Great tip on the water bottle pot up, thank you! And you are doing great for 81 years old on and off that tractor. Guessing we got a peak of the love of your life your wife checking on your progress. Nice size potatoes.
He must have been loking out for me, because this just popped up in my feed out of the blue. I planted a couple 2 days ago and fertilized them. It's not too late to transplant them without. Thanks, OAG!
Amazing OAG !!! Always outstanding !!! You’re a hardworking 81 years of young soul. You’re always in my prayers. Take good care of yourselves. Always love you and your brilliant works. Greatly appreciate all of your outstanding efforts and advices. Thanks a lot with love blessings and prayers for sharing your experiences and as well for educating us.
@@OldAlabamaGardener thank you so very much for all your God blessed very informative teaching millions to grow their own food , Living in Montgomery County, Texas But a West blockton, Alabama Daughter. An Mccalla, Alabama daughter.... You are so very very Needed teaching so many people who really need to understand how ... God bless you Sir. Josette Tharp 🙏🏻
I still come back to watch his videos to remind me of how to grow and his style of growing sweet potatoes I'm in the lower part of the state of Alabama still glad to see his videos are around for other people to learn and watch
*OAG is still teaching me to this very day. Thank you for leaving his valuable content up and be shared with the world. Peace and blessings to his family.*
And i JUST FOUND HIM...SHE TOO IS A JEWEL AND HAS BLESSED SO MANY PEOPLE BY LEAVING THEM UP...IM PUSHING 80 AND A LIFE LONG GARDENER..NEVER TO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING.
I miss you so much ❤️. You were the first utube channel that came up when I asked my first gardening question. I wish I knew how many times you helped me, and my plants. I was a first time gardener. I pray that you knew how much you were loved. 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
I just found OAG through this video and I'm so sad to hear he passed. I hope your memories of him bring you much comfort. I don't know how he got started youtubing, but I think it's very cool he did and I'll be diving into his old videos.
@@OldAlabamaGardener you may have Alabama red clay. But the red clay here in Oklahoma will break a shovel handle if you can get it deep enough to get a shovel full. There are places around here in the bottomland flood plains where there is sandy loam. Not so much on my hillside.
You are such an inspiration sir thank you for always sharing your knowledge. You said you won’t buy your slips next year. Would you mind sharing how to save them so that you can have your own slips for next year? Thank you!
Yes, I am happy with this. We are expecting a frost that is why I dug them out instead of waiting longer. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe. OAG
Am I your sweet potato? I YAM!! Thanks again for all your years of practical and applicable wisdom...you are THE BEST on TH-cam!! 🌻 Say Hi to the better half for us 🌹
Oh i yearn for these ways…I’m trying to glean all i can from precious ppl like the old Alabama gardener ..i dont know much because my parents didnt grow our food…my grand parents did…i want to get back to the old path! I really dont know anything ..but willing to learn!! Thank you sooo much for taking the time to teach!
Thank you brother OAG...always love to learn from the Veterans.....old school is the best school..... the triple "T" method......Tried Tested and True.... Love the way you explain things... straight forward, clear, honest, and most important no drama... cuz I always like to say "save the drama for yo mama" you remind me of my grandpa ... calm and clear...Love you Brother.....just got another new subscriber.....Bless You
Good to see you OAG. I planted 8 whole sweet potatoes and they sprouted tubers, I separated them into about 50 pots and put them in my greenhouse for next year, I can’t wait to see what they do.
I put my sweet potatoes in my bathroom with a space heater set for 85 degrees. I shut the bathroom door to retain the heat. Twice a day a put a pot of boiling water on the bathroom floor to increase the humidity. I cure the sweet potatoes for approximately two weeks. I’d like to hear other curing methods from OAG and other gardeners.
If you have a controlled heat and humidity, that way is best. I don't have that so I do it as I showed in my video. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe. OAG
That is fabulous!!!!!!! What a great idea. Now I know my efforts aren’t for nothing. Do I wash them off before starting the curing process? How do you store them afterwards? In crates, mesh bags, paper bags?
@@CuriousinNY do not wash your sweet potatoes before curing. The skins are just too delicate. You may gently brush off excess soil if you wish. I don’t. Once I pull them out of the ground I do not clean or wash my sweet potatoes. Curing takes about two weeks. See my ideas above. After curing, I store my sweet potatoes in a back bedroom. I keep the temperature in the back bedroom between 55 to 65 degrees. You can use open cardboard boxes, milk crates, or plastic buckets to store your sweet potatoes. I use the smaller sweet potatoes to make slips for the next year. I place the smaller sweet potatoes in a tray of compost and potting mix to get the best results. Good luck with your sweet potatoes.
@@CuriousinNY thank you Linda. I’m just a gardener. I have no youtube channel. Please pay attention to OAG. He’s a good gardener with something to teach us. I watch all his videos. One one video I got a great recipe for green beans. It’s really worth trying.
Thanks for showing us what you did....especially liked seeibg how you cured them...everything I read before talked about controlled temperatures and humidity, sounded like I could never accomplish. I grew them one year, but hadnt figured out the curing, and lost a lot of them in storage that winter. I cant wait to try again. And PLEASE post an update later....telling us how you liked the Murasaki compared to other types that you have grown before. Love to watch!
