SESE Sweet Potato Festival Pre-Orders

Secure your Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Sweet Potato slips by preordering now and picking them up at the Farm • Gardens • Flowers (FGF) Festival on May 17th, 2025 from 10am-5pm. Don't miss out on this limited opportunity to get your hands on these sweet potatoes slips! Pick them up at the SESE festival booth on May 17th between 10am-5pm.

LOCAL PICK UP ONLY! No shipping available (shipping will not be added at checkout). Your order will be available for pickup at the SESE booth during the FGF Festival on May 17th, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Please bring a printed copy of your receipt for pickup, as orders cannot be looked up on the day of the event.

Sweet Potato Varieties:

Beauregard Certified Organic, Small-Farm-Grown, Heirloom. 100 days. Farmers rely on this reliable, high-yielding variety. Crack-resistant roots and deep orange color with flavorful dry flesh. Compared to other varieties even big roots will bake quickly.

All Purple Certified Organic, Small-Farm-Grown, Heirloom. 120 days. Traditional Japanese variety. True to its name, All Purple has dark purple flesh and skin. One of the hardiest roots in our collection, a fast and strong grower sure to give a generous harvest at season’s end. Roots are starchy, dry, slightly sweet, and store well; good in savory dishes and mixed mashes.

Carolina Ruby Certified Organic, Small-Farm-Grown, Heirloom. 100 days. A reliable variety with high yields. Dark orange flesh when cooked and a smooth ruby skin. Perhaps the most strikingly red of the red-skinned sweet potatoes. High level of resistance to Fusarium wilt and soil rot. Moist texture and moderate sweetness. Stores well. 

Hayman Certified Organic, Small-Farm-Grown, Heirloom. (White Haymon, White Hamon) 100 days. Vining plants with cream-colored skin and white flesh that turns slightly yellow when cooked. Like O’Henry, this variety is a great substitute for “Irish Potatoes,” but with a sweeter flavor. Produces large uniform roots. Traditional heirloom of Eastern Shore Maryland.

Georgia Jet Certified Organic, Small-Farm-Grown, Heirloom. 100 days. Sweet, moist, mildly fibrous bright orange flesh makes this classic sweet potato perfect for baking. This cold-tolerant variety can be grown successfully even in areas with short growing seasons. 

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Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and Author of Grow Great Vegetables in Virginia will be giving a talk on How to Grow, Harvest, Cure, Store and Use Homegrown Sweet Potatoes at the event!

Delicious, nutritious, and easy to grow, sweet potatoes thrive in hot, humid areas, but are easy to grow. The vines provide an edible green and the sweet tubers can be served baked, boiled, steamed, or as fabulous fries. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) rates sweet potatoes as the overall most nutritious home garden vegetable: low in fat and sodium but high in fiber, carbohydrates, potassium, manganese,and vitamins A and C. The attractive vines make an attractive ground cover or container plant. Learn how to grow and use your own homegrown sweet potatoes.