Looking for the best tasting heirloom sweet potato

[farm48]

I have grown the Beauregard variety for about ten years, each year growing more, with 2400 sets this past season. For a money crop I will probably stick with the Beauregard, but I hear that there are heirlooms that taste much better. I know this to be true with my tomatos(I like Carbon, and Cherokee Purple). I would like to grow 25 or 30 sets of one or serveral varieties. Any suggestions or favorites out there? Thanks, Bob...

[gulfcoastguy]

I googled sweet potato slips a few weeks ago and got a site that sold a lot of heirloom varieties including assortment packs. I'm afraid I didn't bookmark it though.

[reubenT]

Yes, try some other varietys, they may be better flavored, but also; I have eaten sweet potatoes that were just delicous, and others that were practically inedible, same variety but grown on different soil by different people. Not necessasarily different type of soil but people using different fertility practices. The ones we grow are usually quite good but not as good as I know they can be.

[sacratamato]

I have grown the Beauregard variety for about ten years, each year growing more, with 2400 sets this past season.
For a money crop I will probably stick with the Beauregard, but I hear that there are heirlooms that taste much better.
I know this to be true with my tomatos(I like Carbon, and Cherokee Purple).
I would like to grow 25 or 30 sets of one or serveral varieties.
Any suggestions or favorites out there?
Thanks, Bob...

farm48,

I just received the 2009 hard copy of:
Sand Hill Preservation Center Heirloom Seeds Catalog.

They have so many different sweet potato varieties available,
That they include a separate order form, just for them.
:D

Check 'em out.
Pass it on...

Sacratamato
:cool:

[ceresone]

Gulfcoastguy, would it be Steele Plant Co. in Gleason, Tenn?

[AcidRain23]

I like the dry, white/yellow fleshed varieties.
Jersey White, Nancy Hall, etc.

[farm48]

farm48,

I just received the 2009 hard copy of:
Sand Hill Preservation Center Heirloom Seeds Catalog.

They have so many different sweet potato varieties available,
That they include a separate order form, just for them.
:D

Check 'em out.
Pass it on...

Sacratamato
:cool:

I looked at Sand Hill's web site. They have a very large selection! Now to figure out what to try! Thanks everyone for your input. Bob...

[gulfcoastguy]

Ceresone, I believe it was the Sandhill site now that somebody else mentioned it.

[Jackofalltrades]

just keep in mind that sandhill ships very late in the season and on a first come first serve basis so order as early as possible. Of the two times i have ordered from them the plants only had enough time to grow small potatoes, here in alabama where the season is fairly long, so i only got enough for next years seed and maybe a couple to taste test. To make a long story short, it takes me two seasons to get a decent crop. Other than the time constraint, I've had a very good experience dealing with sandhill. My personal favorite of the ones ive tried so far is the willowleaf which can be odd shaped and somewhat prone to cracking but has a very good flavor. I too had been growing beauregard until i tried these and there is no comparison. I must say that i will never grow another beauregard unless it is for market or for hog feed.

[Ted]

just keep in mind that sandhill ships very late in the season and on a first come first serve basis so order as early as possible. Of the two times i have ordered from them the plants only had enough time to grow small potatoes, here in alabama where the season is fairly long, so i only got enough for next years seed and maybe a couple to taste test. To make a long story short, it takes me two seasons to get a decent crop. Other than the time constraint, I've had a very good experience dealing with sandhill. My personal favorite of the ones ive tried so far is the willowleaf which can be odd shaped and somewhat prone to cracking but has a very good flavor. I too had been growing beauregard until i tried these and there is no comparison. I must say that i will never grow another beauregard unless it is for market or for hog feed.

My experience with Sand Hill has been negative especially with the Sweet Potatoes.

[mjc]

If read the order form, you would know that the slips are very dependent on weather...I got mine last Friday. If you haven't received yours yet, drop them an email. If you are getting them, they'll let you know...if you aren't, you'll be getting your check back.

Also let them know about the poor germination. Everything I've ordered from them has done well, except one item and Glen sent replacement seed immediately and there have been no problems with the replacements.

Something else to remember, Sand Hill is not really a seed company...they are a preservation project. Selling seeds is a side business to the actual farm. In order to provide all those varieties, they need to grow them out, in addition to managing their flocks of rare/heritage fowl.

[manatree]

I like the dry, white/yellow fleshed varieties.
Jersey White, Nancy Hall, etc.

