When Do Small Fragrant Sweet Potatoes Mature? A Detailed Guide to Harvest Time

Small fragrant sweet potatoes generally begin to mature and be harvested at the end of June. Currently, only a few areas such as Zhejiang and Hunan have small-scale cultivation, and they have now become a new project for agricultural development and prosperity nationwide. So what is the difference between them and other sweet potatoes?

What is the difference between small fragrant sweet potatoes and other sweet potatoes?

1. Size

Ordinary sweet potatoes are relatively large, but small fragrant sweet potatoes are small in size with a golden sugary core. Their small size makes them very easy to steam until cooked through and full of flavor.

2. Taste

Because they have no fibers or strings, compared with ordinary small fragrant sweet potatoes on the market they eat even softer and stickier, with a slightly sandy texture. After cooking, when broken open you can see the golden sugary core. They are dense in the mouth, delicate and fiber-free, sweet and sticky. A small one can be eaten several in a row.

3. Nutrition

Fragrant sweet potatoes contain almost no fat or cholesterol, and their calories are much lower than ordinary rice, making them especially suitable for weight loss and health maintenance. They even appear in female celebrities' weight-loss meals. Eating a few each day, paired with other low-calorie foods, keeps the body's nutrition balanced and can promote gastrointestinal motility and help clear the intestines and relieve constipation. Small fragrant sweet potatoes are also rich in carotene, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, and more than 10 trace elements such as potassium, iron, copper, selenium and calcium. Their nutritional value is very high, and nutritionists call them a nutritionally balanced green health food.

4. Price

Ordinary sweet potatoes range in price from 0.4-1.5 yuan/jin, but small fragrant sweet potatoes can sell for 5 yuan/jin when prices are high, and current prices are mostly 2.5-3.5 yuan/jin.

At present, small fragrant sweet potatoes include red-fleshed, purple-fleshed, white-fleshed and yellow-fleshed varieties, so everyone can buy and eat more of them.