The way I cure them is not ideal, but I don't have any other way. Controlled temperatures and humid is best. Murasaki sweet potatoes are my wife's favorite. I prefer a Centennial or Garnett. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe. OAG
Danny, from Deep South Homestead is the unofficial "king of sweet potatoes," and he and Wanda prefer the taste of smaller potatoes, over the larger ones. I wonder if you will notice a difference, too? I didn't know you could plant the slips in dirt/water like that! You've taught me again, sir. 😊
Curing Questions: What temperature is it day & night when you have them out in the sun? How many days do you do the sunshine and covering technique for curing? What do you do with them after that, and can you please show a video of how you store them? Thank you! Great video as always :)
I asked the same question and tried to copy and paste for you but couldn’t. So what he said is that the best way is for temperatures and humidity to be 80° temperature and 80% humidity. At the time of the video, his temperatures were in the 60s and 70s during the day and 40s and 50s at night. He didn’t say what the humidity was. He did say that he was covering his potatoes at night and it would take about three weeks for them to cure. Then he takes them into his basement where the temperature is around 55° for storing.
sn232: I didn't discuss curing and storing in this video because I hadn't got the potatoes to that stage yet. I'll make another video when I finish the curing process. It is true that I don't have the ideal curing conditions, however, I am slowly getting it done. Thanks for watching. OAG
I planted my sweet potatoes much to late this year, so they’re a lot smaller. So, I’m going to be ready earlier next season. You have really motivated me. I’ve been picking some of the leaves to put in soups or stews, I really like them!
I was late also. But I did manage to harvest quite a few nice potatoes. I try to make videos that will help you in gardening, canning, cooking and some videos on how to have a better health. I appreciate you watching my videos. Thanks for stopping by. Please subscribe if you haven't yet.
Thank you for the video. Would you ever be willing to share with your viewers how you keep track of all of the different information on when, what, how you plant, fertilize, harvest, etc., both within a season and from year to year? Do you keep a journal? A giant calendar? A spreadsheet? I'm only a few years into gardening and am very curious about how folks do this.
Thank you. That is an interesting set of questions. First what I don't do: I don't keep a journal. I don't keep a giant calendar. I don't keep a spread sheet. Second some information: I am 81 years old, I have been gardening for over 50 years.Third, What I do: I only grow vegetables we like, so I don't have to remember many different vegetable requirements. I know (in my memory) the right time to prepare my garden soil. I know (in my memory) the right time to start seeds for later transplanting. I know (in my memory) the right amount and kind of fertilizer for each of the vegetables I grow. I know (in my memory) the right time to set plants in the garden. I know (in my memory) the vegetables that need to be grown as transplants and those vegetables that can be direct seeded. I know (in my memory) when a vegetable is ready for harvest. I also save seeds on the vegetables I grow. I grow tomatoes (two different varieties); Cucumbers; Green beans; Sweet peppers; Egg plant; Butter beans (two varieties); Potatoes; Sweet potatoes (2 varieties); Okra; Hot pepper; Bitter melon (a Japanese vegetable); Watermelon; Black Eyed peas; Pinto beans; Kidney beans; Onions(2 types); Beets; Daikon (a Japanese radish, two varieties); Kale; Turnip Greens; Komatsuna (a Japanese greens); Collard Greens; Cabbage; Broccoli; and Blue Berries. I started making TH-cam videos because I am getting old and I wanted to preserve my knowledge and experience for my grandchildren, hopefully they will some day want to grow some of their own vegetables. As you see in my videos I also can (in glass jars) much of the vegetables I grow, some I harvest and store as dried vegetables such as Pinto beans, Kidney beans and Black Eyed peas. Sorry my answer got so long. If you have other questions, please ask, I will answer if I know the answer. OAG
I was thinking more specifically. The videos often show what date a crop was planted, transplanted, fertilized, harvested, etc. I'm just curious how you keep track of those dates.
@@annemurphy8724 When I am filming the clip (video) I speak into the camera the date. Then when I edit all the clips that become the final video I edit out me speaking the date to the camera. OAG
@@OldAlabamaGardener ah! That makes sense. I guess, in reality, unless I have a TH-cam channel, it doesn't really matter. I should plant when the weather says so, transplant when the seedling says so, fertilize when it seems about right, and harvest when the produce says so! It seems like some gardeners are so organized about such things and I've felt intimidated about it. I'm going to let that go. Thanks again for the videos!
@@annemurphy8724 I will keep making videos on vegetable growing, canning, cooking and on how to have better health. I invite you to subscribe, click on the bell icon and keep watching. OAG
I have a designated bed for SP. I leave the small slips and potatoes in the bed and they overwinter and sprout the next summer for the next year's crop.
8 b they are in a raised bed garnett I believe. I dig them up for Thanksgiving and cover everything back over. I put about 6 inches of leaves on top for the winter. My collard trees grow on the north and south side of them.
@@OldAlabamaGardener I might need to change it to every year planting as it limits the bed to only the 2 crops. I have to move that bed this year so I will be starting over with new slips next year.
That was interesting and educational. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I live on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay so we are a little warmer than you but overall pretty close to your gardening schedule.
I planted sweet potatoes for the first time this year. I planted some in straw bales which I’ve already dug into lol. But how do I know when the ones in the ground are ready? I still saw a new bloom today. 🤷🏻♀️ Supposed to get down to 37° tonight but then warm back up for a few weeks here in south central Kentucky
The best way is to dig under some and see if it has potatoes. Or count the days from setting the slips in the ground. Different sweet potatoes may have a different number of days to maturity. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe. OAG
My mother from Kentucky always grew some every year in southern Ohio. Her favorite for eating them baked was the white variety. I need to eat more sweet potatoes myself.
I have some sweets in my pantry sprouting slips now, have been wondering what to do with them next. Obviously too late this year to plant, so any tips on how to keep them sprouting to be ready next year? I have room inside my house for a staging area maybe.
I know some people have a jar of cuttings in water, near the kitchen window. I wonder if as the vine grows, you just keep taking more cuttings off it, maybe you can make it last till springtime
INDEGRUV: The way I do it is to save a couple potatoes to grow slips in the late winter. You may be able to keep the plant going all winter. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe. OAG
@@sharonkeef0522 Potatoes at the stores are often sprayed with a chemical to retard sprouting. However, if you buy organic potatoes you should have success growing slips.
