I am definitely going to try taters next year.
I picked up a bag of russet seed potatoes from Wal Mart and proceeded to let them sit in my garage for a few weeks. They were looking quite rotten when I cut and planted 4 in late June (really late for SC). I harvested almost exclusively little “new potatoes”, some of which you can see in my pic of the sweet potatoes.
I ordered the sweet potato slips a little late as well (early June) and waited two days to plant them, so only 2 survived. But I planned to let them grow until the first frost, which unfortunately hit earlier this week.
I will definitely plan much better next year and get both types planted as soon after the first frost as possible.
And until I can get my garden area set up the way I really want it, I’m giving up on corn, onions, carrots, etc. I’ll stick with tomatoes, potatoes and maybe some peppers.