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</html>";s:4:"text";s:47698:"<p>Yams can handle more shade than potatoes. They can have long roots, where the potatoes grow, so they may be as far away as 2-feet from the stem. Today we're going to show you how to grow yams with our easy to follow gardening guide. Soil Preparation. Dig up after the plant dies down and leave outside for a few days to dry. Yams are heavy feeders and prefer rich, loose-textured soil and plenty of water. Grow . I’m Theo.C.Kamma, a Liberian who has a great interest in yam cultivation.Firstly,I must commend you for this article.it’s truly fascinating.I’ve a 2-hectare virgin forest land and wish to grow yams for commercial purposes,however,I Yams grow best in warm climates. Do Colorado potato beetles feed on yams and sweet potatoes? Many Jamaicans used leftover yellow yam to make fried boiled yellow yam. He leads gardening workshops for elementary school children. In about three weeks, the yam will sprout slips that grow from the part of the yam not in the water. Over time, your potato plants blossom and are healthy. If you have problems with sweet potato weevils you can't grow a permanent sweet potato patch. What precautions should I take when planting yams? Enough moisture is especially important as the yams bulk up in size. Yams are a very ancient food plant, believed to have been cultivated for more than 12,000 years. They grow best in soft, rich soil. Purple ube yam is grown just like the regular white types. Paul Schuster began writing in 2006 and has published in "Gardening Life" and "Canadian Gardening." hannas.herbarium View Profile. Typically, flowering for both types will only occur in southern gardens with hot daytime and night time temperatures as well as long day length. They will grow in heavy clay but will do better if the soil is amended with humus or mixed with coarse sand to improve drainage. Yams are a very ancient food plant, believed to have been cultivated for more than 12,000 years. Helps a lot for a beginner like me. By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 87,741 times. Here’s how to grow ’em. In the past the crop was merely consumed by the less privileged but its growing demand on the international market has prompted farmers to start growing it. Stand in a cool, light spot until 1-2cm long shoots have formed. These insects create tiny white scales on the skin of yams and can slow growth. The cultivation of plantain can become a profitable business, it does not necessarily to start with a large field, you can plant your first Harvesting the yams on a sunny day before watering is suggested as this keeps the yams dry and will help prevent mold or decay from setting in too quickly. Please consider making a contribution to wikiHow today. If your yams have this disease, soak them in hot water for an hour post-harvest to lessen the effects. The weevils lay their eggs in the roots and the larvae tunnel through the roots and make a rotten mess of them. At this stage, more than 12 hours of full sun will encourage lots of vine development. Make sure the yam you choose looks healthy. Remove the shoots, with a sharp knife, when they are 5-7.5cm (2-3in) long and pot them into small pots of cutting compost and root them in a warm propagator. Yams, like other tubers, need a long warm growing season. The tubers can grow huge – up to 6 feet and 150 pounds, but most are more manageable in size. It can be an invasive species in some areas – please check your local conditions if this is … They will tolerate a pH of 5.0 but prefer a pH range of 5.8 to 6.0. This tends to be around mid Spring. Dig carefully so as not to injure any of the potatoes. Do yam, taro and sweet potato belong to the same family? Tropical and sub-tropical is ideal. Additionally, yams contain more sugar than sweet potatoes, and … Does winter weather have you itching to dig in the dirt? Green Harvest provides growing information for edible and useful plants in the organic and permaculture garden. This is done by shaking up the plant and uprooting it to bring out the cormel. Growth takes place in three distinct phases, which develop over 12 months and repeat indefinitely during the life of the plant. Neither type of sweet potato is grown for the flowering capability. Tuber development begins around 11 to 13 weeks after the yam plant emerges. Gardeners test soils and adjust pH levels to about 5.5. What are yams in America? Treat cuttings from overwintered plants in the same way. The best place is in a northwest part of the garden where it would be sheltered from any northern or eastern winds, which can be extremely cold at times. The purple yam also has important nutritional value due to the anthocyanins it contains. Yams thrive in temperatures 77 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit and will not develop at all below 68 degrees F. After the first set of true leaves appear, the