@@eugottabekiddin3772 In asia, we just cut the vine n plant it in soil...it will keep growing. We usually harvest the leaves to cook. Stir fry sweet potatoes leaves is a favourite dish for most families
I haven't grown the Satsumaimo. Perhaps next year I will try it if I can find a potato to grow slips from. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe. OAG
Yes, I had the same problem. I gave up waiting for my sweet potatoes to produce slips and ordered some, wasn't cheap either. That is part of why I was so late in getting them set out into the garden. I am probably going to start slips a couple ways and start slips at intervals starting about the first of Feb. And I will make video of it. OAG
@@OldAlabamaGardener I meant like a short video of what we might need to get started in regards to planting our own seed sweet potatoes. Sorry. I'm just impatient. I have a greenhouse so I was wondering if I could plant them now here in central Arkansas
I miss this guy. But here is one thing about a step he took that was unnecessary. There is no need to "pot" those rooted slips in those water bottles. Rooted slips can go directly in the ground if the weather is warm (above mid to low 50°F at night). If the slips you grow or buy don't have roots, just stick them in a jar of water for a bit until roots start developing and plant. And in some areas, just planting the cuttings directly in the ground works too. Experiment and see.
You are welcome. I try to make videos that will help you in gardening, canning, cooking and some videos on how to have a better health. I appreciate you watching my videos. Thanks for stopping by.
Great video, thank you, enjoy them very much... IF a person does not have the wonderful options as land, like myself I have to be in Apartment living, but was blessed to use the owner of a field, where grass, weeds, blackberry bushes grows high, wish there was some medicinal plants growing... Any ways, I talked with the owner & he kindly mentioned to me, I was with the apartment people/Manager etc., then he looked at me & told me, you are more than welcome to grow a garden or what ever you need for gardening, so unfortunately I have low immune system, chronic painful outstanding issues & weak, "not asking for sympathy", it is what it is & I move on the best fashions as possible, just like many others, wink, smiles, hugs... So I have 2 BIG black bags of leaves, near the blackberry bushes, HUGE & TALL, let me tell ya... Plus 1 compost pile, so I can use when & IF needed, in my raised bed > ( I also made a Lasagna/layered in my raised bed & have saved 4 worms from drowning, then I noticed as I was adding more food etc. that there were at least 9 worms that I saw, happy little babies, sweet smiles... I would not make a good fishing woman, IF I had to hook a worm, "each to their own, I imagine.) > that I was blessed with & for my 60+ birthday & I don't even have to bend over much, unless I dRoP something, hmm that I can see, lol... Now I could actually get me some big truck tires & stack them, then fill with some soil & grow me some good ole sweet potatoes, anyone want to dig um up for me, when they're ready, of course you do, then you might as well help the setting up of the tires???, lmbo, wink smiles, just playing with ya... But a good suggestion for those with a small empty field, then this is a positive option & such a kind gentleman is letting others have some positive options & God only knows we all can use some smiles & positive options, through these tRyInG times... OOPS, I could go on all night, but read between the lines, as this is already turning into a novel, blushing, but just caring & sharing, you??? "Wink" 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌺🌼🌸😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️ ☘️~"1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through all these difficult tRyInG times"~ 😘 ~"Love, Hope, Peace, Kindness, Dreams, Inspiration, Laughter, Joy, Give, Live & Let Live"~
I just noticed that I used the word "Option", quite a few times, lol... "Editing up above, hellooooo, lol, ~"Cheers"~ 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌺🌼🌸😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️ ☘️~"1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through all these difficult trying times"~ 😘 ~"Love, Hope, Peace, Kindness, Dreams, Inspiration, Laughter, Joy, Give, Live & Let Live"~
Interesting thoughts. And yes, you can grow some vegetables in small plots such as raised beds or tires. Thanks for watching my videos. Please subscribe. OAG
@@OldAlabamaGardener New at gardening & my wonderful daughter bought me a raised bed, as the owner sold the field & so I lost my area, most likely new owner will be building more apartments & so no one is allowed on this property, so I grabbed my bags of leaves, but could not take my compost piles, as the piles was near the blackberry bushes, now cut down & concerned that they sprayed poison & so they don't come back, but more important is that I now care for 2 feral cats that adopted my home & they were born & lived in the blackberry bushes & I have seen 1 of the feral cats looking for mice, moles etc. & I hope & pray that she will be okay... I also feed them & keep them in at night, IF possible... I'd rather lose my compost piles than any live animals, any ole day... I've already liked & subscribed long ago, smiles & take care 1 & all... 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌼🌺💖😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️ ☘️~"1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through all these undesired difficult trying times"~ 😘 ~"Love, Hope, Peace, Kindness, Dreams, Inspiration, Laughter, Joy, Give, Live & Let Live"~
A lot of helpful information! I really enjoy and appreciate your videos! I’ve seen you use your tractor with a couple of implements. Would you be able to make a video in which you take us through the main tools you use on the farm and why you use them? If you ever find the time, I’d love to see that.
I ordered these slips from Burpee's seed company. I plan to grow my own next early spring. Thank you for watching my videos. I am subscribed to you. Please subscribe. OAG
Thank you. I misunderstood the information I thought I heard that sweet potatoes needs a cold spell before harvesting. I did that last year, and my two containers of potatoes were no good when I finally harvested them. Lesson learned.
No, I don't recommend you let the potatoes get a cold spell. If a frost hits the vines it will go down and into the potato which causes rot. If you haven't yet, please subscribe. OAG
Hey Charles/OAG, You and your subscribers may already know, Sweet potato leaves are a delicacy, sauteed with garlic! Please try the tender ones if you haven't.
I have not tried sweet potato leaves, although, we have a friend who cooks sweet potato leaves (she says, she likes the leaves better that the potato). This spring, when I have sweet potatoes growing, I will try it and make a video of it. Thank you for the encouragement to try it. OAG
@@ahmedhusseinny Growing sweet potatoes presents an interesting dilemma: To produce leaves the plant would need nitrogen, however, excess nitrogen would not be good for producing the potato tuber. When I grow sweet potatoes I don't add more nitrogen to the soil, the plant gets enough of nitrogen to produce all the leaves needed to make the tubers. So, which fertilizer makes tubers? Answer: Phosphorus. So, I might add a little phosphorus to the soil. Happy gardening! OAG
Yes.. Asian loves the sweet potato leaves. It is nutritious. Because it is "cooling" to the body we cooked it with sambal ( chilli, garlic ,dry shrimp, fermented shrimp paste) . You can stir fry the young tender shoots n young leaves with garlic n some ginger. Beside chilly, ginger will neutralise the cooling effect. For older leaves, we peel of the fibrous layer of the stem. Do not eat the leaves raw as the sap can give you a stomache.
