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Sweet Potato 'Erato White' Plant

Surprisingly sweet white fleshed potato

Grown by Josh

South Downs National Park

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Sweet Potato 'Erato White' Plant Vegetables
Sweet Potato 'Erato White' Plant Vegetables
Sweet Potato 'Erato White' Plant Vegetables
Sweet Potato 'Erato White' Plant Vegetables

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The highlights

  • 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

Description

  • An unusual (and very tasty!) white fleshed sweet potato with a creamy texture
  • Perfect for tastier fries, roasts, mash and wedges
  • Grow in a greenhouse, a polytunnel or a sunny, sheltered spot outdoors
  • Large, robust tubers which keep for months after harvesting
  • Plant out after the last frosts and harvest late summer to autumn
  • Premium sweet potato plants grown on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
  • Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop
  • Easy to grow and care for with good disease resistance and hardiness - you should see your first crop within 12-13 weeks

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Garden-ready Plant in 10cm Pot
Plant in 10cm Pot (Triple Pack)
Plant in 10cm Pot (Six Pack)
Plant in 10cm Pot (Nine Pack)

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

30cm
30cm
30cm
30cm

Eventual spread:

30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading
30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading
30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading
30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading

Tasting notes:

A white fleshed gourmet sweet potato
A white fleshed gourmet sweet potato
A white fleshed gourmet sweet potato
A white fleshed gourmet sweet potato

Time to first crop:

12-13 weeks
Harvest when the leaves start to turn yellow or just before the first outdoor frosts.
12-13 weeks
Harvest when the leaves start to turn yellow or just before the first outdoor frosts.
12-13 weeks
Harvest when the leaves start to turn yellow or just before the first outdoor frosts.
12-13 weeks
Harvest when the leaves start to turn yellow or just before the first outdoor frosts.

Habit:

Climbing/trailing
Can be grown up a support or trailing along the ground
Climbing/trailing
Can be grown up a support or trailing along the ground
Climbing/trailing
Can be grown up a support or trailing along the ground
Climbing/trailing
Can be grown up a support or trailing along the ground

Hardiness:

Tender perennial
H2 - tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5). Plant out after the last frost or grow under cover.
Tender perennial
H2 - tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5). Plant out after the last frost or grow under cover.
Tender perennial
H2 - tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5). Plant out after the last frost or grow under cover.
Tender perennial
H2 - tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5). Plant out after the last frost or grow under cover.

Uses:

Baked, roasted, mashed or chipped
Baked, roasted, mashed or chipped
Baked, roasted, mashed or chipped
Baked, roasted, mashed or chipped

Rootstock:

Spacing:

30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading
30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading
30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading
30cm
Plant 30cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Generally disease free. If grown under cover, may be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite and glasshouse whitefly.

Water regularly

Water once a week, or more often in hot and dry weather.

Full sun

Plant in a sunny spot where the plants will receive 6-8 hours of sunlight per day.

Any fertile, well-draining soil

Thrives in any well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly clay-heavy and/or often becomes waterlogged then you can improve the drainage by adding in plenty of organic matter such as garden compost as well as some perlite or gravel.

Feed regularly

Feed every four weeks with a fertilizer low in nitrogen and higher in phosphorus and potassium.

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South Downs National Park

Meet Josh

Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs

Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.

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