Sweet Potatoes 'Murasaki'

DELIVERABLE FROM MAY AS A PLANT, WHILE STOCKS LAST.
A vigorous grower with long runners, the yield is reasonable with beautiful, cream-colored tubers with a delicious taste. This variety is not suitable for outdoor cultivation, so a plastic tunnel or small greenhouse will provide a solution.

Our active grower is constantly looking for the best varieties of Sweet Potatoes for open ground or for the greenhouse. In May-June, he offers us young plants and in November the 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 will 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 at the latest before the first night frosts.
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH SUCH A TUBER NOW?
Just put it in the ground outside? No! Cultivation is a little different from growing seed potatoes. It's a fun indoor activity, in a warm place. (From May, the task can also be done directly outside – in warm weather)
You need a seed propagator with a high lid; you can also use any container or pot that can accommodate one or more tubers lying down. In the latter case, it is 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 them well-lit, moist, and warm; the tuber will produce many shoots. After 5-10 cm of growth, you can break or cut these off close to the tuber and directly insert them into a pot or a swollen Jiffy-7 tablet. Every cutting will root very easily.
There are also other methods, for example in water; just watch this video on YouTube.

Names:
Latin: Ipomoea batatas
Dutch: Zoete Aardappel
Also: Bataat
English: Sweet Potato