Sweet Potato Purple Majesty Slips

Sweet Potato Purple Majesty is a top garden performer and one of the most productive purple sweet potatoes available, with consistent yields from one plant to the next. Purple Majesty performs well in all growing regions and matures quickly—in about 100 days—which is particularly beneficial in northern regions with shorter growing seasons. A root vegetable, the tubers develop in late summer to early fall and exhibit the standard elongated, tapered shape of an orange sweet potato, but they have striking deep purple skin and flesh. The flesh is moderately dry and sweet. It retains its color after cooking, so these purple sweet potatoes make a great addition to a roasted vegetable medley. They are often roasted with Murasaki and orange sweet potatoes for a colorful, delicious sweet potato dish. Sweet potatoes are considered a superfood for their nutrient rich content. They are an excellent source of vitamin A and a good source of vitamin C, dietary fiber, and potassium. Sweet potatoes also contain iron, calcium, protein, and beneficial amino acids. Purple sweet potatoes are rich in anthocyanin and antioxidants too.

An Ipomea batatas variety, commonly called sweet potato or sweet potato vine, Purple Majesty is a member of the morning glory family (Convolvulacea). A tuberous-rooted tender perennial, typically grown as an annual, Purple Majesty has a trailing, crawling habit of attractive green leaves that creates a ground cover with ornamental value, suitable for mixed beds and containers. The vine typically grows to a mature size of about 12 to 18 inches but will keep growing as long as they are alive before harvest.

Extremely hardy and easy to grow, Purple Majesty sweet potato grows best in a sunny location with freely draining soil, including sandy soils. Keep soil evenly moist for best texture and flavor. Purple Majesty sweet potato is resistant to fusarium wilt.

A warm-season vegetable, sensitive to cold temperatures and frost, sweet potatoes can be sown directly into warm soil after the last frost date in late spring or early summer. Planting in cool soils will delay maturity. Mulching helps to moderate soil temperature as well as to maintain soil moisture and control weeds.

Bare Root Sweet Potato Definition:

Also known as slips.
Slips are sprouts grown from a mature sweet potato's eye.
Genetically identical to the parent potato.
A faster way to grow potatoes vs seed.

NOTE: This item contains 25 bareroot slips. Sweet potato slips are shipped separately from seed orders, at proper planting time for your area.