stem, leaves and branches of the yam plant begin to develop above ground. eHow.com How to Grow Yam by Penny Renortha, on Youtube. You can also grow sweet potatoes in big pots just make sure there is enough room for the vines to grow so we wouldn’t recommend more than one seedling per 50cm pot. This article was co-authored by Maggie Moran. The ideal conditions for growing yams are 70 to 80 degrees F and soil content of pH range from 5.5 to 6.5. The yam minisett technique is a way to obtain healthy yam planting materials in commercial quantities. This is the hard part. Move the plant to a sunny, warm location once all threat of frost has passed. How to Grow Your Own Sweet Potato Leaves: Step 1. They do not tolerate cold temperatures. Native to the tropics and sub tropics, sweet potatoes grow readily in USDA Zones 8 and 9; they may even perennialize. Cut the yam into thirds with a chef’s knife or kitchen utility knife and reserve the bottom portion, otherwise known as the root end. What is the ideal type of soil for planting yams? We use cookies to make wikiHow great. Growing Times. How long it takes to grow an actual vine depends on how long a vine you want. When To Plant. The harvesting itself is fun and an activity perfect for kids. http://www.gardenguides.com/83368-grow-yams-indoors.html, https://plantvillage.org/topics/yams/infos, http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/outdoors/gardening/how-to-plant-and-grow-sweet-potatoes, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/sprout-yams-planting-48410.html, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/make-soil-loose-23694.html, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/yams-planted-36536.html, https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/houseplant-pests/mealybug-control/, http://greenharvest.com.au/Plants/Information/Yam.html, http://garden.org/learn/articles/view/581/, consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. No they do not grow like regular potatoes. How To Grow Purple Ube Yam Get Your Starts. … White scale insects. Sweet potatoes love to grow in the heat of Florida summers. It eats everything, stems, leaves and roots. As the shoots, or slips, grow to 6 inches (15 cm) long, they can be broken off and transplanted to the garden, or to containers if outdoor conditions are too cold. Yams should be grown over the course of long, hot summers. Yams, from the genus Dioscorea, have a brown exterior, white starchy flesh and low sugar content, unlike sweet potatoes with which they’re often confused. For every place the vine comes in good contact with the ground another sweet potato will form. I cover yams in Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening with great enthusiasm – and they also get a good mention in Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening. When the leaves start to yellow. Yams are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in many temperate and tropical regions, especially in Africa, South America and the Caribbean, Asia, and Oceania. North Carolina State University: What is the Difference Between a Sweetpotato and a Yam? To grow yams, start by cutting one in half, partially submerging it in a glass of water, and putting the glass someplace warm. How To Grow Oca/ New Zealand Yam (Oxalis tuberosa) Thompson & Morgan's Trial Notes As such a novel crop we believe that the New Zealand Yam will become more important to gardeners in the near future - Oca are second only to potatoes in importance in the Andes, and did not suffer blight, or any noticeable pests and diseases in our own trials over the past 2 years. 1 decade ago. While this particular crop tends to thrive in tropical climates, it is easy to grow yams in colder climates with the right planning and forethought. Growth Cycle for Yams. The differences do not stop there. A full beard can take 2 to 4 months to grow, as facial hair tends to grow between 0.3 and 0.5 millimeters (mm) every 24 hours. Yams are most commonly grown in West Africa and Asia where they are a native plant. Are raw yams poisonous? How to Grow Yams. Prepare your slips or mini-sett during March to July. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Locals in this region are fond of the desserts they make with this root vegetable, including jams, yogurt, ice cream, cakes, breads and pastries. This is the main factor why yam does not produce seeds. Grow sweet potatoes in full sun on fertile, well drained soil. 1 sweet potatoe per contact with ground so do not move the vines around a lot or you may get a very small yield I cover yams in Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening with great enthusiasm – and they also get a good mention in Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening.. This solves the problem of availability due to the competition and makes quality materials available. References How to Grow Sweet Potatoes and Yams Sweet Potatoes and Yams are often viewed as two names for the same vegetable. This is the time it will take fenugreek and saw palmetto to increase your breast size, and how to do it properly, with my before and after pictures. Well-draining soil, plenty of organic matter, keep in sunlight. However, they require over 4 months of warm temperatures to reach maturity.”