Post by macmex on Oct 8, 2022 13:03:15 GMT
This is a variety which is new to me. Last fall I received three small roots of this sweet potato from Alex Brown, up in Michigan. Alex is a sweet potato aficionado who loves searching for new varieties on the internet. It seems that some ethnic groups will exchange them this way but they appear and disappear almost in a blink. Alex snagged this one off of eBay, growing it out in 2021. He commented that it produced extremely well for him and that it was a good substitute for Okinawa, if a person is searching for a sweet potato with that "Ube taste." I coddled those roots all winter, for fear of losing them and this spring I sent some slips to Sandhill Preservation Center as well as planting some. This is one we need to spread around for preservation's sake.
Yield here was good.
This variety has the wonderful characteristic of placing almost all its roots right under the main stem. They are just sitting there waiting to be dug! In the above photo one can see how the roots are clumped. What you don't see, is that on the bottom side of that cluster there were a number more plump roots. We just brushed away the soil and there they were!
This variety has a distinctive globular shape. Alex mentioned this when he sent them to me.
What I don't yet know is the color of its flesh! More to come...
Yield here was good.
This variety has the wonderful characteristic of placing almost all its roots right under the main stem. They are just sitting there waiting to be dug! In the above photo one can see how the roots are clumped. What you don't see, is that on the bottom side of that cluster there were a number more plump roots. We just brushed away the soil and there they were!
This variety has a distinctive globular shape. Alex mentioned this when he sent them to me.
What I don't yet know is the color of its flesh! More to come...
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