Sweet Potato seeds

Grow Your Own Comfort Food — Browse Our Sweet Potato Seeds Collection

There's something deeply satisfying about digging sweet potatoes out of the ground. It's like a treasure hunt you planted months ago and then kinda forgot about — and now suddenly you're pulling these gorgeous roots out of the dirt and feeling like an absolute gardening rockstar. Store-bought sweet potatoes are fine, sure, but they can't touch the ones you grew yourself. The flavor's richer, the texture's creamier, and there's this almost nutty sweetness that you just don't get from something that's been sitting in a warehouse and then trucked across three states.

Our sweet potato seeds for planting are picked with home gardeners in mind. We're talking backyard beds, raised garden setups, even large containers if that's your thing. This isn't bulk stock for commercial farms — it's for the folks who wanna grow a couple rows of sweet potatoes and actually enjoy eating them. Mashed, roasted, baked whole, tossed into soups — however you like 'em, they taste about ten times better when they came out of your own soil.

Every packet we ship is fresh stock and quality tested. No old seeds that have been sitting around collecting dust. Just viable, ready-to-grow seeds for your garden.

Explore Our Sweet Potato Seeds Varieties

Sweet potatoes aren't just that one orange thing you see at Thanksgiving. There's actually a surprising amount of variety out there — different colors, different textures, different flavors — and we put together a collection that gives you real options depending on what you like to cook and how your garden's set up.

Beauregard is probably the most widely grown sweet potato variety in the US, and it's popular for a real simple reason — it just flat out performs. Deep orange flesh, smooth skin, and a sweet, moist texture when cooked. It matures relatively early compared to other sweet potatoes, which is a big deal if you're gardening in a shorter-season area. Whether you're baking them whole or making sweet potato fries, Beauregard is the dependable workhorse that never lets you down.

Covington is another orange-fleshed variety and it's kind of become the darling of the sweet potato world in recent years. The roots are really uniform — nice smooth shape, attractive rose-colored skin — and the flavor is rich and sweet without being over the top. It's got good adaptability to different soil types, which makes it a solid choice if your garden soil isn't perfect. And let's be real, whose soil is perfect? Nobody's. That's why Covington's so easy to love.

If you're in a cooler climate and worried about growing season length, Georgia Jet is the one to look at. It matures faster than most sweet potato varieties — sometimes in as little as 90 days — which means gardeners in northern states can actually pull this off without sweating the first frost. The flesh is orange-red and the flavor's sweet and smooth. It's not the biggest producer in terms of sheer volume, but the speed makes it worth it if you're working with a shorter window.

Now things get interesting. Purple Sweet Potato is exactly what it sounds like — deep, vivid purple all the way through. It's absolutely stunning when you slice one open. The flavor profile is a little different from the orange types — more earthy, slightly nutty, and not quite as sugary-sweet. They're incredible roasted and they make the most gorgeous mashed sweet potatoes you've ever seen. Seriously, put a bowl of purple mash on the dinner table and watch everyone's reaction. It's also just cool as a conversation piece in the garden.

Japanese Sweet Potato (sometimes called Murasaki) has this beautiful reddish-purple skin with white to pale yellow flesh inside. The texture is drier and firmer than typical orange varieties — almost chestnut-like — and the flavor is subtly sweet with a nutty undertone. It's a favorite for roasting and baking because it caramelizes beautifully and holds its shape well. If you've ever had a baked sweet potato at a Japanese restaurant and thought "why does this taste so different?" — this is probably what they were using.

Jewel is an old-school classic. It's been around for decades and home gardeners keep coming back to it because it stores incredibly well. Copper skin, deep orange flesh, and a sweet, moist flavor that's perfect for pies, casseroles, and just plain baking. If you're growing sweet potatoes with the intention of storing them through fall and winter, Jewel is one of the best keepers out there. Some folks report them lasting months in a cool, dark pantry.

And for small-space gardeners, Bush Porto Rico is a compact variety that doesn't send out the crazy long vines most sweet potatoes are known for. The vines stay shorter and more contained, which makes it workable in raised beds, smaller plots, or even large containers. The flesh is copper-orange and creamy-sweet. It won't sprawl all over your garden and take over everything, which — if you've grown sweet potatoes before — you know is a real concern. Those vines can get aggressive.

So yeah — orange, purple, white-fleshed, fast-maturing, compact-growing — there's a sweet potato here for just about every garden situation and every dinner table.

Gardening Insights — Tips for Growing Sweet Potatoes at Home

Sweet potatoes aren't difficult to grow, but they do have a few quirks compared to your typical garden veggie. Here's what you need to know to get big, beautiful roots:

• Sunlight: Sweet potatoes are sun lovers — they want full sun, at least 6 to 8 hours a day. The more sun they get, the better the roots develop. Don't try to grow these in a shady corner. They'll put out plenty of vines and leaves but the actual potatoes underground will be sad and undersized.
• Soil: Loose, sandy, well-draining soil is ideal. Sweet potatoes need room to expand underground, so compacted or heavy clay soil is gonna give you weird-shaped, stunted roots. If your native soil is dense, build a raised bed or mound the soil up into ridges about 8–10 inches high and plant into those. Mixing in compost and sand helps a lot. Avoid high-nitrogen fertilizers — too much nitrogen gives you gorgeous vines and tiny potatoes, which is basically the opposite of what you want.
• Watering: Regular watering during the first few weeks is important while the plants get established. After that, sweet potatoes are pretty drought-tolerant. About an inch of water per week is sufficient. Ease off on watering as harvest time approaches — too much moisture late in the season can cause the roots to crack or rot. They like it on the drier side toward the end.
• Spacing: Sweet potato vines spread. A lot. Give each plant about 12–18 inches of space in the row, with rows spaced 3–4 feet apart. If you're using a compact variety like Bush Porto Rico, you can tighten things up a bit, but most varieties will send runners out in every direction. Don't fight it — just give them room.
• Timing: Sweet potatoes are warm-season crops. They need heat — soil temps should be at least 65°F before planting, and really they prefer 70°F+. In most of the US, that means planting in late spring to early summer, well after any danger of frost has passed. They need a long growing season — typically 90 to 120 days depending on variety — so plan accordingly. Northern gardeners should look at faster-maturing varieties like Georgia Jet.
• Harvest and curing: Harvest before the first frost — sweet potato foliage is super frost-sensitive and cold soil can damage the roots. Dig carefully with a garden fork to avoid slicing into the potatoes. Here's the part most people skip — curing. After you dig them up, let the sweet potatoes sit in a warm (80–85°F), humid spot for about 10 days. This heals any nicks in the skin and converts starches to sugars, which is what gives them that signature sweetness. Skip the curing and they'll taste starchy and bland. Don't skip the curing.

Frequently Asked Questions About Sweet Potato Seeds