When to plant sweet potato in Mackay
- Plant seedlings: early Jan to late FebMackay area, humid subtropical
- Plant seedlings: mid Aug to mid NovMackay area, humid subtropical
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Mackay. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A heat-loving vine that grows vigorously through Adelaide's summer and gives tubers in autumn. Plant shoots (slips) once the soil is warm, in loose, well-drained soil. Avoid too much nitrogen, which gives masses of vine and few tubers.