Georgia jet sweet potato plants. The sweet potato is suitable for growing in zones 3 11 as an annual and zones 8 11 as a perennial. Cover the roots and firm. Plant these vining plants 15 to 20 apart and enjoy the beautiful flowers they produce before harvest time.
These sweet potatoes are ready to harvest in about 90 days. Sweet potatoes are grown from slips which are rooted sprouts from mature tubers. Sweet potato plant slips.
Will ship separate from onion plants. The murasaki has a purple skin and white inside flesh a japanese sweet potato. Our 2011 highest yielding variety.
After harvest cure the potatoes in a warm 85 degrees f is preferable location for 2 weeks then store at 60 degrees f for 6 to 8 weeks. The ideal time to plant is late in the afternoon after the hottest part of the day on a day that is not windy. This sweet potato is a marvelous variety that just like its name suggests matures extremely fast.
Georgia jet is a superb baker with sweet and meaty deep orange flesh and a rich sugary aroma that fills your kitchen whenever these orange gold tubers are tucked into the oven. Set these plants 12 to 15 inches apart in 3 foot rows in a sunny well drained spot. When you plant regular potatoes you simply bury pieces of potato from last years crop.
Famed for enormous harvests and quality crops across the country. Sweet potatoes prefer a soil ph of 55 to 65. Murasaki 1675 9600.
When setting the plants in the ground do not cover the stem. 12 plants 25 plants 50 plants 100 plants 500 plants. Set the plants 10 18 inches apart.
If your summer is short pick an early variety like beauregard or georgia jet to ensure youll have enough time to harvest and cure your potatoes before frost arrives. The georgia jet is great for our northern neighbors. Cannot ship to ca.
A long hot growing season is ideal for growing these tuber like roots. You may also like. Sweet potato plants are shipped separately from seed orders at proper planting time for your area.
It has a rose petal skin that truly stands out in the field and a light orange meat. Georgia jets is also high yielding. Plant sweet potatoes in ridges 8 12 inches high and 3 feet apart.
In spite of the sweet potatos southern reputation georgia jet is cold tolerant and can be planted successfully even in areas with short growing seasons. Beauregard 1675. Its sweet moist mildly fibrous and bright orange flesh make it a classic sweet potato perfect for baking.
Five years of testing in the northern state of new york shows that georgia jets produce 2 12 times the yield of standard varieties. Great for truckers and peddlers. Matures about 90 days with normal rainfall.