While I have never grown them, I do prefer the white/yellow sweet taters when I can find them.

[PigPenDirtGirl]

For years, my favorite sweet potato was Hayman, a white/yellow variety grown mainly on the Delmarva peninsula. Gets sweeter in storage, keeps forever, easy to grow, new leaves make good greens.
Tried Korean Purple last year and it is now my new favorite. Sweeter, larger and more productive than Hayman. Keeps almost as long - some over a year!

[Ted]

If read the order form, you would know that the slips are very dependent on weather...I got mine last Friday. If you haven't received yours yet, drop them an email. If you are getting them, they'll let you know...if you aren't, you'll be getting your check back.

Also let them know about the poor germination. Everything I've ordered from them has done well, except one item and Glen sent replacement seed immediately and there have been no problems with the replacements.

Something else to remember, Sand Hill is not really a seed company...they are a preservation project. Selling seeds is a side business to the actual farm. In order to provide all those varieties, they need to grow them out, in addition to managing their flocks of rare/heritage fowl.

If they are not a seed company, why are they selling seeds and Sweet Potatoes? They say this is a hobby for them sure enough, the hobby must be a psychological study to see how many people they can tick off. I know I will never order anything from them again.

[Zinniagirl]

If they are not a seed company, why are they selling seeds and Sweet Potatoes? They say this is a hobby for them sure enough, the hobby must be a psychological study to see how many people they can tick off. I know I will never order anything from them again. I e-mailed them to see why the Sweet Potatoes hadn't been sent and I received a sarcastic reply. With temps in the high 90's I have given up on the idea of having sweet potatoes this year even if I get them by the middle of July.

Sorry to hear you did not have a good experience with them. I ordered from them for the first time this year, both seeds and sweet potato slips. I received both when expected. I had no problems with germination. I received the slips about 10 days ago and they are starting to take hold very nicely.

[atxjess]

For orange I would say vardemen

[Ted]

Sorry to hear you did not have a good experience with them. I ordered from them for the first time this year, both seeds and sweet potato slips. I received both when expected. I had no problems with germination. I received the slips about 10 days ago and they are starting to take hold very nicely.
Zinniagirl do you remember what your confirmation number was or did you get a confirmation in the mail before you got your sweet potatoes?

[Zinniagirl]

Zinniagirl do you remember what your confirmation number was or did you get a confirmation in the mail before you got your sweet potatoes?

I think my sweet potato confirmation was enclosed with my seeds (I had placed both orders at the same time), can't remember for sure, but do know I received it in the mail. My number was 17.

[bunkie]

darn it...for the first time, i put an order for sweet potato slips into Sandhill in mid March and received a letter from them confirming my order and that it would be shipped by June 25th about 3 weeks ago. i still haven't received my order, so i have written them 2 emails since the 27th of July, with no response...i know, i read their thingy that they're a small family business, only answer emails twice a month, etc...

anyway, today i get a letter with a check from them saying that the weather fouled up their orders and they didn't have enough to fill their orders and they go by numbers and they couldn't fill my order. hey, man, it would've been nice to get a note letting me know i wasn't going to get my order or that i should look elsewhere for slips????!

yeah, i'm a bit upset. i would've appreciated a warning....but....on the bright side...i have several slips i've been growing from the grocery store sweet potatoes and yams. some are in the ground and a bunch of others are just about ready to be planted. i guess it always pays to be prepared for snafus...

[spotsorpolkadots]

I joined just so I could chime in about Sandhill Preservation.
I too ordered sweets this year in addition to last year. 2009 was my second attempt as they "ran out" before getting to me the year before because they had growing problems. Didn't get me bumped up to first place or anything though.
Never did I get a number this year to say where I was in line nor did they call me back when I left a message asking if they received my order. Nor did they respond to my 2 emails. I do understand they are a small family owned place. By the end of June I was really starting to wonder since their site said they had been shipping for a while and that they were about to run out (or something kind of like that). They had cashed my check in early April and by the time I attempted calling again it was the end of June.
At that point I got lucky (finally!) and I got the wife owner on the phone.
After pointing out my problem and then saying to her ( and yes, I was VERY polite) that I felt the customer service for contact could be a bit more but I understood they were small and still trying to start up their business she got mad at me and yelled (yes, yelled) that they HAD mailed me a number and DID I know she was BUSY and that SHE had been up since VERY early and that SHE was running a successful BUSINESS ---not trying to start it as I suggested!
So...I politely told her (three times since she was yelling at me during it---not sure what she was saying then) that she could just mail me a refund please. And I hung up. Wow! I don't think she knew we run a farm, have milk cows and care for a very large garden that supplies almost all our food each year. In other words...I'm kind of busy too.
She mailed me a check and wrote on the enclosed paper: Sorry you chose to cancel your order.
That's it.

