Carolina Ruby Sweet Potato – Certified Organic

Price range: $16.00 through $300.00

Grown By Twin Oaks Seed Farm – 90 Days – Ipomoea batatas

Carolina Ruby is productive, sweet, and well shaped, with orange-red skin and orange flesh. It was developed from a seedling of Beauregard in the 1980s.

Important Notes About Sweet Potato Slip Shipping:

We ship sweet potato slips in May into the first week in June, separately from seeds. There is a $12.00 flat rate shipping and handling fee on all sweet potato orders. (If you are also purchasing seeds in the same order there is a separate $6.00 flat rate shipping charge).

Slips are shipped based on USDA hardiness zones, sorted by zip code. Shipments to USDA zones 8 and 9 go out in mid May; shipments to USDA zones 6 and 7 go out in mid to late May; shipments to USDA zones 4 and 5 go out in late May to early June.

All orders are shipped via USPS Priority Mail to shorten the time in transit. We ship on Monday morning of each week (Tuesday on the week of Memorial Day). Our slips are cut rather than pulled, in order to prevent potential disease transmission. If your slips arrive in poor condition due to USPS transit delays please contact us at info@commonwealthseeds.com.

We produce slips here in Virginia, so keep in mind that if you are in Florida or the deep South you may want your slips earlier than we are able to provide them, and you may want to consider other options!

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Handling and Planting Sweet Potato Slips:

When you receive your slips, the best thing to do is to heel them in to some compost and leave in a mostly shaded location. You may want to let them develop roots for a week or longer before transplanting, though they can be transplanted with no roots. Alternatively, you can put the bases of the stems in water for up to a few days.

Transplant when the soil has warmed thoroughly and after all danger of frost is past. Space the plants one foot apart, in rows at least three feet apart, with extra space for them to run on the sides of the patch. Make sure to give the transplants plenty of water. Drip irrigation is ideal, run at the time of transplanting and again every 1-2 days for the first week.