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When to Plant Sweet Potatoes in Zone 4

In USDA zone 4, plant outdoors June 12 to September 20, and expect your first harvest around September 20.

Sweet Potatoes planting calendar for USDA Zone 4

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Direct sow

Jun 12

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Projected first harvest

Sep 20

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 4a — approximate

Most sweet potatoes mature in about 100 days. Dates use USDA zone 4a average frost dates. Set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

What zone 4 means for sweet potatoes

Average last spring frost

May 15

Average first fall frost

September 20

Those two dates are what set the schedule above. Zone 4 gives you roughly 128 frost-free days, and sweet potatoes need about 100 days to mature.

Varieties to grow

2 varieties of sweet potatoes in the HomeSown library. Tap any for its full grow guide.

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