It looks the same as caragold and that’s why i got it to try out this year.
Deep Purple outside, very orangey inside, EXTREMELY sweet
When i went over there, that was one of the only things my daughter wanted to eat for the entire 2 weeks so I’m looking to find some more for her here in the US. Also i think the okinawa ones from the Asian grocery stores may be a different variety as well or I’m doing something wrong. Or i might have gotten a different variety last year.
So my okinawa purple journey: got some slips from Etsy earlier last year, grew it, grew a very few tubers but it was just bland so i didn’t try to save it.
Got a full, non slip but actual sweet potato from someone else and it took MONTHS but it sprouted finally. Threw the slips in a grow bag as well with old soil. May be a little a late doing so but they’re growing now. Will try to harvest them around the end of September but will try to let the grow bag and the entire thing dry out starting in about 2 weeks. Online says humidity and high temps are needed but I’m thinking like, wouldn’t a kind of moist but almost dry growing conditions and soil do the same thing? So this year, I’ll collect if any, try to self cure half and will just throw the other half under a light layer of soil that will be sitting on a black tarp or something on the driveway. Will move it to the garage with a heating pad underneath if it starts getting too cold. Going to do the same for the other sweet potatoes as well.
Photo is of last year’s harvest in Colorado Springs.
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Harvested with friends on October 10/11. My attempt afterwards to cure wasn’t great. Only half of them survived but they all tasted bland or normal like the grocery store one. I’m looking for the extra sweet ones…
now a bunch of people this year are trying sweet potato over there as well.