The invention discloses a method for planting potted sweet potatoes. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of 1, seedling growing, wherein sweet potato tuber seedling growing is carried out in December, high-quality sweet potato tubers are firstly sterilized and soaked with warm water, and after a seedbed is laid, greenhouse seedling growing is carried out; 2, planting bucket treatment, wherein fine sand, sugar residues and mushroom dregs are added into loess for mixed fermentation, then plant ash and mineral potassic-magnesian fertilizer are added to be mixed, cultivation soil is prepared, and the cultivation soil is contained in planting buckets; 3, transplanting, wherein sweet potato seedlings are cut, two sweet potato seedlings are planted in each bucket, the upper layers are covered with wheat bran, the buckets are placed in a greenhouse after watering is carried out, and then the sweet potato seedlings are moved to abandoned or useless open spaces to be cultivated; 4, daily management, wherein thinning is carried out 15 days after transplanting, a plastic film greenhouse is constructed on the planting bucket placement area, farmyard organic fertilizeris supplementally applied at the beginning of March, inorganic fertilizer and farmyard organic fertilizer are supplementally applied in May, and an abamectin solution is regularly sprayed to the seedlings once.