I grew sweet potatoes for the first time this year. They were awesome. We just had a small garden to work with, so I decided to use an organic sweet potato from the store for starts. It grew way more than
enough. It was probably a Georgia jet type - orange in and out? I looked up how to harvest and store them, and watched this little video from Shannie McCabe at Baker Creek Heirloom seeds:
When she explained that you need to cure them for ultimate sweetness and longevity, we realized a quick solution to our not liking sweet potatoes very sweet. We ate them right away! They were so good. They were more starchy and they both oil and dry fried (I mean baked) really well. I still want to try Hayman and the Purple Passion, but it was nice that we could just try growing them form a supermarket first.
I think I may have overwatered them, actually. About 1/3 were big tubers that had rotted. So I'm learning. This is a very novel crop for me!