. Ans: Yam setts are those cuttings from yam tubers with the intent to … Here's a really simple way to grow sweet potato slips. Growing and Harvesting Kohlrabi, Yardlong Beans and White Eggplant . They’re also an easy vegetable to seed-save and grow again each year. Try ebay or your local As far as i know, fenugreek might not help in breast growth, (majorly) , cos breast growth depends on hormones, genetics and nutrition all working together! Did you know you can read expert answers for this article? Amid the current public health and economic crises, when the world is shifting dramatically and we are all learning and adapting to changes in daily life, people need wikiHow more than ever. I’ve been eating yams daily since we harvested 2015’s crop. Mealy bugs. Dry rot disease. Sweet potatoes, true yams and potatoes are all in separate families, and are unrelated. is often used interchangeably with sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), but the two are … Sweet potatoes require a long, warm growing season, usually about 4 months of frost-free weather to reach harvest. They plow the planting area and dig trench rows with 3 1/2 feet between them. Set sweet potato starts or slips in the garden after all danger of frost has passed, usually 4 weeks after the last average frost date in early summer. You can grow your own sprouts and slips to plant, and then grow, harvest, and cure yams. Use disease-free slips to prevent dry rot. Growing sweet potatoes is a year-round adventure, with lots of activities to keep you busy even in the winter and spring. Choose a yam variety like TDA 291 or TDA 297 that is resistant to Scorch, a fungal disease that causes spots and lesions. This could take up to six weeks. There are 18 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. Earthing up will help increase production. Planting needs are similar to potatoes. Horticulturalist Maggie Moran says, “Yams are an easy plant to grow in the right conditions, and just a few plants can offer a good harvest. With the use of a season extender like a greenhouse and a slightly earlier harvest, you can even grow sweet potatoes in colder areas. To grow taro, plant a tuber about halfway in sandy soil until it begins to grow shoots. Growing Sweet Potatoes. I still have about 100lbs left on the back porch. A yam take about one and a half years to grow. They are large plants; the vines can be as long as 10 to 12 m (33 to 39 ft). I prefer using soil to grow them instead of water. Then, cover them with soil, water them generously, and fertilize them every 2-4 weeks. The vines and leaves will eventually die off as the yams reach full mature. Purple ube yams in particular are just fun. Yams take a year to grow or mature. Yams are tropical/sub-tropical plants. I find it incredible that they’re almost NEVER covered in Florida gardening books. Common Cocoyam varieties growing in Uganda In Uganda we mainly have two varieties being grown i.e. 4. In the Philippines, the purple yam is called ube. Yams are a vigorous herbaceous vine that will climb on anything – some vines grow up to 8 inches in a day! It is important to distinguish between edible sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) or ornamental sweet potatoes, which go by the same Latin name. University of Hawaii at Manoa: Farmer's Bookshelf--Yam. Shorter exposure to full sun, 10 to 11 hours per day, help encourage the tubers to form. So, how do you grow sweet potatoes, ... An adult weevil is a metallic blue and orange and about 6 mm long. Support wikiHow by They have rough skin, which is more difficult to peel than the skin of sweet potatoes. An open, sunny site is best. As the plant continues to grow and is nourished through photosynthesis as well as nutrients drawn from the soil, the early tubers, or yams, start to form at the ends of the underground stems, also known as stolons. 