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Post by tennessee girl on Aug 8, 2009 16:15:49 GMT -5
Curiosity got the best of me earlier this week because I can already see cracks in the ground where my sweet taters are planted. Naturally I had to take a peek and look at what I found. They still have all this month and on into Sept before I start gathering them. I have a feeling there is gonna be a good crop this year.     |
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Post by grungy on Aug 8, 2009 16:34:09 GMT -5
As Chico would have said - LLL OOOOOOO KKK ing Goood!
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Post by ottawagardener on Aug 8, 2009 19:01:32 GMT -5
Beauty. I loved growing sweets and plan on doing it again next year. We had a bumper harvest a couple years back with Georgia Jet and boy did they taste yummy. They also looks so pretty in cultivation.
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Post by tennessee girl on Aug 14, 2009 17:29:22 GMT -5
My son bought the slips for me back in May. He was told they were Beauregard . Most years I grow the Porto Rico.
Hoping for a bumper crop this year.
Now I am thinking about a sweet potato pie with lots of cool whip. ;D
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Post by paquebot on Aug 14, 2009 23:35:54 GMT -5
They do indeed look like Beauregard as both the tuber and foliage is correct. I'm growing 33 of those, 27 O'Henry, and 3 Georgia Jet. (Should have been a dozen GJs but 9 didn't survive shipping.) Beauregards and Georgia Jets have all sprawled at least 5' and I'm expecting them to easily do 8' in the rich ground that they are growing in. O'Henrys are new to me and supposed to be more compact. So far that's holding true with barely 3' vines.
Martin
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