Don't do business with them --and yes, they do consider it a business so they shouldn't get a break as one person suggested because it was their hobby. It isn't worth it to support them. Yes...they are doing a good deed supposedly but by supporting business practices like this just gets us poor businesses that don't respond to customers complaints because they don't HAVE too. I personally want quality AND customer service. I vote with my dollars and they aren't getting any of them ever. I will hope someone else eventually has some that i can get a hold of to grow.

[fruits&nuts]

I joined just so I could chime in about Sandhill Preservation.
I too ordered sweets this year in addition to last year. 2009 was my second attempt as they "ran out" before getting to me the year before because they had growing problems. Didn't get me bumped up to first place or anything though.
Never did I get a number this year to say where I was in line nor did they call me back when I left a message asking if they received my order. Nor did they respond to my 2 emails. I do understand they are a small family owned place. By the end of June I was really starting to wonder since their site said they had been shipping for a while and that they were about to run out (or something kind of like that). They had cashed my check in early April and by the time I attempted calling again it was the end of June.
At that point I got lucky (finally!) and I got the wife owner on the phone.
After pointing out my problem and then saying to her ( and yes, I was VERY polite) that I felt the customer service for contact could be a bit more but I understood they were small and still trying to start up their business she got mad at me and yelled (yes, yelled) that they HAD mailed me a number and DID I know she was BUSY and that SHE had been up since VERY early and that SHE was running a successful BUSINESS ---not trying to start it as I suggested!
So...I politely told her (three times since she was yelling at me during it---not sure what she was saying then) that she could just mail me a refund please. And I hung up. Wow! I don't think she knew we run a farm, have milk cows and care for a very large garden that supplies almost all our food each year. In other words...I'm kind of busy too.
She mailed me a check and wrote on the enclosed paper: Sorry you chose to cancel your order.
That's it.

Don't do business with them --and yes, they do consider it a business so they shouldn't get a break as one person suggested because it was their hobby. It isn't worth it to support them. Yes...they are doing a good deed supposedly but by supporting business practices like this just gets us poor businesses that don't respond to customers complaints because they don't HAVE too. I personally want quality AND customer service. I vote with my dollars and they aren't getting any of them ever. I will hope someone else eventually has some that i can get a hold of to grow.

You say that you know that they are a small business, but clearly you have no clue what that means.

You are spoiled. I'll make sure to order extra from Sandhill to make up for the loss of your business.

Here are the world's 10 largest seed companies. Try getting your sweet potatoes from them:

1. Monsanto (US) $4,028
2. Dupont (US) $2,781
3. Syngenta (Switzerland) $1,743
4. Groupe Limagrain (France) $1,035
5. Land O' Lakes (US) $756
6. KWS AG (Germany) $615
7. Bayer Crop Science (Germany) $430
8. Delta & Pine Land (US) (acquisition by Monsanto pending) $418
9. Sakata (Japan) $401
10. DLF-Trifolium (Denmark) $352

[bunkie]

You say that you know that they are a small business, but clearly you have no clue what that means.

obviously spotsorpolkadots does have a clue as was mentioned they have a small business of their own.

You are spoiled.

why do you say this? spotsorpolkadots was merely postiong about their concerns about problems they have had with this company. i did the same thing. think i'm spoiled???!

I'll make sure to order extra from Sandhill to make up for the loss of your business.

how nice of you...spotsorpolkadots, i'll post a reliable source at the end of this post.

Here are the world's 10 largest seed companies. Try getting your sweet potatoes from them:

1. Monsanto (US) $4,028
2. Dupont (US) $2,781
3. Syngenta (Switzerland) $1,743
4. Groupe Limagrain (France) $1,035
5. Land O' Lakes (US) $756
6. KWS AG (Germany) $615
7. Bayer Crop Science (Germany) $430
8. Delta & Pine Land (US) (acquisition by Monsanto pending) $418
9. Sakata (Japan) $401
10. DLF-Trifolium (Denmark) $352

this must be sarcasm right f&n?

what a crappy, nasty, uncalled for post to a new member of idig who's only posted one time so far about their concerns about a seed source. nice way to welcome a person, NOT!

spotsorpolkadots, here's another source i've had good luck with. the plants come in weak looking, but perk up if you put them in water. i think Territorial seeds is another good source...

