Overview

Embark on a rewarding gardening journey with our premium selection of 10 Beauregard sweet potato plants. These healthy, vibrant slips are organically grown, ensuring you receive the best start for a successful harvest. The Beauregard variety is celebrated for its exceptional yield, rapid growth, and outstanding flavor, making it a favorite among home gardeners and commercial growers alike. Each slip is a young cutting ready to be planted, quickly establishing roots and developing into a robust plant that produces an abundance of delicious, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just starting out, these organic sweet potato slips offer a straightforward path to cultivating your own nutritious and tasty produce. They are an excellent choice for anyone looking to grow sweet potatoes with confidence and ease.

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are a versatile and nutritious root vegetable, and the Beauregard variety stands out for its consistent performance. Known for its smooth, reddish-orange skin and deep orange, moist flesh, it’s perfect for baking, roasting, frying, or boiling. These sweet potato cuttings are carefully selected to ensure vigor and health, arriving ready for planting in your garden. Experience the satisfaction of harvesting your own organically grown sweet potatoes, free from synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Our Beauregard sweet potato plants are a fantastic addition to any edible garden, providing both beauty and sustenance.

Key Benefits

Choosing to plant Beauregard sweet potato plants offers numerous advantages for the home gardener, from ease of cultivation to culinary delights. These slips are designed for optimal growth and a plentiful harvest.

• High Yielding: The Beauregard variety is renowned for producing a large quantity of uniformly sized sweet potatoes, ensuring a generous harvest from your efforts.
• Excellent Flavor & Texture: Enjoy sweet, moist, and tender orange flesh that’s perfect for a wide range of culinary applications, from savory dishes to desserts.
• Organically Grown: These organic sweet potato slips are cultivated without synthetic chemicals, providing you with wholesome, natural produce for your family.
• Vigorous Growth: Beauregard plants are known for their strong, robust growth habits, quickly covering ground and suppressing weeds, contributing to a healthier garden ecosystem.
• Disease Resistance: This variety offers good resistance to common sweet potato diseases, making it a reliable choice for consistent harvests.
• Easy to Plant & Grow: Even novice gardeners will find success with these easy-to-establish sweet potato cuttings, requiring minimal fuss once planted.
• Nutrient-Rich Harvest: Sweet potatoes are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, making them a healthy and delicious addition to your diet.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Growing Beauregard sweet potato plants is a relatively simple and rewarding endeavor, provided you give them the right conditions. Sweet potatoes thrive in warm weather and require a long growing season. Plant your organic sweet potato slips after all danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed, typically late spring or early summer. They prefer a location with full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. Good air circulation is also beneficial to prevent fungal issues.

For soil, sweet potatoes prefer a well-draining, sandy loam with a pH between 5.8 and 6.2. Avoid heavy clay soils, which can lead to misshapen tubers. Amend your soil with compost or other organic matter to improve fertility and drainage. Plant the sweet potato cuttings about 12-18 inches apart in rows that are 3-4 feet apart. Bury the slip up to the leaves, ensuring at least 2-3 nodes are beneath the soil surface, as these are where roots and tubers will form. Water thoroughly after planting to help establish the slips.

Once established, sweet potato plants are quite drought-tolerant, but consistent moisture is key for good tuber development, especially during dry spells. Aim for about 1 inch of water per week, either from rain or irrigation. Avoid overwatering, which can lead to rot. Fertilize sparingly; too much nitrogen can promote vine growth at the expense of tuber development. A balanced fertilizer or one slightly higher in potassium is suitable if your soil is poor. Keep the area around the plants free of weeds, especially when they are young, to reduce competition for nutrients. Beauregard sweet potatoes are generally harvested when the leaves begin to yellow, usually 90-120 days after planting. Carefully dig up the tubers, being mindful not to damage them. Cure them in a warm, humid environment for 1-2 weeks to enhance sweetness and storage life. Remember, these heirloom sweet potatoes are known for their resilience and delicious taste.

Size & Details

This offering includes 10 Beauregard sweet potato plants, supplied as individual slips or cuttings. Each slip is typically 6-12 inches long, featuring a few healthy leaves and ready to root upon planting. These are live plant starts, not seeds or mature plants. Beauregard sweet potatoes are known for their vigorous vining habit, with vines that can spread several feet. The mature tubers typically reach a good size, often 6-9 inches in length and 2-3 inches in diameter, depending on growing conditions and harvest time. They are known for their uniform shape, making them ideal for various culinary preparations. Expect a robust harvest of these flavorful tubers approximately 90-120 days after planting, given optimal growing conditions.

These sweet potato cuttings are ideal for planting in USDA hardiness zones 8-11, where they can be grown as annuals or sometimes even perennials in frost-free regions. In cooler climates, they are grown as annuals and benefit from starting indoors or planting after the risk of frost has completely passed. The slips are shipped carefully to ensure they arrive in good condition, ready for immediate planting to begin your journey of growing delicious grow sweet potatoes.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big do these Beauregard sweet potato plants get? A: The vines of Beauregard sweet potato plants can spread several feet, often 6-10 feet, creating a dense ground cover. The tubers themselves typically grow to a marketable size of 6-9 inches long and 2-3 inches in diameter, yielding abundantly from each plant.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: Sweet potatoes are primarily outdoor plants, thriving in full sun and warm temperatures. While you can start the slips indoors to get a head start on the growing season, they need to be transplanted outdoors to produce tubers effectively.
• Q: How much sunlight do these organic sweet potato slips need? A: For optimal growth and tuber development, organic sweet potato slips require full sun, meaning at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight per day. More sun generally leads to a larger and sweeter harvest.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, sweet potatoes are relatively easy to care for once established. They are drought-tolerant and generally low-maintenance, making them a great choice for beginner gardeners looking to grow sweet potatoes.
• Q: What condition will the sweet potato cuttings arrive in? A: The sweet potato cuttings are shipped as fresh, live slips, typically 6-12 inches long with some leaves. They are carefully packaged to ensure they arrive healthy and ready for planting, though some wilting may occur during transit, which is normal.
• Q: When is the best time to plant Beauregard sweet potato slips? A: The best time to plant Beauregard sweet potato plants is after all danger of frost has passed in your area and the soil temperature has consistently reached at least 60°F (15°C), usually late spring to early summer.
• Q: Will these heirloom sweet potatoes survive winter in my zone? A: Sweet potatoes are typically grown as annuals in most of the US. In USDA zones 8-11, they may survive mild winters and regrow, but they are generally harvested before the first hard frost.