Planting Sweet potatoes in between garlic rows
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Comments (5)Your spacing is already a little tight. If you want bigger ears space the plants out further. Double row sounds thicker. That will just give you smaller ears. I space mine about 30 inches by 10-12 inches and get big ears if I apply enough water and nitrogen. I'm not familiar with your variety but some have much bigger ears than others. Also some have deeper kernels and that makes a lot of difference. Kandy Korn has shallow kernels. Mirai 301 has big ears and deep kernels. It also holds 10 days in frige....See Morehow many sweet potato slips to plant? planning question
Comments (3)Last year I planted 8 slips, totally ignored them and ended up with about 40 tubers. I have rocky soil, so a lot of them were quite...creative. I think 24 skips would probably get you what you want even accounting for reasonable losses. Sweet potatoes store a long time in ideal conditions, but a whole year seems unlikely, but slices dehydrate nicely and sweet potato au gratin is very tasty. (The ugly ones also make great dog treats.)...See MorePlanting sweet potato slips
Comments (6)Thanks again, planatus and farmerdill. Because I had planted the two halves of the sweet potato as well, it turns out there some extra slips on there that were "root ready." So, a couple days ago, I pulled them off gently and stuck them in the ground. Yesterday they looked fine, so I think they will grow without any problem. And glad to know that they still have time to grow! Incidentally, I also discovered that one of the slips that I had buried completely did come up after all (it was hidden by some grass), so perhaps a slip has to be really strong to survive that ordeal. :)...See MoreWhere to get potatoes, sweet potatoes, onion sets for next year
Comments (42)If you want a compact sweet potato, Amish Bush Porto Rico does pretty well. It is a variant of the old Porto Rico. My personal favorite is Bradshaw aka Mahon. It is a a very good general purpose sweet potato that produces a good crop even in short season areas. Most important, they are much better flavored and have better texture than Georgia Jet. I've also had very good results with Covington which is a recent release that produces much higher quality sweet potatoes than industry standards like Beauregard. Sandhill's business is first come first serve. This is why it is important to order early. It is not a matter of being on a waiting list, you will be on a waiting list if you order from virtually any sweet potato supplier. Get your order in early and Sandhill will almost always ship slips in a 2 week window timed for your location. Mahon is also available from Johnny's this year so if you are ordering from them, consider getting sweet potato plants too....See MoreSteve Lng Islnd NY Z-7a SunSet Z-34
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