Grow Your Own Beauregard Sweet Potatoes

Start your sweet potato journey with our 10 Beauregard Sweet Potato Slips. These slips are ready to plant and will produce delicious, orange sweet potatoes. You’ll receive one bundle of at least 10 sweet potato slips of the advertised variety. The roots will be wrapped in damp paper towel and a plastic baggie for shipment.

Beauregard sweet potatoes are known for their light rose skin that fades slightly in storage and their moderately deep orange flesh. With a maturity of 90-100 days, you’ll be harvesting your own sweet potatoes in no time. They are an outstanding variety accepted by farmers everywhere and are likely the variety available in your local market. These sweet potato slips are non-GMO and chemical-free, ensuring a healthy and natural harvest.

Our Beauregard sweet potato slips exhibit intermediate to resistant traits against soil rot, fusarium wilt, rhizopus soft rot, and fusarium root rot. However, they are very susceptible to root knot and susceptible to bacterial root rot and intermediate to sclerotial blight. These slips are released by Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station.

Planting and Care Instructions: Upon arrival, your slips may appear dry and wilted; this is normal after transit. Unwrap them and place them in a cup of water to rehydrate for a couple of days. If minimal root growth is present, leave them in water for at least a week until new roots form. Change the water daily, adding a little hydrogen peroxide and/or rooting hormone to aid the rooting process. Place the cup in a sunny window to acclimate them to full sun.

When the slips have recovered, plant them in loose, well-drained soil as deep as the first set of leaves. Water them well after planting. If not hardened off, provide shade for at least one week until established. Keep them well-watered and avoid letting them dry out. Enjoy the process of growing your own delicious and nutritious Beauregard sweet potatoes!

Frequently Asked Questions

• How long will it take for my Beauregard sweet potato slips to produce potatoes? Beauregard sweet potatoes typically mature in 90-100 days.
• What is the ideal soil pH for growing sweet potatoes? Sweet potatoes prefer a neutral soil pH.
• How much sunlight do Beauregard sweet potato vines need? Sweet potato vines need full sun, at least 6-8 hours per day.
• What USDA hardiness zones are suitable for growing Beauregard sweet potatoes? Beauregard sweet potatoes can be grown in USDA hardiness zones 5-11.
• How often should I water my sweet potato plants? Water your sweet potato plants regularly, keeping the soil moist but not waterlogged. Aim for medium watering.