Tender Annual
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Violet skins and purple flesh
Gorgeous colour remains on cooking
A nutritious vegetable rich with anthocyanins and beta carotene
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Height Up to 30cm (12in)
Spread Up to 3m (9ft)
Tender Annual
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Good to eat, good to look at and good for your health! Sweet potato ‘Erato Violet’ produces long, oval tubers with strong violet-red skins and vivid purple flesh. They make an unusual and interesting crop to grow on the allotment or kitchen garden and their gorgeous colour remains on cooking – so you can turn these sweet, creamy potatoes into colourful wedges, roasts or mash. The purple colour derives from high levels of anthocyanins, which alongside beta carotene and Vitamins C and A, makes these colourful sweet spuds a healthy choice for dinner. Height: 30cm (12in). Spread: up to 3m (9ft).
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Gradually acclimatise sweet potato plug plants to outdoor conditions over 7-10 days prior to planting directly outside once all risk of frost has passed. Sweet potatoes require high temperatures of 24-26°C (74-78°F). Planting them through black plastic will provide extra warmth in cooler climates. When growing sweet potato in particularly cold areas they are best grown in greenhouse borders or under cloches.
Plant sweet potatoes 30cm (12") apart, leaving 75cm (30") between rows. Grow sweet potatoes in rich fertile, light sandy well drained soil. They prefer an acid or neutral soil in full sun. Prepare the soil in early spring by adding plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost to the soil to improve its structure and fertility. Water generously after planting.
For more information and guidance check out our Gardening Guides.
Culinary note: Culinary uses of sweet potato are similar to potatoes - boil, steam, bake, fry, mash or batter fry as 'tempura'. The leaves and tips of young shoots can be cooked as a spinach substitute.
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