George's Plant Farm

Mailing Address:
1410 Public Well Road
Martin, Tennessee 38237 ( United States )

Phone: (731) 587-9477

Territorial Seed...

http://www.territorialseed.com/product/6799/7

[ceresone]

I had excellent treatment--and plants that I ordered from the Steele company. I ordered 100 plants, got them around the last of May, which is when our ground is warm enough for Sweet Potatoes.

[Michelle8]

I ordered mine from the Steele Sweet Potato Farm. They, too, are a very small business, but they were very friendly. I called them twice. Once to place my order, and once to tell them I was 2 short on the # shipped. I really didn't need the other 2, but wanted them to know in case they got other complaints. They shipped me another 12!!

The slips thrived and I have harvested 80 lbs out of 9 plants. I'm very pleased!

[spotsorpolkadots]

You say that you know that they are a small business, but clearly you have no clue what that means.


You are spoiled. I'll make sure to order extra from Sandhill to make up for the loss of your business.



Here are the world's 10 largest seed companies. Try getting your sweet potatoes from them:

1. Monsanto (US) $4,028
2. Dupont (US) $2,781
3. Syngenta (Switzerland) $1,743
4. Groupe Limagrain (France) $1,035
5. Land O' Lakes (US) $756
6. KWS AG (Germany) $615
7. Bayer Crop Science (Germany) $430
8. Delta & Pine Land (US) (acquisition by Monsanto pending) $418
9. Sakata (Japan) $401
10. DLF-Trifolium (Denmark) $352


Actually I do know what small business means. We make part of our living from one---farming/food to be specific.

And thanks...I guess calling me spoiled is just another example of how people go out of their way to be rude when they do not have to actively do it in front of someone and can hide in a computer.
You can order from Sandhill all you want, however there are much better companies (all small, all heirloom) to do business with and that deserve the business that Sandhill drives away. Beyond that...with your very abrupt and rude reply I have to wonder if you are related to them considering I got the same over the top reaction from the female owner when I called to ask about my order.

Also..putting in the 1 though 10 chart is just preaching to the choir...but thanks just in case some others didn't know this information. As I pointed out..we grow the majority of our food. Organically and with most all open pollinated seeds--minus a few special favorites that are F1. We also sell some of our surpluses both in fresh and preserved forms. Our food habits came about because of the very reasons that you site in example 1 through 10 and I have been writing my representatives, supporting organizations working against this problem, and growing my own food along with telling people why for many many MANY years (more than 20 years) to try and help turn the tide. Hopefully you do the same along with POLITELY encouraging others to join the band wagon.
The only things we do not consistently supply for ourselves are most small grains --- which require more labor and/or equipment than we can afford at this time, and beef which we purchase from a fabulously NICE and POLITE group of individuals about 45 minutes from us. Sequatchie Cove Farm if anyone in Tn is interested. We buy our grains from a family owned co op that sells only organic.No gmo/monsanto for them either.

Lastly...I am sure there are others out there that have and grow fabulous heirloom sweet potatoes. I'd much rather dig through posts/magazines/small country plant sales etc and find them rather than give my dollars to someone rude who just happens to have a prominent web site. Monsanto has a prominent web site too :D
MooseTubers (fedco) sells potatoes and even though they are MUCH farther north than me or Sandhill they get my order to me every year promptly and efficiently and in the time frame they tell me.Plants and seeds AND they do it with great customer service. They also tell me, every year, when to expect my order unlike Sandhill who missed that boat both years I tried to order from them.

BTW....thanks for chiming in for me Bunkie. I do appreciate it and thanks for the link too. I also found a gentlemen that sometimes (key word here) takes sweet potato plants that are less than common to the Baker Creek Heirloom Plant Sale so if anyone ever thought about going to that sale and hasn't made it yet....well, now might be the time (actually spring 2010 I mean)

Good Luck to everyone in the search for heirloom sweet potatoes. Lets search those plant sales and small farms so we can get more slips and varieties out there and then have a choice in who we do business with.

[Izzy]

Another site for sweet potatoes:

www.mericlonelabs.com

I haven't ordered yet, but intend to for this spring: she has the Okinawian Sweet Potato I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to sprout from purchased potatoes. These are the sweetest and most finely textured SP I've ever eaten.

