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Sweet potatoes are a root crop that require a long growing season - 90 to 130 days. They are commercially grown in the Deep South and Texas. In the United States, they are also called Yams, but these are usually the same; it is just a cultural or regional naming difference, like "soda" or "pop". True Yams are diffferent, a genuine yam (Dioscorea), which is native to Africa and Asia, belongs to a different plant family. Both Sweet Potatoes and Yams come in a variety of colors, sizes and shapes, from yellow, orange, red, and even purple and blue. In the U.S. Sweet Potatoes typically peak during June in the South, and in July in the North.. See this page for a list of Sweet Potato festivals around the U.S .
Hree are a few tips to keep in mind:
Sweet potatoes are traditionally cured to improve storage, flavor, and nutrition, and to allow wounds on the periderm of the harvested root to heal.
Proper curing requires drying the freshly dug roots on the ground for two to three hours, then storage at 29-32 °C (85-90 °F) with 90 to 95% relative humidity from five to fourteen days. Cured sweet potatoes can keep for thirteen months when stored at 13-15 °C (55-59 °F) with >90% relative humidity. Colder temperatures than that injure the roots.
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