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When to plant Sweet potato in Metarfa
Adrar, Algeria
Sweet potato is a trailing vine you grow from vine cuttings (slips), not from seed and not by planting the root.
| Fit | Favourable |
|---|---|
| When to plant | 1 May 2027 – 20 Jul 2027 opens in 30 weeks |
| Expected harvest | about 22.1 t/ha |
| Harvest | From 30 Jul 2027 to 17 Dec 2027, depending on the planting date |
| Ready to harvest | 90–150 days after planting |
| Work it takes | 70–148 days per hectare, by hand |
Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.
If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 1 May 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.
This season's rainfall outlook for Metarfa is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.
Planting after 20 Jul 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.
What decides this in Metarfa
| Rain and temperature | 76% |
|---|---|
| The soil | 96% |
| The lie of the land | 88% |
For sweet potato in Metarfa, rain and temperature is the tightest of the three at 76%. This one is fixed. It is why the planting window above is where it is — hitting those dates is the whole of your control here.
The season in Metarfa
| Rain in a typical year | About 13 mm |
|---|---|
| This season's rain | Rain close to usual — plan around about 13 mm falling roughly when it always does |
| What that supports | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth |
| Ground this covers | 2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 97% of this area. |
| 97% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 10 mm |
|---|---|
| 3% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 10 mm |
last updated 18 September 2026
Temperature holds back about 35% of yield here.
What sweet potato needs to grow here
| Soil it likes | well-drained sandy, sandy loam or loam soil |
|---|---|
| Soil sourness (pH) | Happiest between pH 5.0 and 6.5 |
| Rain it needs | About 750–1,000 mm across the season |
| Spacing | 100 cm between rows, 30 cm between plants |
| Feed it most with | potassium and nitrogen |
What it takes to grow sweet potato in Metarfa
| Planting material | About 33,000 plants per hectare |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen (N) | About 88 kg per hectare |
| Phosphate (P₂O₅) | About 33 kg per hectare |
| Potash (K₂O) | About 177 kg per hectare |
| In the shops | A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established. |
| Hand work | 70–148 days per hectare, by hand |
These are the nutrients a sweet potato crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.
What to watch for
Grow Sweet potato with a plan, not a guess
Everything above describes Metarfa as a whole — your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates. The Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.
This calendar moves
Planting windows shift with the forecast. Leave your email and we'll send what changed, and a note when planting time nears — a couple of emails a month at most.
Frequently asked questions
Will sweet potato grow well in Metarfa?
Metarfa rates as favourable for sweet potato.
When should I plant sweet potato in Metarfa?
Typically 1 May 2027 to 20 Jul 2027, forecast-adjusted.
Is this exact for my own field?
No — these are readings taken across Metarfa, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.