Ugly, Cracked Sweet Potatoes

We have been harvesting our sweet potatoes a few at a time for the past few weeks. We have had one frost but instead of digging all of them I just covered the plants with old blankets to protect them. Most of the sweet potatoes have been fairly large but many of them have been UGLY.img_4178

I am attributing the misshapen, ugly sweet potatoes to the abundant fall rain we had late in the season. I think the potatoes grew exceptionally fast which led to the cracks.

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I’m concerned that they might not store as well so I am planning to can those potatoes that are cracked the worst. Even if the sweet potatoes are quite ugly, they taste DELICIOUS! We’ve been enjoying them baked, fried and boiled.

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This is the UGLIEST sweet potato I have ever raised!!

 

Blessings,

Jennifer

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