Sweet potato plants (slips) are shipped separately from seed orders, at proper planting time for your area. NOTE: This item contains 25 bareroot slips. Genetically identical to the parent potato. Slips are sprouts grown from a mature sweet potato's eye. Mulching helps to moderate soil temperature as well as to maintain soil moisture and control weeds. It is also resistant to soil rot and fusarium root rot.Ī warm-season vegetable, sensitive to cold temperatures and frost, sweet potatoes can be direct sown into warm spring soil after the last frost date. This sweet potato variety is highly resistant to southern root-knot nematode. For best texture and flavor, soils should be kept evenly moist. Sweet Potato Murasaki is cold hardy and easy to grow, growing best in sunny locations with well-draining soil.
A vining plant, Murasaki grows quickly in warm soils and has a moderate yield. Despite its Louisiana roots, Murasaki is often referred to as a Japanese sweet potato. Sweet potatoes also contain iron, calcium, protein, and beneficial amino acids.Ī tender perennial, typically grown as an annual, Sweet Potato Murasaki is a member of the morning glory family (Convolvulacea). They are an excellent source of vitamin A and a good source of vitamin C, dietary fiber, and potassium. Sweet potatoes are considered a superfood for their nutrient rich content, having a high (top 20) Aggregate Nutrient Density Index score (ANDI), or micronutrient-per-calorie density. Japanese sweet potatoes, otherwise known as Murasaki, are.
Murasaki sweet potato skin#
They have deep purple skin and white flesh that has a sweet, nutty flavor. These are not your typical thanksgiving sweet potatoes that you make that dish with the marshmallows. The sweet potatoes are medium to large in size with an elongated, somewhat bulbous, oblong shape. The flavor is sweet and chestnutty, and the flesh is never stringy.
Sweet Potato Murasaki, a Japanese sweet potato, is grown as a root vegetable. A truly exceptional Sweet Potato, Murasaki has dark purple-red skin and pale cream flesh that deepens in color when cooked.
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