For those of you that are not able to get them online early enough for your planting date, Mericlone Labs claims to have cuttings available year-round.

[Angie M]

After reading all the debate about Sandhill Preserve I looked at their website (not seriously though--too late for planting sweet potatos, but maybe next year). I thought it was kind of funny that they even mention their terrible customer service on their web page:

"Please remember we are not a 24-hour fast food place where you can order and expect service immediately. We are doing this as a hobby business service and we work as fast and efficiently as the time allow....If you are impatient and absolutely have to have something by a certain date, please do us and yourself a favor and order from somewhere else"

I'm kind of intimidated....It doesn't sound like a very fun or well-run hobby business if that's the attitude. I would never say something like that to our customers, even though at this point we are really just doing it for fun starting out and all.

They also say, "We are not set up for drop in visits and really can't handle them." which sends up red flags to me. The best farms are places that welcome people. Maybe poultry and sweet potato farming is just more than these people can handle. I think I'll go with the Steele plant co. or one of the other alternatives.

[silverseeds]

Ive heard great things about sandhill, and they have a great selection. but I have to say, I had some questions. I waitied two weeks for a reply each time, and I wrote them 5 or 6 times. So I decided, to call. they listed very specific hours to call, and I tried a few times. finally after a few day I got a answer. as soon as I asked my question, some lady said that isnt really a question, and hung up..... I have no idea who it was. sandhill has some things I want, but Im kinda weirded out by that..... They sure do have a great selection though.....

[texman]

Since this is about the best tasting sweet potatoes, this year I and a neighbor planted Beauregard and Georgia Jets. Both tasted great but the amazing thing is one of the Georgia Jet potatoes topped out at 4 and 1/2 pounds, and at that size tasted great. I wished I could remember who I ordered the slips from as their service was great and they sent along a bunch of extras.

[silverseeds]

Im going to be trying a few short season types next year... hopefully I can findone which does decent with my cool nights....

[Eccentric Follies]

No one has mentioned Abundant Acres. http://abundantacres.net/index.htm Owned and operated by our very own Green Zone and his Missus. :D

Ordered from Sandhill two years ago [Betty's a red heirloom, had a fantastic taste], only "problem" was the late start, due to them shipping as late as they do. So the sweets we got weren't as big as they could have been. The plan for next year is to get the slips from Abundant Acres, as their weather and soil and growing season is pretty much same as up here, except we've got less rocks. :rolleyes: And it makes for a good excuse to get down to pick up the slips at the BC Spring Festival, too!

[silverseeds]

Actually thats were I intend to get mine fro eccentric. I never know whats politically correc on that type of thing, and GZ never mentioned it himself......

[bunkie]

that's cool eccentricfollies! i didn't know about Abundant Acres and gz and all.

Another site for sweet potatoes:

www.mericlonelabs.com

.......Mericlone Labs claims to have cuttings available year-round.

looks like a neat site izzy! i never heard of 'meristemming' before!

[Angie M]

Has anyone tried the Okinawa? They look intriguing, but I've never tasted a purple sweet potato.

[bunkie]

i haven't, but want to this coming spring angie. the purple color would give it more nutrition, antioxidents and all, i would think!

[silverseeds]

Maybe not more nutrition, just different???? In some cases its more, like white carrots vs. any other color. but red ones have lycopene, and the orange beta carotene..... Im not sure which is better. I guess whichever nutrients you arent getting elsewhere....

[Eccentric Follies]

Actually thats were I intend to get mine fro eccentric. I never know whats politically correc on that type of thing, and GZ never mentioned it himself......

GreenZone is on the quiet side. ;) And since BC doesn't sell sweets, i figured it would be ok.

The DH doesn't know it yet, but purples are in our future too. :D After all, one does have to trial many varieties to see which grow and taste best in our particular locations. Right? [Really honey! That's all i'm trying to do! LOL!!!]

[GreenZone]

GreenZone is on the quiet side. ;) And since BC doesn't sell sweets, i figured it would be ok.

Quiet, yes. But mention my business and the merchant side of me prevails!:D

We grew about 25 sweet potato varieties this season, which we'll offer next year, assuming all survive storage. (We worked very carefully to cure them in a small greenhouse, and they mostly look like they've cured Ok.)

We've had problems meeting the demand in past years, but this coming year we plan to dedicate a small greenhouse to sweet potato starts; hope this change makes the difference.

