Grow 5 plants per person. Yield 8 to 12 pounds per 10-foot row. Space plants 12 inches apart in rows 3 feet apart. Sweet potato plants prefer warmer soils, so we recommend waiting to plant when your soils are sufficiently warm in late spring.
Beauregard is a fast-maturing sweet potato variety that is widely adapted to southern and northern growing zones. This variety produces a high percentage of #1 grade sweet potatoes in just 90-100 days, making it a great option for gardeners with a shorter growing season. Beauregard is the most popular variety grown in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Beauregard produces large, elongated potatoes that have red skin and orange flesh. They have a slightly sweet flavor that is comparable to that of a winter squash or pumpkin. The fine-grained flesh has a creamy consistency when cooked, making this a great sweet potato for baking and making sweet treats. 90-100 day maturity.
Georgia Jet is our best-tasting sweet potato variety! This variety produces large sweet potatoes that are more round as opposed to being elongated like other varieties. Georgia Jet sweet potatoes have a beautiful red exterior with bright orange flesh.
Georgia Jet sweet potato plants produce the most moist sweet potatoes you’ve ever had! This older variety has been a favorite of gardeners for decades and continues to be one of our top sellers. With a 90-day maturity date, Georgia Jet is a great choice for northern gardeners with a shorter growing season.
Covington sweet potato plants produce the most uniform, beautiful sweet potatoes. This is a newer variety that was developed by NC State University and it’s quickly becoming the most popular variety among backyard gardeners and commercial growers. It produces high yields of #1 sweet potatoes that make it a great option for market farmers or roadside stands.
Covington sweet potatoes have a 100-day maturity and can stay in the ground longer without getting too large and splitting. This allows for a longer harvesting window compared to other varieties. If the weather isn’t cooperating when your sweet potato plants are approaching 100 days, your Covington sweet potatoes should be fine staying in the ground 10-15 more days. These sweet potatoes have dark red skin and delicious orange flesh and grow in bunches, almost like bananas which makes them easy to harvest just by pulling up the center of the plant.