2 lbs Kejora Japanese Purple Sweet Potato - Ship Fedex 2nd day air

I ordered these purple sweet potatoes so that I can sprout them for cuttings to plant in a raised garden bed. I just ordered 1 lb. because one potato can produce several cuttings to grow. It was a surprise to receive about 10 small potatoes instead of the 2-3 larger ones I imagined. Well that's perfectly fine with me. I put them sideways into a shallow pan of potting mix in order to sprout them. The cuttings will be transferred to the garden. Because there were so many, I decided to cook the three larger ones to see what I would actually be eating if my crop is successful in the fall. I boiled them in order to retain the moisture ( I've heard purple sweet potatoes can be dry). After cooking, they came out tender, sweet, moist and creamy, with a deep beautiful purple flesh. Oh boy, I'm on the right track to be growing these. The nursery included a note mentioning that a young crop (it's early May) will only be able to produce small potatoes. They get larger as they mature. Who can argue with nature? I'm grateful to be able to receive these out of season. Wasn't able to find any purple sweet potatoes in my local urban grocery stores for that reason, I suppose. They appear in the fall unless stored for months. Anyway, these little baby are delicious and hopefully the ones in the potting mix will sprout. I put a tooth pick in this photo to give an idea of how big these are.

They were delicious..

followed directions to plant and they all turned to mush

Came right on time. They are a beautiful color. They are not really sweet, also very fiberous and stringy.

I bought this pound of Japanese Sweet Potato so I can grow slips for planting in the garden. They came quickly and I was pleased that I got two nice sweet potatoes.

One of the potatoes were broken and clearly not a fresh break from transport.

Love them taste better then orange yams a little on the pricey side, but gives you so much nutritional value

The media could not be loaded. These certainly seem to have more nutrients in them than regular potatoes! Started sprouting in less than 24 hours