I am in a sandy soil area Florida zone 10b--can I just use some topsoil mixed with sand to grow these since no fertilizer is best? I enjoy this channel a lot, thank you sir!
Thank you, I appreciate you watching my videos. Sandy soil ( I used to live in Florida, Aurburndale) does not hold water. You can grow sweet potatoes but you will probably have to water often. When I lived in Florida, I was not gardening and trying to grow sweet potatoes. It will be interesting to see how it turns out for you. The other option is to grow the sweet potatoes in a 20 gallon bag filled with a mixture such as I show in my video at: th-cam.com/video/aJ05cr2MZXg/w-d-xo.html
I have been wanting to try planting sweet potatoes for a long time but I am so scared what it might attract (rats and possums are a guarantee and I’m scared of both, dead or alive). Great video! I wish you more power and great health!
I have never had a possum eat sweet potato leaves or the potato while it is still in the ground. Thank you for watching my videos. If you haven't yet, please subscribe to my channel. OAG
Ole Alabama gardener would probably still be living today. If he would have a real doctor, not the quack who killed him. The drug he put him on was worse on him than what his health problem was. The doctor was treating.
Great tip on the water bottle pot up, thank you! And you are doing great for 81 years old on and off that tractor. Guessing we got a peak of the love of your life your wife checking on your progress. Nice size potatoes.
I keep and use the water bottles for one stage of growing my plants. Wife doesn't want to be in my videos. How are you doing?
OAG
I love watching and learning from OAG videos! He is a very good teacher!
Thank you. I appreciate you watching my videos.
OAG
I miss you OAG. I keep coming back to your page for advice.
I'm glad I watched because I sure was going to add some fertilizer to my bed. Thanks for leaving up His videos. RIP
He must have been loking out for me, because this just popped up in my feed out of the blue. I planted a couple 2 days ago and fertilized them. It's not too late to transplant them without. Thanks, OAG!
Amazing OAG !!! Always outstanding !!! You’re a hardworking 81 years of young soul. You’re always in my prayers. Take good care of yourselves. Always love you and your brilliant works. Greatly appreciate all of your outstanding efforts and advices. Thanks a lot with love blessings and prayers for sharing your experiences and as well for educating us.
Hello AB. I hope you and family are doing well. Wishing you good health and happiness.
OAG
@@OldAlabamaGardener thank you so very much for all your God blessed very informative teaching millions to grow their own food ,
Living in Montgomery County, Texas
But a West blockton, Alabama Daughter. An Mccalla, Alabama daughter....
You are so very very Needed teaching so many people who really need to understand how ...
God bless you Sir.
Josette Tharp 🙏🏻
@@jtharp9265 Thank you. I am happy to share my gardening experience with you. Of course I hope it helps others to grow some of their own food.
I still come back to watch his videos to remind me of how to grow and his style of growing sweet potatoes I'm in the lower part of the state of Alabama still glad to see his videos are around for other people to learn and watch
*OAG is still teaching me to this very day. Thank you for leaving his valuable content up and be shared with the world. Peace and blessings to his family.*
Thank you Mrs OAG for leaving his videos up. They are so helpful to me!!!
And i JUST FOUND HIM...SHE TOO IS A JEWEL AND HAS BLESSED SO MANY PEOPLE BY LEAVING THEM UP...IM PUSHING 80 AND A LIFE LONG GARDENER..NEVER TO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING.
I miss you so much ❤️. You were the first utube channel that came up when I asked my first gardening question. I wish I knew how many times you helped me, and my plants. I was a first time gardener. I pray that you knew how much you were loved. 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
Thank you for sharing,,I really like sweet potatoes, god bless 🙏
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OAG
Nice harvest Charles!
Thank you. I almost planted them too late. Thanks for stopping by.
C.
I just found OAG through this video and I'm so sad to hear he passed. I hope your memories of him bring you much comfort. I don't know how he got started youtubing, but I think it's very cool he did and I'll be diving into his old videos.
Sweet potatoes are one of the best nutritious plants one can grow. Great source of starches. Thank you OAG!
You are welcome. I may try dehydrating watermelon as you showed.
OAG
Best part of the video when you say ol'aobama gardener and obviously your wide around growing vegetables. Love from Australia
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OAG
Thank you for this presentation. That looks like a bunch of sweet potatoes from 25 slips! I'll always be jealous of the sandy loam you have.
You are welcome. I thought I had Alabama red clay.
OAG
@@OldAlabamaGardener you may have Alabama red clay. But the red clay here in Oklahoma will break a shovel handle if you can get it deep enough to get a shovel full. There are places around here in the bottomland flood plains where there is sandy loam. Not so much on my hillside.
You are such an inspiration sir thank you for always sharing your knowledge.
You said you won’t buy your slips next year. Would you mind sharing how to save them so that you can have your own slips for next year?
Thank you!
Yes, when it is time to grow slips I will make a video on it. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
OAG
Great video! Some of those were HUGE. I've never grown them, still trying to master growing regular potatoes!
It turned out a pretty good crop. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
OAG
I miss OAG. What a kind person he was!
I miss OAG also. He shared his knowledge to all of us and I have learned a lot and am still learning from him. ❤
They look great!
I did have a pretty good crop. Thanks for commenting.
OAG
I haven’t grown sweet potatoes since I was a kid watching this I’m try them this year 60 years later thanks
Looking good AOG! That will make some really good pie! Thanks as always for the videos.
