Item Number: SP300
Bayou Belle Sweet Potato
Easy to Grow and So Good For You
Bayou Belle sweet potato brings Louisiana breeding history and dependable garden performance to a richly flavored, red-skinned crop. Developed by the LSU AgCenter sweetpotato breeding program near Winnsboro, Louisiana, this orange-fleshed variety was selected for high yields, early production, and strong processing quality. Its moist, sweet flesh is especially well suited to roasting, baking, mashing, and homemade sweet potato fries, while its vigorous vines provide substantial ground cover through the warm growing season.
Plant Bayou Belle in full sun after frost danger has passed and the soil has warmed. The variety performs best in loose, well-drained soil with consistent moisture, producing harvestable roots in approximately 90–120 frost-free days. Each order contains one whole sweet potato for producing slips; under good conditions, one root can generate a dozen or more plants. Cure harvested roots before storage to improve flavor and keeping quality.
- Origin: Developed by the LSU AgCenter sweetpotato breeding program in Louisiana
- Skin/Flesh: Red skin with moist orange flesh
- Flavor/Texture: Sweet, smooth, and moist
- Best Uses: Roasting, baking, mashing, and fries
- Maturity: Approximately 90–120 days
- Growth Habit: Vigorous, spreading vines
- Planting Method: One whole sweet potato for growing slips
- Growing Conditions: Full sun; warm, loose, well-drained soil
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For step-by-step guidance on producing slips, planting, care, harvest, and curing, visit our Sweet Potato Growing Guide.
Receiving the propagation root
This product is one whole sweet potato intended for producing slips; it is not a bundle of ready-to-plant vines. Start it early enough to grow transplant-sized slips before local planting weather arrives. Use only firm, healthy sprouts, harden rooted slips gradually, and wait for thoroughly warm soil before setting them outside. Actual slip count, rooting time, and field yield vary with storage history, starting temperature, light, and care.
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Cannot ship to the following states: AK, HI, PR, VI, GU
Shipping Weight: 0.5 lb
Dimensions: 8.0"L x 4.0"W x 4.0"H
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