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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Dec 28, 2017 18:12:40 GMT -5
Just throwing it out to get some opinions. This coming year Jewell will be my choice.
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Post by daylilydude on Dec 28, 2017 18:24:43 GMT -5
Ya know mgulfcoastguy, we don't eat hardly any sweet taters unless it's brought to us then it's most of the time a pie then we eat it, so it's not one we eat alot of, so maybe you can start a thread on some of the ways you cook them and what your favorite is?
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Post by paquebot on Dec 28, 2017 20:59:23 GMT -5
Best that I've found is Covington. Hard to tell it from Beauregard which it has replaced with a lot of commercial growers. Advantage is that it can be planted closer as the tubers grow in a tighter cluster.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Dec 28, 2017 21:23:49 GMT -5
Best that I've found is Covington. Hard to tell it from Beauregard which it has replaced with a lot of commercial growers. Advantage is that it can be planted closer as the tubers grow in a tighter cluster. Martin The truth is more important than the facts. Ooooh. I don't think I wanted to know that you've had success with sweet potatoes here in WI.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Dec 28, 2017 22:49:01 GMT -5
Ya know mgulfcoastguy , we don't eat hardly any sweet taters unless it's brought to us then it's most of the time a pie then we eat it, so it's not one we eat alot of, so maybe you can start a thread on some of the ways you cook them and what your favorite is? Well let's see? This fall I've made:sweet potato brownies, sweet potato breakfast casserole, mashed sweet potatoes, sliced and layered in a cast-iron skillet greased with coconut oil and seasoned with Chinese 5 Spice? Nope, no pies.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 29, 2017 9:09:27 GMT -5
I don't grow sweet potatoes. We only eat a few per year so I buy them.
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Post by paquebot on Dec 29, 2017 9:12:56 GMT -5
Ooooh. I don't think I wanted to know that you've had success with sweet potatoes here in WI. Beauegard, Centennial, Covington, and Georgia Jet all do well in Wisconsin. Vardaman sometimes needs 2 more weeks. Those are all orange. For whites, O'Henry may do well 1 of 3 years but Murasaki does great. Martin The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 29, 2017 10:52:23 GMT -5
I had great success with Georgia Jet and Korean Purple when I lived in Zone 4. Like tomatoes, they need preparation before last frost. It was also recommended to put black plastic over the ground, then poke holes for the SP vines to grow through. I never bothered with the plastic as our sandy soil warmed quickly in a corner of the garden with a windbreak situated where they still received full sun.
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Post by meandtk on Dec 29, 2017 12:39:39 GMT -5
I've only grown Beauregard and an unknown variety that was sold to me as Beauregard. Thank to mgulfcoastguy, I now have a few other varieties. I was also gifted with about 30 lbs of old ones that did not sell at the grocery. I plan on sprouting them for a large crop. I'm pretty sure they are either Vardaman or Beauregard. I must check. I look forward to learning from your experiences. I may try Covington, too.
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Post by paquebot on Dec 29, 2017 19:21:23 GMT -5
The advantage that Covington has over Beauregard is that it can be planted closer. Beauregard requires 15" while Covington only 12". Whereas most of the sweet potatoes in supermarkets were Beauregard just 5 years ago, now the bulk of them are Covington. That few inches difference in spacing doesn't seem like much to a gardener but means tons to a grower.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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