Thank you (J). This is my wife's favorite sweet potato, but not mine. No pies, just eating as baked.
C.
@@OldAlabamaGardener what would be your favorite?
@@MrJWMINNESOTA Either Garnett or Centennial.
C.
Learned quite a bit Thank you OAG
You are welcome.
OAG
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. It is greatly, greatly appreciate. Health and long life to you and your Mrs.
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OAG
He measured the distance between his fully extended pinky and thumb tips... that's so smart!
Still looks like a good harvest
Yes, I am happy with this. We are expecting a frost that is why I dug them out instead of waiting longer. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
OAG
I love your videos. Have a blessed day and a wonderful weekend to you!
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OAG
OldAlabamaGardener : yep I give 10 likesand Subscribe .
Sure miss you Charles-
I still Love watching OAG videos. Learn things every time or helps my memory on what I'm growing. 👍
Murasaki despite its Japanese name meaning "purple" is actually an American variety developed in Louisiana.
They look fantastic, watching from across the pond in England .
Hello and welcome to my videos. Do you grow sweet potatoes?
OAG
Thank you OAG. You are the authority! RIP sir. 🌱🙏🍠
Am I your sweet potato? I YAM!!
Thanks again for all your years of practical and applicable wisdom...you are THE BEST on TH-cam!! 🌻 Say Hi to the better half for us 🌹
You bet I Yam! You are welcome. I am happy if I helped you in some way.
OAG
Oh i yearn for these ways…I’m trying to glean all i can from precious ppl like the old Alabama gardener ..i dont know much because my parents didnt grow our food…my grand parents did…i want to get back to the old path! I really dont know anything ..but willing to learn!! Thank you sooo much for taking the time to teach!
Here in Aotearoa we call them kumara tipu exactly the same plant
Thank you brother OAG...always love to learn from the Veterans.....old school is the best school..... the triple "T" method......Tried Tested and True.... Love the way you explain things... straight forward, clear, honest, and most important no drama... cuz I always like to say "save the drama for yo mama"
you remind me of my grandpa ... calm and clear...Love you Brother.....just got another new subscriber.....Bless You
Thank you for subscribing. I am a simple person and like to keep things simple. I appreciate you watching my videos.
OAG
Thanks for posting this video, sir. Your expertise is gold and valuable (in my opinion).
You are welcome. I appreciate you watching my videos.
OAG
Good to see you OAG. I planted 8 whole sweet potatoes and they sprouted tubers, I separated them into about 50 pots and put them in my greenhouse for next year, I can’t wait to see what they do.
Do you mean they sprouted slips?
OAG
OldAlabamaGardener yes, I cut off most of the vine and leaves. I don’t have a root cellar but I can put them in my basement for January and February.
@@christopherjreihing Let me know how that works out.
OAG
I put my sweet potatoes in my bathroom with a space heater set for 85 degrees. I shut the bathroom door to retain the heat. Twice a day a put a pot of boiling water on the bathroom floor to increase the humidity. I cure the sweet potatoes for approximately two weeks. I’d like to hear other curing methods from OAG and other gardeners.
If you have a controlled heat and humidity, that way is best. I don't have that so I do it as I showed in my video. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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That is fabulous!!!!!!! What a great idea. Now I know my efforts aren’t for nothing. Do I wash them off before starting the curing process? How do you store them afterwards? In crates, mesh bags, paper bags?
@@CuriousinNY do not wash your sweet potatoes before curing. The skins are just too delicate. You may gently brush off excess soil if you wish. I don’t. Once I pull them out of the ground I do not clean or wash my sweet potatoes. Curing takes about two weeks. See my ideas above. After curing, I store my sweet potatoes in a back bedroom. I keep the temperature in the back bedroom between 55 to 65 degrees. You can use open cardboard boxes, milk crates, or plastic buckets to store your sweet potatoes. I use the smaller sweet potatoes to make slips for the next year. I place the smaller sweet potatoes in a tray of compost and potting mix to get the best results. Good luck with your sweet potatoes.
@@smhollanshead thank you! Do you have a TH-cam channel?
@@CuriousinNY thank you Linda. I’m just a gardener. I have no youtube channel. Please pay attention to OAG. He’s a good gardener with something to teach us. I watch all his videos. One one video I got a great recipe for green beans. It’s really worth trying.
Appreciate your dates and techniques shared, the leaves on these are a superfood too!
Thanks for showing us what you did....especially liked seeibg how you cured them...everything I read before talked about controlled temperatures and humidity, sounded like I could never accomplish. I grew them one year, but hadnt figured out the curing, and lost a lot of them in storage that winter. I cant wait to try again. And PLEASE post an update later....telling us how you liked the Murasaki compared to other types that you have grown before. Love to watch!
The way I cure them is not ideal, but I don't have any other way. Controlled temperatures and humid is best. Murasaki sweet potatoes are my wife's favorite. I prefer a Centennial or Garnett. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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Thank you for this. I love the clear directions and time table.
Thank you. I like to keep things simple so you can follow me and have success.
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Danny, from Deep South Homestead is the unofficial "king of sweet potatoes," and he and Wanda prefer the taste of smaller potatoes, over the larger ones. I wonder if you will notice a difference, too? I didn't know you could plant the slips in dirt/water like that! You've taught me again, sir. 😊
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God bless you for old man,thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Love ur videos thanks for sharing
Thank you.
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Curing Questions: What temperature is it day & night when you have them out in the sun? How many days do you do the sunshine and covering technique for curing? What do you do with them after that, and can you please show a video of how you store them? Thank you! Great video as always :)
I asked the same question and tried to copy and paste for you but couldn’t. So what he said is that the best way is for temperatures and humidity to be 80° temperature and 80% humidity. At the time of the video, his temperatures were in the 60s and 70s during the day and 40s and 50s at night. He didn’t say what the humidity was. He did say that he was covering his potatoes at night and it would take about three weeks for them to cure. Then he takes them into his basement where the temperature is around 55° for storing.
