How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in Grass Clippings

Sweet potatoes are a warm weather crop; they thrive in moist, hot soil with rich organic matter. If your soil is poor or you just want to add an extra boost, you can use grass clippings. Growing sweet potatoes in grass clippings involves tilling the clippings into your garden soil to increase available nutrients and then using more clippings as mulch to keep the soil moist. Grass clipping mulch will also keep weed growth to a minimum.

Grass clippings
Tiller
Hand spade
5-10-10 fertilizer

Instructions

- 1
  Cover the soil of the planting spot with a 3- to 4-inch layer of grass clippings. Turn the clippings into the soil at a depth of 8 to 10 inches.
- 2
  Remove the sweet potato seedlings from their containers. Plant them at the same depth in the garden soil, using a hand spade. Space the seedlings 12 inches apart.
- 3
  Water until the soil settles. Apply a 5-10-10 fertilizer two weeks after planting, according to the package directions, at a rate of 5 pounds per 10-foot row.
- 4
  Cover the fertilized soil with a 1-inch layer of grass clippings. Add another inch of grass clippings four weeks later.

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