Perhaps the perfect food, at least as far as nutrition is concerned. I had them as a child (not the canned kind but fried or baked) then after becoming "urbanized" I've only had them from the can for the last 35 years.
My wife developed diabetes and I had to find some friendly foods to fix for Turkey day. Yams were at the top of the list. Of course, this means I need to grow some next year. And this means if I am going to grow a few, I may as well try to grow a bunch. The two most-promising varieties seem to be Beauregard and Georgia Jet. The former is said to produce up to 25,000 pounds per acre! BTW, I am not looking at anything close to that many plants; 200 of them should be more than enough as I would sell what we don't need for ourselves at a Farmers Market and whatever is left over at a huge discount to a produce store.
If you have grown sweet potatoes, any recommendations?
Mike
My wife developed diabetes and I had to find some friendly foods to fix for Turkey day. Yams were at the top of the list. Of course, this means I need to grow some next year. And this means if I am going to grow a few, I may as well try to grow a bunch. The two most-promising varieties seem to be Beauregard and Georgia Jet. The former is said to produce up to 25,000 pounds per acre! BTW, I am not looking at anything close to that many plants; 200 of them should be more than enough as I would sell what we don't need for ourselves at a Farmers Market and whatever is left over at a huge discount to a produce store.
If you have grown sweet potatoes, any recommendations?
Mike