@@CuriousinNY Thank you! I don't know why I missed all of that in the video, I'll rewatch, but your notes are super helpful! Thank you!
sn232: I didn't discuss curing and storing in this video because I hadn't got the potatoes to that stage yet. I'll make another video when I finish the curing process. It is true that I don't have the ideal curing conditions, however, I am slowly getting it done. Thanks for watching.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener great.
I planted my sweet potatoes much to late this year, so they’re a lot smaller. So, I’m going to be ready earlier next season. You have really motivated me. I’ve been picking some of the leaves to put in soups or stews, I really like them!
I was late also. But I did manage to harvest quite a few nice potatoes. I try to make videos that will help you in gardening, canning, cooking and some videos on how to have a better health. I appreciate you watching my videos. Thanks for stopping by. Please subscribe if you haven't yet.
I love how great your soil is!
Thank you for the video. Would you ever be willing to share with your viewers how you keep track of all of the different information on when, what, how you plant, fertilize, harvest, etc., both within a season and from year to year? Do you keep a journal? A giant calendar? A spreadsheet? I'm only a few years into gardening and am very curious about how folks do this.
Thank you. That is an interesting set of questions. First what I don't do: I don't keep a journal. I don't keep a giant calendar. I don't keep a spread sheet. Second some information: I am 81 years old, I have been gardening for over 50 years.Third, What I do: I only grow vegetables we like, so I don't have to remember many different vegetable requirements. I know (in my memory) the right time to prepare my garden soil. I know (in my memory) the right time to start seeds for later transplanting. I know (in my memory) the right amount and kind of fertilizer for each of the vegetables I grow. I know (in my memory) the right time to set plants in the garden. I know (in my memory) the vegetables that need to be grown as transplants and those vegetables that can be direct seeded. I know (in my memory) when a vegetable is ready for harvest. I also save seeds on the vegetables I grow. I grow tomatoes (two different varieties); Cucumbers; Green beans; Sweet peppers; Egg plant; Butter beans (two varieties); Potatoes; Sweet potatoes (2 varieties); Okra; Hot pepper; Bitter melon (a Japanese vegetable); Watermelon; Black Eyed peas; Pinto beans; Kidney beans; Onions(2 types); Beets; Daikon (a Japanese radish, two varieties); Kale; Turnip Greens; Komatsuna (a Japanese greens); Collard Greens; Cabbage; Broccoli; and Blue Berries. I started making TH-cam videos because I am getting old and I wanted to preserve my knowledge and experience for my grandchildren, hopefully they will some day want to grow some of their own vegetables. As you see in my videos I also can (in glass jars) much of the vegetables I grow, some I harvest and store as dried vegetables such as Pinto beans, Kidney beans and Black Eyed peas. Sorry my answer got so long. If you have other questions, please ask, I will answer if I know the answer.
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I was thinking more specifically. The videos often show what date a crop was planted, transplanted, fertilized, harvested, etc. I'm just curious how you keep track of those dates.
@@annemurphy8724 When I am filming the clip (video) I speak into the camera the date. Then when I edit all the clips that become the final video I edit out me speaking the date to the camera.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener ah! That makes sense. I guess, in reality, unless I have a TH-cam channel, it doesn't really matter. I should plant when the weather says so, transplant when the seedling says so, fertilize when it seems about right, and harvest when the produce says so! It seems like some gardeners are so organized about such things and I've felt intimidated about it. I'm going to let that go. Thanks again for the videos!
@@annemurphy8724 I will keep making videos on vegetable growing, canning, cooking and on how to have better health. I invite you to subscribe, click on the bell icon and keep watching.
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I hope I get to plant sweet potatoes next year. I am new to gardening. Your videos are very helpful.
Thank you. Happy gardening.
OAG
I have a designated bed for SP. I leave the small slips and potatoes in the bed and they overwinter and sprout the next summer for the next year's crop.
Interesting thought. Which growing zone are you in?
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8 b they are in a raised bed garnett I believe. I dig them up for Thanksgiving and cover everything back over. I put about 6 inches of leaves on top for the winter. My collard trees grow on the north and south side of them.
@@barbaradavidson1950 I am also growing Garnett. I am at the north end of Alabama and we do get some very cold nights.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener I might need to change it to every year planting as it limits the bed to only the 2 crops. I have to move that bed this year so I will be starting over with new slips next year.
@@OldAlabamaGardener I am Northwest Florida right off the coast. I am 8b but usually only get a few hard freeze days.
That was interesting and educational. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I live on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay so we are a little warmer than you but overall pretty close to your gardening schedule.
I am at the very north end of AL. We are in zone 7 and I think you are in zone 8. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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Sweet potatoes!!
Yep, good food. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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i love sweet potatoes!
Yes and they are good for us. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener Already subscribed! Looking forward to more gardening videos from you, sir.
I planted sweet potatoes for the first time this year. I planted some in straw bales which I’ve already dug into lol. But how do I know when the ones in the ground are ready? I still saw a new bloom today. 🤷🏻♀️ Supposed to get down to 37° tonight but then warm back up for a few weeks here in south central Kentucky
The best way is to dig under some and see if it has potatoes. Or count the days from setting the slips in the ground. Different sweet potatoes may have a different number of days to maturity. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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Nice bunch of sweet potatoes. I grew this variety this year, had rats dig in and get to some of the tubers. Nice to see you sharing your method. :-)
Thank you. Yes, deer, ground hogs, rats and voles can be a problem.
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Ooh I value the old people ❤️❤️❤️👍
North AL is beautiful. I grew up in NW GA.
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He was my favorite go to. Miss you, RIP
My mother from Kentucky always grew some every year in southern Ohio. Her favorite for eating them baked was the white variety. I need to eat more sweet potatoes myself.
Sweet potatoes are good for us. They have a lot of fiber. Thank you for watching my videos. If you haven't yet, please subscribe.
