Sweet potato flowers - Is it time to harvest?

Sweet Potatoes: What Your Flowers Are REALLY Telling You! Don’t grab that shovel just yet when seeing those Sweet Potato Flowers start blooming! Many backyard growers assume that morning glory-like blossoms mean the tubers are fully formed and ready to dig up—leading to premature harvests and tiny sweet potato tubers. In this video I'm breaking down the real plant biology behind sweet potato blooms. Sweet potatoes are short day / daylight sensitive plants (very similar to Jamaican sorrel / roselle), their blooms are triggered by the changing day length and seasonal cues. This is not a signal that your sweet potatoes are ready for harvest. Understanding what these flowers your flowers are telling you will help avoid the most common harvesting mistakes and help harvest your best sweet potato harvest.