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IPOMOEA BATATAS 'ERATO®' -
EVERYTHING ELSE IS "JUST" POTATOES

The Erato® series impresses with its very high yield and excellent taste. It can be cultivated excellently in our latitudes. And it offers a variety of types, ranging from “Erato® Deep Orange” to “Erato® White” to “Erato® Violet” and other varieties.

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Sweet potatoes are all the rage

The Erato® Vineland series gives you the opportunity to not only grow sweet potatoes in northern latitudes, but also to harvest them in abundance. Erato® Vineland was specially developed for cultivation in cooler climates. The tubers are very stable and extremely resistant to cracking, meeting the highest standards for local production.

Volmary is the exclusive distributor in Europe for young plants from the Erato® Vineland series.

Our organic sweet potato varieties at a glance

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'Erato® Deep Orange'

  • Orange sweet potato with elongated tubers
  • Soft orange inside, orange-red outside, partly reddish

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'Erato® Vineland Early Orange'

  • Early, very high-yielding variety for light soils, also test later planting weeks
  • Orange inside, red outside
  • Very uniform and comparatively firm tubers
  • For long storage, curing for 5-7 days longer than later varieties is recommended


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'Erato® Vineland Compact Orange'

  • High-yielding, uniform variety
  • Comparatively resistant to bursting
  • Orange inside, orange-red outside
  • Particularly compact growth, making it easier to hoe between rows

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'Erato® Vineland Salmon Orange'

  • Particularly well-formed, uniform tubers, high yield
  • Late ripening, also ideal for southern Europe
  • Inside: elegant orange with a salmon-coloured reddish sheen; outside: light red

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'Erato® Vineland Intense Orange'

  • Particularly intensely coloured, stable sweet potatoes
  • Intense orange inside, intense red outside
  • Comparatively high-yielding variety with shorter vines

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'Erato® Vineland Sunrise'

  • Particularly intensely coloured, stable sweet potatoes
  • Intense orange inside, intense red outside
  • Comparatively high-yielding variety with shorter vines

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'Erato® White'

  • White-fleshed sweet potato with comparatively large, oval tubers
  • Soft violet on the outside, white on the inside
  • With excellent sensory and taste results
  • Recommended for greenhouse and outdoor cultivation

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'Erato® Violet'

  • Sweet potato with intense purple colouring inside and out
  • Purple sweet potatoes require relatively high temperatures and have a longer growing season

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Cultural tips Sweet potatoes

  • Planting time is at the end of May after the late frosts
  • Young plants should be planted deep
  • The cultivation period lasts 90–120 days
  • 35,000–40,000 plants per hectare
  • No more than approx. 80 kg N; too much nitrogen in the soil reduces tuber growth

Cultivation phases

  • Initial phase (days 1 - 35)
    rapid root mass development, hardly any foliage development, formation of storage roots
  • Middle phase (approx. days 35 - 80)
    rapid shoot growth, foliage development; between 50 and 80 days
  • Final phase (approx. days 80 - 120)
    Rapid tuber weight gain, storage of carbohydrates Shoot growth complete, foliage ageing