Published regional calendar
Central North Carolina
Use the Central North Carolina calendar, with its separate establishment methods. This is not a calendar for every part of North Carolina.
- Published crop row
- Potatoes, sweetpotatoes
The growing library
When to plant
sweet potatoes.
A storage-root crop established with slips or other vegetative transplants.
01 / Right crop, right place
Where the timing comes from
Choose the region that actually covers your garden. These source references are not a nationwide planting calendar.
Published regional calendar
Florida
Use the Florida calendar for your specific subregion. Planting months are not interchangeable across the state.
- Published crop row
- Potatoes, sweet
- Reviewed Florida rows
- North · Central · South
Outside these regions? Use your local Extension planting guidance. A nearby weather station describes climate; it does not establish whether or when to plant this crop.
02 / Know when the clock starts
How long until harvest?
The reviewed Central North Carolina source provides this maturity reference. Your variety and growing conditions can change the interval.
Central North Carolina
95–125days
From transplanting
Count from setting out transplants. The earlier nursery period is excluded.
Source crop: Potatoes, sweetpotatoesRead source
A transplant has a head start. Days counted from transplanting leave out time spent raising the seedling. Use a separate seed-starting reference if you plan to raise your own plants.
03 / Before you plant
The details that matter
Convolvulaceae
Plan for sweet potatoes
- Days from transplanting exclude the seedling nursery period; harden off plants before setting them out.
Maturity references vary with cultivar, harvest size, weather, and establishment method. Keep your seed packet or transplant label alongside the regional calendar.
Soil temperature
No verified value
in this guide.
We have not assigned a germination minimum for sweet potatoes. Use crop-specific local guidance for your planting material and method.
Open evidence
Follow the sources.
Selected source facts reviewed . This is our review date, not the sources’ publication date.
How we use the data