In past seasons we've shipped them potted just like our other plants. But I think we'll be offering bareroot shipping in future. Several of the varieties I grew this season had curly roots--wound in a spiral. I believe it was caused by sitting in containers for too long. So I now think bare-root is preferable.

Most of our varieties originally came from Sanhill Preservation by way of another member, Dandelion Meadow. Betty came from Eccentric Follies, who said she didn't do well with it in her garden, but we're a bit farther south, and it did comparatively well for us.

It wasn't a good year in our area--not enough heat, in my opinion.

[Eccentric Follies]

i'm unhappy to report it wasn't just me that didn't get much off their Betty's this year. Out of the folks i shared with, GZ is the only one that had a decent harvest. Louanne, my neighbor down at the farm, and myself all had a very small, disappointing harvest. i'm laying my problems to the deer and the cooler weather, and not the variety itself. This years Betty's were from slips from sweets i grew last year. Knew i should have gotten some black plastic on those hills. Much as i hate to use plastic in the garden, i won't hesitate to use it next year if i have to.

And now that we've talked about Abundant Acres, why do i get the feeling i need to get my order in extra early? :eek:

[mjc]

Yeah, plastic for me next year, too...it was miserable for sweets in my garden. Not much of anything.

[Izzy]

the purple color would give it more nutrition, antioxidents and all, i would think!

from my notes:

Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes are richly nutritious. They're fat-free and low in calories, high in fiber, great for diabetics and people who are carbohydrate sensitive, and loaded with antioxidants. Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes have been used medicinally in Japan for treating diabetes and other diseases. They are much lower on the glycemic index scale than white potatoes. That means that even carbohydrate-sensitive people and diabetics can include these good carbohydrates in their diets.
Antioxidants help to prevent diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. They boost immunity, are anti-inflammatory, and keep bones and skin healthy.
The most powerful antioxidants are phytochemicals. Anthocyanins are the phytochemical that give Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes their distinctive rich color. Anthocyanins are flavonoid compounds responsible for the beautiful bright purple flesh of Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes. Anthocyanins from sources such as blueberries and Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes have been shown to be powerful antioxidants, exhibiting greater antioxidant activity than either Vitamin C or Vitamin E. Studies show that Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes have 150% more anthocyanins than blueberries, that’s 2 1/2 times the punch per serving! Studies demonstrate that neither the anthocyanin content nor the antioxidant activity of the purple flesh was affected by common cooking methods. Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes pigments offer protection from cancer and other diseases!

And, dagnabit, I didn't save the source - I went searching for them after I bought some at an Asian market this summer - excellent nutritional profile, and most importantly - they taste great. Can't seem to upload a jpeg of them :confused:

edit: Hawaiian Purple Sweet Potatoes is the same as Okinawan Sweet Potatoes

[Michelle8]

Thanks,Izzy. Now I want to try these. I'm all for great nutritional value with great taste!!:D

Now where can I purchase these for next year?

Michelle

[Michelle8]

Greenzone,

Will you have these purple sweet potatoes?

I'd like to purchase some of your plants this spring. But that's another thread or PM.

M

[bunkie]

thanks izzy for the info!

forgot...someone mentioned these people have them too...

http://www.mericlonelabs.com/

[Izzy]

Thanks,Izzy. Now I want to try these. I'm all for great nutritional value with great taste!!:D

Now where can I purchase these for next year?

Michelle



Sandhill Preservation has them - but it is too late for my area, and there is always uncertaintly when ordering from them.

I discovered Mericlone Labs (see my earlier post in this thread) has them and they can be ordered year-round so that solves my problem being in the deep south.

If you take a look at the varieties offered at MLabs, there are many different Asian purple SP available - the Ok SP has a buff off-white skin and very deep purple flesh. Many of the others have purple skins with white or purple/white marbled flesh. The pictures help to clarify the differences.

Sorry, still can't upload my pics - get a message that file type is wrong = .jpeg & .jpg???

[GreenZone]

Greenzone,

Will you have these purple sweet potatoes?

I'd like to purchase some of your plants this spring. But that's another thread or PM.

M

You have a PM...

[ceresone]

I'm only 40 miles south of B/C and I had a fabalous year for my sweets!! Course, it was the first year I've grown them, had them in a newly constructed raised bed--and built a fence around the bed!! really, it would have been better-if every sprout that made it thru the wire hadnt been nipped off clean. The side that spilled over into the chicken pen sprawled at least 8'.
I had about half huge, quarter medium--and a lot of little ones I'm hoping to use in the spring.
Now, to try the purple ones mentioned above.