1 0. gaudioso . If you notice discoloration or lesions on the skin, your yam could be diseased, which means its sprouts could be diseased, too. is often used interchangeably with sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), but the two are not botanically related. Yams grow over the Summer, and into early Autumn, but once the tops start to yellow and die off the precious tubers underneath can be dug up. Please help us continue to provide you with our trusted how-to guides and videos for free by whitelisting wikiHow on your ad blocker. on the other hand if you are 18 Sweet potatoes will grow in poor soil, but deformed roots may develop in heavy clay or long and stringy in sandy dirt. the white and the pink coco yams. Yellow yam is rumored to be the secret weapon that makes Jamaicans run so fast. this depends on the soil condition and the weather. At this point, photosynthesis begins to provide the majority of nutrition for the plant. On the contrary, they are two different vegetables. Yams favor loose clay soil with good drainage. Now you know how to grow plantains, the process is not so simple but it gives a good result. How best to Harvest Coco-yam in Africa Most coco-yam varieties mature in about 8 months from planting. ", Unlock expert answers by supporting wikiHow. Yams needs a long growing time to produce the tubers. Hi Guys! Sweet potatoes have a long life cycle in comparison to other garden fruits and vegetables—sweet potatoes typically take between 100 and 150 days to reach harvest. Work in plenty of compost (which you can make). Growing Sweet Potatoes and Yams: Sweet Potatoes are grown similar to regular potatoes. Discard or reserve the top two segments for another purpose. Yams, like other tubers, have five primary growth stages. The tubers most often weigh about 2.5 to 5 kg (6 to 11 lb) each, but can weigh as much as 25 kg (55 lb). At a time when many other crops are struggling, the Contrary to popular belief though, yams are NOT sweet potatoes as they are from completely different plant families. The Library of Congress: Everyday Mysteries--What is the Difference Between Sweet Potatoes and Yams? A yam that you would rather not eat can be the beginning of a beautiful indoor houseplant. Maggie Moran is a Professional Gardener in Pennsylvania. In the United States, the name yam (Dioscorea spp.) Approved. Plant slips about 12 to 18 inches apart with 3 to 4 feet between rows. For tips from our Gardening reviewer on how to harvest your yams, scroll down! They will take approximately 14 weeks to mature. Lv 5. If the growing season has been good with adequate water and sunshine, harvesting sweet potatoes should begin about 100-110 days after planting depending on the variety. Harvesting can however start from six months. Yams are delicious, healthy, and fairly simple to grow. They are twining vines with shiny, heart-shaped, purple-tinged leaves and grow from underground tubers which have a brown skin and white flesh and can weigh many kilos. Every day at wikiHow, we work hard to give you access to instructions and information that will help you live a better life, whether it's keeping you safer, healthier, or improving your well-being. The yams will continue to grow in size throughout the growing season, but will reach maturity when there are large spots of yellowing on the leaves. Yam mosaic disease. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization report, in 1985, Nigeria produced 18.3 million tonnes of yam from 1.5 million hectares, representing 73.8 percent of total yam production in Africa. Mealy bugs can hinder growth and attract ants. You have to get the seed potatoes ready, hilled the area, cultivated and fertilized the ground. How Long Does it Take to Grow a Carrot? Create long, wide, 10-inch-high ridges spaced 3½ feet apart. wikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. Hope this helps. When the slips form a couple of leaves, gently twist the sprouts off. How To Grow Purple Ube Yam Get Your Starts First, get yourself a purple ube yam root or a bulbil. If you’re not growing yams, why not? Your support helps wikiHow to create more in-depth illustrated articles and videos and to share our trusted brand of instructional content with millions of people all over the world. Yams do not tolerate frosts or mature well in cold temperatures so plant sprouted Yams as soon as the threat of frost has gone. First, get yourself a purple ube yam root or a bulbil. The vines will spread and fill in, so give them plenty of room. Protect from early Autumn (Fall) frosts to give time for tubers to fully develop. 0 0. Sweet potatoes will grow readily in nearly any soil, but they prefer loamy, well-drained soil. By Thomas K. Arnold Updated September 7, 2018 Hunker may earn compensation through affiliate links in this story. After harvesting the yam, have a resting period for about three to four months through out the dry season to make suitable seeds. Depending on the variety, sweetpotato flesh can vary from white to orange and even purple. Depending on the care you’ve given them and the soil conditions, you can harvest them in 90 days. The leaves look rather like clover. Move the plant to a sunny, warm location once all threat of frost has passed. It’s also possible to buy slips from a garden center, but that would take a lot of fun out of the process. At this point of plant development, not much is not visible as it mostly takes place underground. These potatoes are used for mainly salad Get them started indoors several weeks prior to the last frost in your area and do not transplant them outside until temperatures reach 70° F. Or wait about 3 weeks after