In rural areas in the north, every late autumn is the harvest season for sweet potatoes. Step on the soft sandy soil, hold the root of the sweet potato vine, and pull out a nest of sweet potato babies with a little force. Every harvest season is when sweet potatoes shine.
On the streets, near the market, near the stalls selling roasted sweet potatoes, the smell of sweet potatoes is overflowing. A group of little dolls were greedy, hugging their mother’s legs and refusing to leave the sweet potato stall. Mom couldn’t stand the soft and hard bubbles, so I bought one or two for him. Tears welled up in his eyes with a satisfied smile. Peel off the wrinkled skin, revealing the flesh of the sweet potato. Red, tender, crystal clear, and melts in your mouth. That feeling is sweet to the heart. When it comes to sweet potatoes, it touches the taste buds of the older generation. For sweet potatoes, there is a saying in rural areas that “sweet potatoes bloom, husbands and wives split up”. Do you know what it means? Is sweet potato blooming a bad omen?
Sweet potatoes are blooming, and the husband and wife are separated.
This saying is taken literally, and it is very simple. It means that if the sweet potato blooms, the couple will be separated. Sweet potato blossoms have such magical powers that they can separate husbands and wives? Where is the magic of it?
Sweet potato is also known as sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato and so on. Native to Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico in South America. The Spanish navigator Columbus discovered the South American continent and found sweet potatoes very delicious here, so he brought them back to Spain. Since then, sweet potatoes have spread from South America to Europe and Asia.
So when did sweet potatoes come to China and flourish? I don’t know if you have noticed a rule. Most of the crops in the “Hu” series were introduced to my country during the Han and Jin Dynasties, such as flax, beans, walnuts, and courgettes. Most of the “fan” series of crops were introduced to my country during the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty, such as tomatoes, sweet beans (peanuts), and peppers (chili peppers), because at that time they were introduced to my country through “fan ships (foreign ships)”. . The foreign series of things such as foreign fire (matches), cement (cement), foreign cars (bicycles) and so on. These foreign series of things were introduced into China in the Qing Dynasty and modern times.
Sweet potato is also known as sweet potato, which means that it was introduced into my country at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Due to its drought resistance, barren resistance, and high yield, sweet potato has saved too many lives in a certain historical period. It is not an exaggeration to call it “life-saving food”. It was the main food at that time.
And “sweet potatoes bloom, husband and wife separated”, referring to the sweet potatoes in the north. In the north, sweet potatoes generally do not bloom. So, are sweet potatoes open or not? Sweet potatoes actually bloom. In some areas in the south, sweet potatoes bloom is a normal phenomenon. But why don’t the sweet potatoes in the north bloom? Is it unsuitable? Actually, it really makes a lot of sense.
The reason why sweet potatoes bloom is conditional. First, it is affected by the light time. Sweet potatoes generally bloom when the sunshine time is about 8 to 12 hours a day. If the sunshine time exceeds this time, most sweet potatoes cannot bloom. The sunshine time in the north is relatively long, which affects the flowering of sweet potatoes. Second, it is affected by temperature. Sweet potatoes generally bloom at a temperature of about 15 degrees at night and 20 to 30 degrees in the daytime. However, in the northern region, it is obvious that sweet potatoes cannot meet this condition. Third, it is affected by the variety. Some sweet potatoes are easy-to-bloom varieties, while others are not.
So, what does it mean for sweet potatoes to bloom in the north? The reason for removing the variety can affect the flowering of sweet potatoes, that is, light and temperature. If the sweet potato blooms in the north, it means that the climate in this year is abnormal and does not match the climate in the north. The flowering of sweet potatoes will not have much impact on the yield of sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato blossoms really affect the yield of other crops. Due to the unique climatic conditions in the north, sweet potatoes will not bloom, and if they bloom, the crops in the north will be greatly affected, which will directly affect the yield. It is an unavoidable reality that the production of other crops will be damaged, which will definitely affect the income of farmers. In ancient times, when such a situation occurred, it was possible to cause famine. The husband and wife traveled far away, became displaced, and sometimes parted ways in order to survive.
Sweet potatoes are in bloom, and the husband and wife are separated. In fact, it is saying that the weather is abnormal, and it may be a year of famine. A whole home will fall apart.