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Originally Posted by shelleybean
I didn't grow any sweet potatoes this year and I really miss them. I like the white varieties that are a little drier flesh and not quite as sweet. They are really good baked.
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We tried lots of varieties from starts found locally and also from Sandhill and only found one that doesn't get whatever disease gives the tubers those dark sunken spots that make them rot in storage. Tried growing them in the regular garden and also in raised beds that have a variation of 'Mel's Mix' and got the same frustrating results. Vardamon gives us a huge, beautiful harvest that keeps through spring. I sprout 1 in a glass of water and grow vines for next year's crop.
Some of the others we tried were really good tasting, though; luckily this one tastes good to us and works well for how we use them.