Okinawan sweet potato- purple

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Originally Posted by garnetmoth

Ive got to go hunting for slips this week, I think there is 1 local nursery who carries any. The purple (Okinawan) are tasty, but im a sucker for any sweet potatoes.

Bonus is their greens are edible too, and our kept rabbits LOVE them (we just trim 2-3 leaves per trailing vine every other week or so) and have good tuber development.

Thanks for the pic Bluey! my attempt at slips was near the compost bucket and I think the #^%$@&#^% fruit flies got gunk on them because they molded all up. Will try again!

I found Beauregard sweet potato plants at my local Home Depot. I purchased Georgia Jets from a website last year and this year. Last year, 2 survived and produced potatoes. 6 have died already this year. Getting them from Home Depot to begin with would have been far cheaper. $3.48 for 9.