| Stage in agricultural cycle | Factor considered | Prescriptions/proscriptions |
| Land preparation | Material for tools | Metal implements may be used for land preparation. but never for harvesting |
| Planting | Lunar cycle | "Plant during the first quarter so that the sweet potato will ""bloom"" or develop well." |
| | Plant during the full moon so that the tubers will be large. |
| | Plant during the quarter so it will be relatively dark and the insects won't attack the crop. |
| Spacing | Cuttings should be well spaced so that the roots won't be or crowded; to permit tuber development. |
| | "In planting different varieties in one homegarden, plant them apart to give each a chance to develop before they intertwine and mix." |
| Planting material | Bite the vines at several points before planting so that there will be many roots and tubers |
| | Shape vines into a circle in planting so it will be easy to find the tubers later on. |
| Gender of the one who plants | Females should plant the sweet potato so that the ground will crack later (indicating big tubers). |
| | "Females should not plant sweet potato, or else the tubers will crack." |
| | Males should plant so that tubers will be long. |
| | Males should plant naked in the dark so that the sweet potato will be prolific. |
| """Fertilizing""" | Soil enrichment | Gather grass from under one's house and mix this with the soil and planting material to improve the yield. |
| Pest management | "Control of ""worms"" and ""bugs""" | "Before planting, gather all caterpillars in one place and burn." |
| | Don't broil or roast the first harvest of sweet potato so as not to encourage pest infestation. Just boil them. |
| | Planting should be done when the moon is on the wane so the insects won't see the sweet potato. |
| Harvesting | Material for tools | Never harvest with metal implements as these will damage developing tubers. |
| | Use only wooden/bamboo implements or hands for pin mature tubers. |
| Method | Harvesting should be done on staggered basis (big ones first) so there will be no storage problems and there will always be some left for future needs |
| Gender of harvester | First harvest should not be by males or they will turn into wild animals. |
| Storage | Post-harvest treatment of tubers | "Dry tubers in the sun so they will ""ripen"" and then store under heaps of dried grass" |
| | Don't wash tubers so they won't rot. Wash them just before eating. |
| | Store tubers in special bamboo baskets (buda) so they will keep longer. |
| | "To make sweet potato last even longer, chop and dry to make chips. These will keep for months." |
