late winter and early spring.
Sweet Potato Companion Planting Tips
The Science of Companion Planting in the Garden.Montana State University.
What can I plant before sweet potatoes?AskExtension.org.
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Sweetpotato and Cover Crops.SARE.org.
Sweet Potatoes: A Winning Vine for Your Garden.PennState Extension.
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