You might already know, but I will post for other sweet potato growers...If you are going to process (dry, can or freeze) your new sweet potato crop, do not do so right after you dig them. You will enjoy the flavor more if you let the sweet potatoes cure for at least 5 weeks. Upon digging them, they seem to be starchy, however if you let them rest for at least a month, then they start turning to sugar. I used to always dig them, let them lay in the field a day or so (to let any mud completely dry), then I would spread them out in a barn, trying not to stack them. If you can wait two whole months before processing the sweet potatoes, they seem even sweeter.
Like pumpkins, after they are harvested they “go to sleep”, so try not to disturb them. If they wake up grouchy, they might start rotting.
Thanks. I wasn’t completely up to speed on all of that. I don’t like sweet potato, but I have a beer recipe I want to try with them. Sugar content is important.
/johnny