the last frost. The yams will not increase greatly in size the final month before the vines and leaves die away, so there is quite a bit of latitude for when the yams can be harvested. Sweet potatoes are part of the morning glory family and sends off a vine. How to Sprout Yams for Planting. thanks for a2a Prerna Kumari . How to Grow Yam. Caused by aphids, this condition results in yellow and light green discoloration on the leaves. Find more about the differences between Yams and Sweet Potatoes. During this stage, the early root structure of the yam plant grows and the primary source of nutrition for the young plant is the piece of seed yam. A true yam is a starchy edible root of the Dioscorea genus, and is generally imported to America from the Caribbean. We know ads can be annoying, but they’re what allow us to make all of wikiHow available for free. If you really can’t stand to see another ad again, then please consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. The root system of the plant also grows deeper, and stolons, the underground stem portion of the plant develops. Last Updated: November 27, 2020 Yam Production Business Plan in Nigeria Our sample yam production business plan in Nigeria can be used to access bank loans, proposal writing and grant applications. They require much more growing time. This will begin to happen mid to late Autumn but most Yam growers wait for a good hard frost or two to kill off the tops of their Yam plants before digging and I have found that doing so, always produces the best size Yams. Purple ube yam is grown just like the regular white types. It can take 12-18 months Yams are delicious, healthy, and fairly simple to grow. … Nigeria is by far the world’s largest producer of yams, accounting for over 70–76 percent of the world production. There is no exact answer to how long does it take to grow a weed plant here! Yam plants can grow up to 15 m (49 ft) in length and 7.6 to 15.2 cm (3 to 6 in) high. Treat mealy bugs by removing infected plants and using insecticide sprays for large infestations. Here’s how to grow ’em. It should not be too rich, and these plants will even grow well in sandy soil. While yams are a vining crop that requires almost a year to develop, Sweet potatoes grow in about 100 - 150 days. I decided to. * How to grow orchids outside Yams are ready to harvest as soon as their shamrock-like green tops die down, but don't rush to dig them up too soon. They are not particularly fussy but do prefer an acid or neutral soil. - What is yam sett? Consider doing this about 1 month after the plant emerges. How to harvest. unlocking this expert answer. If you consider it wasteful to find a shriveled yam in the bottom of your pantry, think again. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together. There are several different varieties to try. The largest may weigh 10 pounds (4.5kg) and grow one meter underground. Usually this occurs in late September or early October before the first frost. Yam is a dioecious plant that blooms irregularly, that’s to say, male and female flowers open at different times, which makes the process of pollination very difficult. The taste and texture of yams is less sweet, starchier, and drier overall when compared with sweet potatoes. For indoor growers, the particular weed plant could take 3-5 months to grow the cannabis, and this includes the time it takes to get from seedling to harvest, plus the couple of extra weeks or months it takes to cure the buds. approximately 14 weeks. It is possible, but unlikely. Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers. During the sprouting stage, the seed yam, the piece of yam with an eye, sends out the first root and shoot. They love to grow in soft rich soil, treated with a lot of compost and other rich organic matter. As the plant matures, staking the yam plant to give support to the vines, leaves and stem is encouraged. Please consider making a contribution to wikiHow today. Try ebay or your local permaculture or gardening group. Soil requirements for growing Cocoyams Cocoyam thrives better on well drained sandy loam soils. grow them, I knew that wikiHow was the best place. Ans: Yams take an approximate time of 14 weeks to mature completely. 4 years ago. How long does it take to grow potatoes in mid season, the duration is from 16 To 17 weeks to harvest after planting, you should able to enjoy last week of June to the first week of august. A good rule of thumb is to watch for the first signs of yellowing leaves. INGREDIENTS : 3 pounds yellow yam 1 teaspoon salt (optional) 1 teaspoon vegetable […] Once the roots are about an inch long, plant them in loose soil, in holes that are 4-5 inches deep and 8-10 inches apart. Make sure your taro gets plenty of water. I still have about 100lbs left on the back porch. Plant sweet potatoes 30cm (12") apart, leaving 75cm (30") between each row. This is the hard part. Where space is limited you can even grow sweet potatoes in containers or patio bags. They require a fertile To prevent this disease, keep the growing area free of weeds and use disease-free slips. This article has been viewed 87,741 times. ", "I have some yams for cooking, but I forgot them. Lay the sprouts in a shallow dish with the bottom in water and the top leaves hanging over the side to help form roots. Boiled Yellow yam like boiled dumpling is a Jamaican staple and is eaten almost daily. This works out to between one third and one half an inch per month. 