Florida Survival Gardening: Giant purple sweet potato

Friday, January 23, 2015

Giant purple sweet potato

I don't remember where I got the original sweet potato I grew slips from, but these purple beauties taste rich and look amazing. When baked they turn a darker purple and have a sweet, slightly dry consistency. Very good with butter and salt.

I'm going to have to propagate more to grow this summer. They're a hit.

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10 Comments:

At January 23, 2015 at 7:52 AM , Derek the Grower said...: Awesome man! That sucker is huge! Love me some sweet potatoes.
At January 23, 2015 at 9:39 AM , Jorge Duncan said...: https://notabilia.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/cooking-with-sherie-of-maameemoomoo-a-12-food-blog/

Purple donuts!!!
At January 23, 2015 at 11:37 AM , Izzy said...: Yum! I want one!
At January 23, 2015 at 4:44 PM , Survival Gardener/David The Good said...: Those are unbelievable.
At January 23, 2015 at 4:44 PM , Survival Gardener/David The Good said...: Awww yeah.
At January 23, 2015 at 4:45 PM , Survival Gardener/David The Good said...: I was way surprised when I pulled that up. Then more surprised to see it was purple.
At January 25, 2015 at 8:20 AM , Mark Biggs said...: When will slips be available for shipping? :)
At January 26, 2015 at 9:27 AM , Survival Gardener/David The Good said...: Heh. I can probably hook you up with a couple.
At July 1, 2015 at 3:26 PM , Anonymous said...: I'm new here but I LOVE everything purple......Do you still have slips for these and how would I get them from you. I am near Orlando and just starting a forest for food.....Not my land so have to be sly....I think these could be ornamental looking right?
At July 1, 2015 at 7:28 PM , David The Good from FloridaSurvivalGardening.com said...: The vines on sweet potatoes do look ornamental. I've mixed all my slips together in beds so I really haven't a clue which ones are purple anymore... until I pull them in the fall. Drop me a note then and I can make sure you get some roots to try. Otherwise, check your local Asian markets for purples ones. Organic markets/Whole Foods may have some too.