The Queen of Storage Crops:
Sweet Potatoes
Delicious, Sweet, and Nutritious!
Stock Up for the Year Ahead!
Enjoy sweet potatoes all winter and well into spring! Our sweet potatoes offer unmatched flavor and are grown with love in Interlaken, the Heart of the Finger Lakes. Although they’re tropical plants related to morning glories—not true potatoes—and don’t tolerate cold weather, we embrace the challenge of growing them in upstate NY. The result is well worth it, with customers frequently telling us they are some of the best sweet potatoes they’ve ever tasted.
Choose from two wonderful varieties—Orleans and Purple Majesty—available in U.S. #1, U.S. #2, and Jumbo grades. Each batch is carefully packed in two convenient sizes of waxed boxes to ensure peak freshness and optimal storage.
Choose from two wonderful varieties—Orleans and Purple Majesty—available in U.S. #1, U.S. #2, and Jumbo grades. Each batch is carefully packed in two convenient sizes of waxed boxes to ensure peak freshness and optimal storage.
Sweet Potatoes – No. 2
$7.00 – $55.00
Sweet Potatoes – Jumbo
$63.50
What Does it Take To Grow Sweet Potatoes?
Planning Ahead: Order slips by March to ensure the highest quality for the season.
Soil Preparation: Rotate crops by sowing a buckwheat cover crop in next year’s field while plowing and shaping hills for this year’s planting.
Slip Preparation: Receive slips in late May and root them in potting soil in the greenhouse for a week to prepare for field planting.
Planting: Transfer slips to the field, providing a strong start with twice-daily watering during the first week. Nurturing: Cultivate weekly and hand-pull persistent weeds monthly.
Irrigation: Water every other day if there’s no rain to maintain optimal plant health.
Harvest Time (October): Mow the vines and dig up the sweet potatoes from the hills.
Curing for Flavor: Cure freshly dug roots at 85°F with high humidity for seven days in a curing room to enhance flavor and extend shelf life.
Storage: After curing, cool to 55°F for long-term storage.
Packaging: Wash, sort, and pack for delivery.
Enjoy: Savor the sweetness of freshly roasted sweet potatoes all winter.
Repeat: :-)
Soil Preparation: Rotate crops by sowing a buckwheat cover crop in next year’s field while plowing and shaping hills for this year’s planting.
Slip Preparation: Receive slips in late May and root them in potting soil in the greenhouse for a week to prepare for field planting.
Planting: Transfer slips to the field, providing a strong start with twice-daily watering during the first week. Nurturing: Cultivate weekly and hand-pull persistent weeds monthly.
Irrigation: Water every other day if there’s no rain to maintain optimal plant health.
Harvest Time (October): Mow the vines and dig up the sweet potatoes from the hills.
Curing for Flavor: Cure freshly dug roots at 85°F with high humidity for seven days in a curing room to enhance flavor and extend shelf life.
Storage: After curing, cool to 55°F for long-term storage.
Packaging: Wash, sort, and pack for delivery.
Enjoy: Savor the sweetness of freshly roasted sweet potatoes all winter.
Repeat: :-)