How to Plant and Grow Sweet Potatoes
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 • 5 – 7 PM
VSU Randolph Farm Pavilion, 4415 River Road, Petersburg, VA 23803
Tracy Porter, Sr., VSU SFOP Regional Program Assistant for Eastern Virginia, and Crenshaul Turner, SFOP Farm Technician, will provide an in-person workshop at VSU Randolph Farm on how to plant sweet potato slips in traditional hills. Topics will include sweet potato varieties; soil amendments; how to use a 3-point hiller attachment to make your hills; how to plant your slips; drip irrigation; and integrated pest management to mitigate disease (weed pressure; insects and wildlife damage; and when to fertilize).
For more information, contact Tracy Porter at (804) 481-2566 or tporter@vsu.edu.
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Small Farm Outreach Program office at smallfarm@vsu.edu or call (804) 524-3292 / TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8 am. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
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