| Scientific Name | Ipomoea batatas |
| Growing Days | 120 – sweet potatoes need a long growing season; they are tropical after all! |
| Varieties We Grow | Beauregard |
| Growing Notes | Start sweet potato “slips” by burying a sweet potato under some soil; when the shoots grow a few inches, pop them off and root them in water. |
| Battle of the Bugs | Sweet potato plants are pretty hardy once they get established. Though not bugs, deer will do a number on young sweet potato plants. We know this first hand! |
| Fun Fact | The sweet potato plant is a tropical plant and a member of morning glory family. It’s not related to the common potato at all. It’s also different from a yam. |
| Don’t Waste It! | Bake or roast it. Enjoy! |
