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Sweet Potato Plants
Sweet potato plants in the UK - wait, what? It’s not a mistimed April fool - it’s now possible thanks to new hardier varieties that have been specially bred to thrive in our less than tropical climate. Sustainably grown in Lancashire, our sweet potato plants are sent to you at the best possible time for planting and can be grown in a greenhouse, a polytunnel or even in a sunny outdoor spot in warmer areas. Your crop will be ready to harvest in autumn - we could tell you they last for months in storage, but they’re way too tasty to find out!
Which sweet potatoes should I choose?
Most sweet potatoes have rosy pink skins and orange flesh, but when you grow your own you can diversify a little, with purple or white varieties added to the mix. Beauregard is perhaps the easiest for beginners, with reliable cropping and performance in the UK climate, and Orleans just edges it on sugar content at 11%, but all of them are ideal for roasting, baking, making into fries or adding to a curry.
Growers' tips
For the best results, grow your sweet potatoes in a greenhouse, a polytunnel or a sunny, sheltered spot outdoors. Water your plants once a week, or more in hot, dry weather, and feed them every four weeks with a fertiliser low in nitrogen and higher in phosphorus and potassium. Plant them out after the last frosts and you should see your first crop within 12-13 weeks.
Using your sweet potatoes
Tempting as it might be to eat sweet potato fries for every meal, there are a multitude of uses for these tasty tubers. They work especially well in soups, casseroles, satay dishes, burritos and curries with chickpeas and spinach - also the River Cottage Sweet Potato and Peanut Gratin is the food of the gods. For a simple, healthy lunch, just bake a sweet potato and serve with the filling of your choice and a babyleaf salad.
Super hardy sweet potato
- A rosy red skinned sweet potato with orange flesh
- Attractive climbing foliage
- Ideal for tastier chips, jackets and mash
- Grow in a greenhouse or a sunny spot outdoors
The prince of sweet potatoes, purple through and through
- Small purple tubers with purple flesh and a delicious rich flavoiur
- Keeps its colour after cooking
- Harvest in early autumn
- Grow in a greenhouse or a sunny spot outdoors
Surprisingly sweet white fleshed potato
- This new variety has violet coloured skin and sweet white creamy flesh
- Keeps for months after harvesting
- Excellent in curries or as a tastier jacket potato
- Grow in a greenhouse, polytunnel or patio pot
Great harvests and unbeatable disease resistance
- Top quality tubers with smooth, rosy skins
- Reliable and resistant to diseases including root rot
- Super sweet - 11% total sugars when baked
- Grow in a greenhouse or a sunny spot outdoors
Our favourite sweet potatoes
- Deliciously sweet flavour profile
- Established plants that are easy to grow
- Perfect for fries, mash, roasting and more
- Harvest from late summer throughout autumn
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