1. Wash the sweet potatoes I recommend “planting” several sweet potatoes at once so you can have an abundance of leaves on an on-going basis. This article has been viewed 87,741 times. Yams take several months to mature and won’t be ready for harvest until late fall. For sweet potatoes to grow well, they do need soil with plenty of organic matter for food. How Do Sweet Potatoes Grow. (A 10-foot row will produce 8 to 10 pounds of potatoes.) Purple sweet potatoes are fun to grow and cook with. Sweet potatoes grow fast. It’s fairly simple, with a bit of knowledge and work, to produce your own sweet potato slips (sweet potato vines) for transplanting. * How to grow orchids outside. Yams are ready to harvest as soon as their shamrock-like green tops die down, but don't rush to dig them up too soon. Home-grown potatoes do well in all types of soil, but the richer the better, so dig in plenty of well-rotted organic matter, such as garden compost. In the United States, the name yam (Dioscorea spp.) When Should I First See My Sweet Corn Growing? Lv 4. You can buy bundles of sweet potato slips if you are growing sweet potatoes in a … One day I checked on them and saw leaves on them. % of people told us that this article helped them. Of warm-weather origins, yams are still hardy to as low as the U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zone 5. Growing potatoes takes some work. Ready, Set, Grow! They like hot weather as long as they have adequate water. You can try growing sweet potatoes from the grocery store, but the only way to be certain you have certified disease-free roots is to buy slips from a reputable seed supplier. - How long does yam take to grow? After 7 to 12 months' growth, the tubers are harvested. It will take sweet potatoes between 90 and 170 days to grow depending on the variety. Maggie Moran is a Professional Gardener in Pennsylvania. "Just a beginner planting "ube". Since the growing period is so long, take note of the number of days of appropriate warm weather you have in your climate’s growing season, and plan accordingly. For tips from our Gardening reviewer on how to harvest your yams, scroll down! 0 0 roy40372 Lv 6 1 decade ago it take about 90 days from the day they are transplanted. Everyone wants to have freshly harvested potatoes. About 4 weeks after you see vines begin to grow, stake the vines to provide support to your plants. Source(s): https://shrink.im/a9O6U. For this reason, it is said that the yam is a perennial grown as an annual. To grow taro, plant a tuber about halfway in sandy soil until it begins to grow shoots. In this case, 87% of readers who voted found the article helpful, earning it our reader-approved status. This condition causes light yellow lesions on the outer skin, eventually turning the entire yam black. © Copyright 2020 Hearst Communications, Inc. What do I do if my yams are growing leaves but no yams? It should begin to branch about four to six weeks after the sprouts first appear and will continue to grow until the tuber is exhausted. Schuster is the director of the Toronto Botanical Garden, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Horticulture from the University of Guelph. Like potatoes, yams are a stem tuber, so it is the enlarged underground stem of the plant that produces the part that is eaten. Birder. Farmers have the options to What is the difference between a sweet potato and a yam? What Is the Above-Ground Stem That Grows Horizontally Along the Ground? While this particular crop tends to thrive in tropical climates, it is easy to grow yams in colder climates with the right planning and forethought. Yam growing cycle. Gardener typically wonders how long do potatoes take to grow. By using our site, you agree to our. I’ve been eating yams daily since we harvested 2015’s crop. When leafy sprouts form, twist them off, put them in water, and wait for them to grow roots. Yams require a fertile, well-drained soil with a high organic matter content. At this stage, consider adding fertilizer in a row, about 4 inches away from the yam plants. If you notice diseased plants, remove them immediately. Yams are more difficult to grow and take much longer to be ready for harvest. Simply take these sweet How long do sweet potatoes take to grow? How long does it take to grow yams? This article was co-authored by Maggie Moran. 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