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Ordering for the 2010 Season has now ended.


Thanks to everyone for their great orders this year!

Check back later this fall to book your orders for 2011.
(Order bookings are accepted from approximately Oct. 1 to May 31)
 

Over the years we have been asked if we would supply sweet potato plant starts. We have established a relationship with another locally family owned and operated farm who have been raising and selling sweet potatoes for over 50 years. We have first hand knowledge of the quality of their plants having used them over the years ourselves here on our farm.

Please read all the information on this page carefully.  Plants are shipped based on your planting zone and on a first in, first out basis.  Book your order early! See below for more information.

You can reserve your plants at any time by placing an order between October 1 - May 31. You will be charged at the time your order is booked to reserve your plants. Sweet potato plants do not begin shipping until spring, see shipping chart below for approximate shipping dates to your area. Please keep this in mind when placing your order.


Sorry, we cannot ship sweet potato plants to California, Hawaii, Alaska or Internationally.

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Beauregard
90-100 Day Maturity

An outstanding release by Louisiana A. E. S. that has been accepted by farmers everywhere. Chances are this is the variety that is available in your local market. Red-orange outside color and orange inside color. Quick maturing with good shape and yields, it resists cracking.
Beauregard Sweet Potato Slips

Beauregard

     
 

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"Bunch" Porto Rico
110 Day Maturity

Also referred to as "bush" or "vineless" Porto Rico.  They grow 12 to 30 inches tall and are a favorite of gardeners with limited space.  Porto Rico has copper-colored outside skin and light red flesh. Delicious "old-fashioned" flavor makes them an excellent baking potato. "Baby Bakers" in 100 days. The old "red yam"!  Released by Georgia A. E. S.
 
Bush Porto Rico Sweet Potato Slips

"Bunch" Porto Rico

     
 

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Centennial
100 Day Maturity

This could be the most widely recognized sweet potato. Carrot color inside with copper to orange outside skin. "Baby Bakers" in about 90 days. This variety has been used in many bakeoff contests.  Released in 1957 by  Louisiana A. E. S.
 

Centennial

     
 

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Georgia Jet
90-100 Day Maturity

A spectacular variety with extremely fast growth (#1 size potatoes in only 90 days) and extra-high yields. Ideal for northern gardens, even New England. Five years of testing in the northern state of New York shows that Georgia Jets produce 2-1/2 times the yield of standard varieties. Yields in other sections are exceptional as well.  Georgia Jets have deep orange inside color with moist flesh and marvelous taste. The outside skin is so red it is almost purple.

Georgia Jet

     
 

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Nancy Hall
110 Day Maturity

The "Yellow Yam" of the 30's and 40's. A favorite of older gardeners. Light skin, yellow flesh. Juicy, waxy, and sweet when baked. If taste is more important than beauty, try Nancy Hall.
 

Nancy Hall

     
 

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O'Henry
90-100 Day Maturity

O'Henry has a different look from the other darker-skin varieties. It is a white-skinned, cream-fleshed sweet potato that cooks up drier than other sweet potato varieties. O'Henry's leaves are green and heart shaped. It's large tubers grow in a compact cluster underneath the plant helping to make harvesting easier. O'Henry has a high yield potential and also stores well.
Excellent taste.

O'Henry

     
 

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Vardaman
100 Day Maturity

Another bush or "bunch" variety. Golden-yellow outside skin that darkens after digging. The inside is the deepest, brightest, red-orange color of all.  Released by the USDA in 1983.

Vardaman

     
 

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White Yam (Sweet Potato)
110 Day Maturity

Sometimes called White Triumph, Southern Queen, Poplar Root, "Choker" or White Bunch. White as cotton inside and out, and sweet as sugar. One of America's oldest . . . our driest potato. Our most unusual variety.
Heirloom White Sweet Potato Plants

White Yam

     
 

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Sweet Potato Shipping Information

With about 50 years of sweet potato growing and shipping experience, our grower tells us that there are specific times periods best suited for gardening success.  Plants are shipped to you after danger of frost has likely passed and the ground has warmed up.  This gives the plants plenty of growing season to produce many big potatoes before harvest time. Your plants will be shipped as near as possible to these dates.

Additionally, orders are shipped on a "first in, first out" basis.  That is, people that place their orders in October, November, December etc. will get their orders before folks that wait until close to planting time.  Please plan accordingly.  Also note, we will not know when your order ships until they actually leave the farm.  We will email you as soon as we hear something. Plants are not ready and do not begin shipping until approximately mid-April to the most southern zone.

Plants are packed into time-proven packing materials the same day as they are mailed.  Good plants, properly packed and shipped, will LIVE, GROW, and PRODUCE.

Please note that sweet potatoes can only be shipped to all lower 48 states with the exception of California.  (Sorry California.  Even though the plants are shipped with an inspection certificate, the California Department of Agriculture holds up shipments resulting in the death of the plants.)

If you live in California, Hawaii, Alaska or Internationally please do not order sweet potato plants hoping by some miracle we can ship them to you, we simple can not ship to these locations. There will be a 20% cancellation fee charged to cover our processing costs on all canceled sweet potato orders.

 
Your plants will be shipped as near as possible to the above dates.

You can reserve your potatoes at any time by placing an order. You will be charged when your order is booked to reserve your plants but your sweet potato plants will not be shipped until they are ready and when they can be planted in your area (refer to the chart above).

Canceled sweet potato plant orders are subject to a 20% cancellation fee to cover our cost.

 Plants are not ready and do not begin shipping until approximately April 15 to the southern most zone on a "first in, first out" basis, other zones follow as stated in above chart.

All orders are shipped to you direct from the farm in Tennessee using U.S. Priority Mail to ensure the highest survival rates.

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