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Sweet Potato 'Orleans' - Pre order
€9.90
Despite its name the sweet potato is not a potato at all. It is a member of the Ipomoea family. The leaves and tips of young shoots can be cooked as a spinach substitute. Can be grown in Ireland in a glasshouse or polytunnel. Conventional untreated plants. Pack of 6 plugs. More details below.
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Growing Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet potato plants are not hardy so you will need to grow them on in warm, frost free conditions.
- Pot on into 9cm pots as soon as possible and transplant into their final position when the plants are a good size. Best grown in a polytunnel, but they can be grown outside in a very sheltered spot – in which case you will have to harden them off first.
- Plant 45cms apart with 1m between rows.
- Sweet potato plants require fertile, free draining soil – and they prefer acid or neutral soils.
Harvest
- Tubers take four to five months to mature and are best lifted once the leaves turn yellow and die back.
- Lift carefully to avoid bruising.
- Sweet potatoes can be used soon after harvesting, but they will store well for several months if the skins are cured properly. Lay them out in the sun for a few hours immediately after harvesting and then move them to a warm, humid place for 10 days - a greenhouse is ideal. Once the skins have cured they can be stored in cooler conditions provided that they are kept dry.
- Sweet potatoes freeze well if they are blanched or boiled beforehand.
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