Sweet Potatoes 'Carolina Ruby'
- Product number: 409592.2
- Origin: Tropical America
- Latin: Ipomoea batatas
A sturdy, easy-to-store variety with deep orange tubers and a rough skin. Expect a reasonable yield, even when grown outdoors in open ground. An added bonus of this low-growing plant is its abundant flowering, making it beautiful in large containers! The tuber flesh is quite firm with a good flavour.
Our active grower is constantly searching for the best Sweet Potato varieties for open ground or for the greenhouse. In May-June, he offers us young plants, and in November, tubers from which you can grow beautiful plants yourself.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE PLANTS?
If you haven't grown plants yourself from a tuber in winter (see below), we have young plants available from May to plant out (after the last chance of night frost). The fast-creeping plants need space; plant them 40 cm apart and 80-90 cm between rows. Large raised beds are beneficial for soil warmth and thus for yield. Regular watering is very important during dry periods; professional growers often use drip irrigation. Harvest no later than before the first night frosts.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A TUBER?
Just put it in the ground outside? No! Cultivation is a little different from growing seed potatoes. It's a fun indoor task in a warm spot. (From May, the task can also be done directly outside if the weather is warm)
You need a propagator with a high lid, or you can use any container or pot that can accommodate one or more tubers lying down. In the latter case, it's wise to make a frame over which you stretch plastic for warmth and moisture retention.
Place the tubers (lying down) in cocopeat 809620-zaaigrond-cocopeat-briketten
2/3 submerged in the soil. Keep it well-lit, moist, and warm; the tuber will produce many shoots. You can break or cut these off close to the tuber after 5-10 cm of growth and place them directly into a pot or swollen Jiffy-7 tablet. Each cutting will root very easily.
There are also other methods, for example in water, just watch this video on YouTube.
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Latin: Ipomoea batatas
Dutch: Zoete Aardappel
English: Sweet Potato
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- Flower colour: Abundant bloom with trumpet-shaped flowers
- Origin: Tropical America
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Attractive to insects:
- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Ipomoea batatas
- Dutch: Sweet Potato
- Also known as:
- English: Sweet Potato
