Commercial sweet potato production has seen a recent surge in both fresh market and processing acreage in South Carolina. Producing quality conventionally and organically grown sweetpotatoes is a challenge in South Carolina due to numerous biotic and abiotic factors. One of the most important deciding factors on sweetpotato yield is germplasm and fertility. In this study we examined effects on yield and quality of foliar and soil applied Chlorella vulgaris (CV) in ‘Beauregard’ sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam). Chlorella vulgaris (EnSoil Algae, Enlightened Soil Corp) is marketed under the USDA/APHIS category of soil amendments and Plant Growth Enhancers (PGE). This study was conducted in 2022-2023 in a randomized complete block full factorial design with 4 replications and a total of 17 treatments with a product rate of 250ml/Ac, including the following: 1) Unfertilized Control, 2) 100 % Preplant Granular Fert. (PGF), 3) Soil Algae Application (SAA), 4) Foliar Algae Application (FAA), 5) 100% PGF SAA, 5) 100% PGF SAA, 6) 100% PGF FAA, 7) 100% PGF SAA FAA, 8) SAA FAA, 9) 25% PGF SAA 75% Drip Irrigation Fert.(DIF), 10) 25% PGF FAA 75% DIF, 11) 25% PGF SAA FAA 75% DIF, 12) 25% PGF SAA, 13) 25% PGF FAA, 14) 25% PGF SAA FAA, 15) 25% PGF 75% DIF, 16) 75% DIF, 17) 25% PGF. Results were mixed over time with 2022 being a better growing year. In 2022, USDA grade Jumbo roots were 10% numerically greater in SAA treated plots, than 25% PGF SAA 75% Drip Irrigation Fert. (DIF) and 9% over SAA and FAA. In 2023 there were similar trends, with USDA grade Number
