I have been wanting to try sweet potatoes since last year, but I missed getting them into the ground in time. I added it to my garden calendar in mid-April this year, so that I wouldn't forget. Last week I called the Natural Gardener, and was told they would not have any slips until the end of April... but then I got their email saying they were in. So I rushed over to purchase a package... only to be told my one of the employees that they didn't have any in yet. Fortunately, earlier as I was walking in, I saw a customer walking out with some sweet potatoes, and I asked him where they were located. So, not to be thwarted by the employee, I wandered around until I found them!
I picked up the NG's paper on Sweet Potatoes, and was busily reading it when a very helpful employee asked if I had any questions. He then gave me the entire low down on how to grow sweet potatoes. I realized I would need a lot more room for them. So I decided to put them into the sandbox garden. I purchased three bags of compost and a bag of dirt, mixed it into the existing sand, and planted these guys.
I am not sure if the three bags of compost and one bag of dirt is enough to supplement the sand in the garden. But we'll see.
Variety: Beauregard
Red-orange skin; orange flesh. High yields with little cracking. Consisten in shape; resistant to some of the important sweet potatos diseases. Not resistant to nematodeas
Planted: April 18th
Days to harvest: 90 (July 17)
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