sweet potato, white on white – Ipomoea batatas – Rooted cutting

Description

Supplied: Two rooted cuttings.

Description:

White sweet potatoes grow on sprawling vines with large, lime – green leaves. Vines are vigorous and will climb anything they touch and send down roots wherever they find soil. Grows well in containers and in the garden bed.  Sweet potato leaves are edible, with a taste similar to spinach. The tubers are large, smooth, white, and starchy – fantastic for mashing, baking or deep – frying.

Planting instructions:

Select an area with full sun or part shade and well to medium – well draining soil. Plant runners in a trench so that as much of the stem is covered with soil as possible, with leaves above the soil level. This will facilitate the development of extra roots.
Water daily for the first two weeks, after which water during dry periods. Tubers are most commonly harvested in Autumn. If grown in an area with ‘hard frosts’, some tubers should be reserved over Winter from which to grow new plants the following Spring, however the plants do not die off over Winter in areas with only light frosts.