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New to ur channel. Loving all the knowledge your sharing with us. God bless
I have some sweets in my pantry sprouting slips now, have been wondering what to do with them next. Obviously too late this year to plant, so any tips on how to keep them sprouting to be ready next year? I have room inside my house for a staging area maybe.
I know some people have a jar of cuttings in water, near the kitchen window. I wonder if as the vine grows, you just keep taking more cuttings off it, maybe you can make it last till springtime
INDEGRUV: The way I do it is to save a couple potatoes to grow slips in the late winter. You may be able to keep the plant going all winter. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener ty at Alabama gardener I’m wanting to start some can u do it from the store potatoes
@@sharonkeef0522 Potatoes at the stores are often sprayed with a chemical to retard sprouting. However, if you buy organic potatoes you should have success growing slips.
@@eugottabekiddin3772 In asia, we just cut the vine n plant it in soil...it will keep growing. We usually harvest the leaves to cook. Stir fry sweet potatoes leaves is a favourite dish for most families
You answered a lot of questions going on in my mind concerning the sweet potatoes that I planted. Thank you.
Awesome harvest
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Thanks OAG ❤
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Murasaki and Satsumaimo are my favorite potatoes. Gotta watch the carbs though. I can eat those things like candy.
I haven't grown the Satsumaimo. Perhaps next year I will try it if I can find a potato to grow slips from. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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Great Harvest OAG! I look forward to how you start the slips next year it seemed like forever for mine to make slips last time.
Yes, I had the same problem. I gave up waiting for my sweet potatoes to produce slips and ordered some, wasn't cheap either. That is part of why I was so late in getting them set out into the garden. I am probably going to start slips a couple ways and start slips at intervals starting about the first of Feb. And I will make video of it.
OAG
@@OldAlabamaGardener I'll be waiting ...hope you have a primer video to tell us how to get ready.
@@TheKingsComingAlefTav I have never used the Primer Video function. Actually, I don't know how to do it.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener I meant like a short video of what we might need to get started in regards to planting our own seed sweet potatoes. Sorry. I'm just impatient. I have a greenhouse so I was wondering if I could plant them now here in central Arkansas
@@OldAlabamaGardener do you have FB?
This is my all time favorite sweet potato and the only kind I've eaten in 4 1/2 years. So glad i found this
Thanks
Agreed lol, first time I had these , I immediately switched from the orange fleshed ones lol
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Great video! Very helpful. Thank you so much!
I miss this guy. But here is one thing about a step he took that was unnecessary. There is no need to "pot" those rooted slips in those water bottles. Rooted slips can go directly in the ground if the weather is warm (above mid to low 50°F at night). If the slips you grow or buy don't have roots, just stick them in a jar of water for a bit until roots start developing and plant. And in some areas, just planting the cuttings directly in the ground works too. Experiment and see.
Oh my goodness look at all those sweet potatoes.
Thank u Sir and all the great information.
Very welcome
He reminds me of my granddaddy!!🙏🙏✝️✝️
Fantastic! Been growing sweet potatoes but didn't know the curing trick . Thanks for your sharing.
You are welcome. I try to make videos that will help you in gardening, canning, cooking and some videos on how to have a better health. I appreciate you watching my videos. Thanks for stopping by.
Great video, thank you, enjoy them very much... IF a person does not have the wonderful options as land, like myself I have to be in Apartment living, but was blessed to use the owner of a field, where grass, weeds, blackberry bushes grows high, wish there was some medicinal plants growing... Any ways, I talked with the owner & he kindly mentioned to me, I was with the apartment people/Manager etc., then he looked at me & told me, you are more than welcome to grow a garden or what ever you need for gardening, so unfortunately I have low immune system, chronic painful outstanding issues & weak, "not asking for sympathy", it is what it is & I move on the best fashions as possible, just like many others, wink, smiles, hugs...
So I have 2 BIG black bags of leaves, near the blackberry bushes, HUGE & TALL, let me tell ya... Plus 1 compost pile, so I can use when & IF needed, in my raised bed >
( I also made a Lasagna/layered in my raised bed & have saved 4 worms from drowning, then I noticed as I was adding more food etc. that there were at least 9 worms that I saw, happy little babies, sweet smiles... I would not make a good fishing woman, IF I had to hook a worm, "each to their own, I imagine.)
> that I was blessed with & for my 60+ birthday & I don't even have to bend over much, unless I dRoP something, hmm that I can see, lol... Now I could actually get me some big truck tires & stack them, then fill with some soil & grow me some good ole sweet potatoes, anyone want to dig um up for me, when they're ready, of course you do, then you might as well help the setting up of the tires???, lmbo, wink smiles, just playing with ya... But a good suggestion for those with a small empty field, then this is a positive option & such a kind gentleman is letting others have some positive options & God only knows we all can use some smiles & positive options, through these tRyInG times... OOPS, I could go on all night, but read between the lines, as this is already turning into a novel, blushing, but just caring & sharing, you??? "Wink" 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌺🌼🌸😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️
☘️~"1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through all these difficult tRyInG times"~ 😘
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I just noticed that I used the word "Option", quite a few times, lol... "Editing up above, hellooooo, lol, ~"Cheers"~ 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌺🌼🌸😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️
☘️~"1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through all these difficult trying times"~ 😘
~"Love, Hope, Peace, Kindness, Dreams, Inspiration, Laughter, Joy, Give, Live & Let Live"~
Interesting thoughts. And yes, you can grow some vegetables in small plots such as raised beds or tires. Thanks for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener New at gardening & my wonderful daughter bought me a raised bed, as the owner sold the field & so I lost my area, most likely new owner will be building more apartments & so no one is allowed on this property, so I grabbed my bags of leaves, but could not take my compost piles, as the piles was near the blackberry bushes, now cut down & concerned that they sprayed poison & so they don't come back, but more important is that I now care for 2 feral cats that adopted my home & they were born & lived in the blackberry bushes & I have seen 1 of the feral cats looking for mice, moles etc. & I hope & pray that she will be okay... I also feed them & keep them in at night, IF possible... I'd rather lose my compost piles than any live animals, any ole day... I've already liked & subscribed long ago, smiles & take care 1 & all... 😘 🌹🌈💞🎵🌷🌼🌺💖😆👏👍💫🌟✌ 💛 ☘️
☘️~"1 & all please take care of you & for others that need you through all these undesired difficult trying times"~ 😘
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@@funluvnrm Thank you. Sounds like you are going to have a garden this coming spring.
