Sweet potatoes grow on sprawling vines with large, lobed, purple \u2013 tinged leaves. Vines are vigorous and will climb anything they touch and send down roots wherever they find soil. Can be grown in containers, or directly in the ground. Tolerates a wide range of soil types. Sweet potato leaves are edible, with a taste similar to spinach. The tubers have a beige skin and a marvelled purple and white flesh that turns deep blue when cooked. The texture is dense and fudgy, and the flavour is very sweet.<\/p>\n
Planting instructions<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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 \u2018hard frosts\u2019, 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.<\/p>\n