10 Sweet Potato Slips Plants - Beauregard - Non GMO & Chemical Free
YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE BUNDLE OF PLANTS CONTAINING 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.
Beauregards are an outstanding release that has been accepted by farmers everywhere. Chances are this is the variety that is available in your local market. 90-100 day maturity.
Skin color: light rose skin, fades slightly in storage
Flesh color: moderately deep orange
Susceptibility/resistance to common diseases:
- Soil rot: Intermediate -Resistant
- Root knot: Very Succeptable
- Fusarium wilt: Resistant
- Bacterial root rot: Susceptible
- Rhizopus soft rot: Resistant
- Sclerotial blight: Intermediate
- Fusarium root rot: Resistant
Released by Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Please note that all slips may arrive looking dry and wilted after their long travels. This is normal. The condition of the leaves do not matter in the least as long as the stem and roots are healthy.
Once you receive the slips, unwrap them and place them in a cup of water to rehydrate them for at least a couple of days. If they do not have much root growth when they arrive, leave them sitting in water for at least one week until new roots start to form. Change the water every day and add a little hydrogen peroxide and/or rooting hormone to the water to help the rooting process. It is also useful to move the slips around in the cup to get more airflow. If there is any rot that starts, remove it as soon as possible. Place the cup in a sunny window that receives at least several hours of sunlight to get them used to full sun outside and to help them recover and grow new leaves if necessary.
When the slips have recovered from their journey, it is time plant them out in your garden. Plant them in loose, well-drained soil as deep as the first set of leaves. Water them well after planting. If you have not hardened them off or acclimated them to the level of sunlight in the garden, you should provide them with shade for at least one week until they get established. This is especially true if they didn't have strong root systems already. Keep them well watered and don't them them get to too dry or baked out by the sun.
Happy growing!!!