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About Black Sweet Potato Vine
Black Sweet Potato Vine is a super rare houseplant 🌿 that needs regular watering to thrive. They do best in long-lasting, direct light ☀️ and should be less than 1 foot from a window.
Black Sweet Potato Vine likes soil that is well draining. You may want to supplement with a gentle, organic fertilizer throughout the peak growing season.
Taxonomy
Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'
Ipomoea
Convolvulaceae
Solanales

How to care for Black Sweet Potato Vine
How often to water your Black Sweet Potato Vine

every 9
Black Sweet Potato Vine needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Black Sweet Potato Vine in your home

a window
Black Sweet Potato Vine love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Black Sweet Potato Vine does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Black Sweet Potato Vine in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Black Sweet Potato Vine

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Black Sweet Potato Vine after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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What is this white stuff on some of my potato vine leaves? How do I get rid of it? #SweetPotatoVine
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What’s up with my potato? I recently trimmed the new growth and leaves have begun to turn yellow. What is going on?
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Accidentally overwatered her can anybody help me try to revive her #FloweringPlants #HappyPlants #PlantAddict #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #NewPlantMom #NewGrowth
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Just wanted to share my little seedling garden in my windowsill! Hopefully within the next week I can plant them outside?! The rain, wind, and just general crappy weather hasn’t been ideal conditions to plant these little guys/girls outside quite yet. I’m hoping tomorrow is the day! 😎🥳
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sweet potato vines & potting hi! i am a new plant mom as of yesterday (04/11). i bought 2 sweet potato vines and put them into an 8.5in pot with no drainage. should i repot my plants?
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5 for 10 at homedepot couldn't resist. I love vines. Let's hope I can keep these alive cause Denali died on me during the winter and never came back 😢 #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #winterover #newplants #potatovines
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So my Tievine is thriving guys! Since the move to the new spot. As well as a new trellis to grow on top of instead of a dead shrub. We finally get to see some new growth begin to work its way up and around!!! #HappyPlants #PlantAddict #NewPlantMom #climbingPlants
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#SweetPotatoVine YES! I planted my very first sweet potatoes 😳🌿 thank you ‘pot’ short for potato, my sweet potato mother “plant”🤩😭! In total I think there’s 5 slips planted 👍🤙 Cannot wait to see if we get some sweet potatoes!! See ya in 120 days for harvesting 😏🤷♀️🙈 #OutdoorGrowing #gardening #raisedbeds #Potato #HappyPlants #Propagation
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My sweet potato vine was thriving and growing until a couple days ago when leaves started to shrink, dry and fall off. I don't see pests. Any other ideas? #SweetPotatoVine
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#happyplants #newgrowth #newplantmom #freshleaffriday #freshfeaturedfriday MY SWEET POTATER PLANT IS GROWING TOOO
Care Summary for Black Sweet Potato Vine
Black Sweet Potato Vine
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 9 days

< 1ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