OAG
Very informative! I will look forward to more success in growing sweet potatoes this time around.
Thank you.
OAG
I love all your videos I'm learning so much from you. best wishes from upstate NY.
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A lot of helpful information! I really enjoy and appreciate your videos! I’ve seen you use your tractor with a couple of implements. Would you be able to make a video in which you take us through the main tools you use on the farm and why you use them? If you ever find the time, I’d love to see that.
I can put making that kind of video on my to do list.
OAG
I love sweet potatoes and always enjoy any videos by OAG, but please put the close caption on the videos. Thank you!
I don't know how to do that.
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Thanks for the video I love sweet potatoes but have never grown them. I am going to try this year
Hope you enjoy
Great video! These are my favorite sweet potatoes.
They are the best !!!!!!!!!
This is a good video
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Thank you
Jah Way: You are welcome. "He will make you strong".
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OldAlabamaGardener I believe you 💯 I love watching OAG channel. I learned alot
Where do you get your slips? I want to do sweet potatoes and potatoes next year
I ordered these slips from Burpee's seed company. I plan to grow my own next early spring. Thank you for watching my videos. I am subscribed to you. Please subscribe.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener yessir I am subscribed and follow your channel. Thank you for all the great information
Nice harvest
Thank you. I misunderstood the information I thought I heard that sweet potatoes needs a cold spell before harvesting. I did that last year, and my two containers of potatoes were no good when I finally harvested them. Lesson learned.
No, I don't recommend you let the potatoes get a cold spell. If a frost hits the vines it will go down and into the potato which causes rot. If you haven't yet, please subscribe.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener yes, I found that out the hard way. They were so soft.
@@karenandriancontainergardening Gardeners always look to do better the next year.
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@@OldAlabamaGardener That’s my lan, thanks.
@@karenandriancontainergardening When I begin growing sweet potato slips, may be sometime in Feb, I will make a video of it and the progress.
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Hey Charles/OAG,
You and your subscribers may already know, Sweet potato leaves are a delicacy, sauteed with garlic! Please try the tender ones if you haven't.
I have not tried sweet potato leaves, although, we have a friend who cooks sweet potato leaves (she says, she likes the leaves better that the potato). This spring, when I have sweet potatoes growing, I will try it and make a video of it. Thank you for the encouragement to try it.
OAG
@@OldAlabamaGardener Perfect! Looking forward to your UNIQUE and ENJOYABLE TASTE TEST! :-)
For the first time in my life, I am growing.. for the leaves... the sweet potatoes, if any I get, would be a bonus.
@@ahmedhusseinny Growing sweet potatoes presents an interesting dilemma: To produce leaves the plant would need nitrogen, however, excess nitrogen would not be good for producing the potato tuber. When I grow sweet potatoes I don't add more nitrogen to the soil, the plant gets enough of nitrogen to produce all the leaves needed to make the tubers. So, which fertilizer makes tubers? Answer: Phosphorus. So, I might add a little phosphorus to the soil. Happy gardening!
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Yes.. Asian loves the sweet potato leaves. It is nutritious. Because it is "cooling" to the body we cooked it with sambal ( chilli, garlic ,dry shrimp, fermented shrimp paste) . You can stir fry the young tender shoots n young leaves with garlic n some ginger. Beside chilly, ginger will neutralise the cooling effect. For older leaves, we peel of the fibrous layer of the stem. Do not eat the leaves raw as the sap can give you a stomache.
Thanks,OAG.
RIP
So wonder my harvest was so small. No fertilizer next season. Thanks for sharing 😊
how early you going to put them out next year?
My plan is to plant some each month (Apr, May, Jun) starting about the 15th of April. Thank you for watching my videos.
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Just dug my sweet potatoes today ... But I used a potato fork
I have did it that way also. Thank you for watching my videos. Please subscribe.
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I am in a sandy soil area Florida zone 10b--can I just use some topsoil mixed with sand to grow these since no fertilizer is best? I enjoy this channel a lot, thank you sir!
Thank you, I appreciate you watching my videos. Sandy soil ( I used to live in Florida, Aurburndale) does not hold water. You can grow sweet potatoes but you will probably have to water often. When I lived in Florida, I was not gardening and trying to grow sweet potatoes. It will be interesting to see how it turns out for you. The other option is to grow the sweet potatoes in a 20 gallon bag filled with a mixture such as I show in my video at: th-cam.com/video/aJ05cr2MZXg/w-d-xo.html
Wow...that is great!
Yes. Thank you for watching.
Love it thank you
I have been wanting to try planting sweet potatoes for a long time but I am so scared what it might attract (rats and possums are a guarantee and I’m scared of both, dead or alive). Great video! I wish you more power and great health!
I have never had a possum eat sweet potato leaves or the potato while it is still in the ground. Thank you for watching my videos. If you haven't yet, please subscribe to my channel.
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Ole Alabama gardener would probably still be living today. If he would have a real doctor, not the quack who killed him. The drug he put him on was worse on him than what his health problem was. The doctor was treating.
What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? (Their yammies)
Okay, Lol, nice reply.
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That was cute! Always great to laugh ☺️
That is amazing! So how do you fix sweet potatoes to eat? Do you use that plow to dig the white potatoes?
Most people bake them. But they can be made into pie or casseroles. It is a common dish at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Make sweet potatoes balls. Mashed sweet potatoes with flour n sugar, then deep fry.
The sweet potatoes have to be boiled or steamed first .