Extra ones boil them mash them and put them in plastic freezer bag flatten the bag and freeze them is what I do use as needed works great no waste of potatoes
I am a first time sweet potato grower. I tried growing slips from organic store bought potatoes and could not get them to grow the slips. I used a store bought non organic sweet potato and grew slips. I stuck two slips in the ground in a place that practically got ignored and I got a good crop of sweet potatoes. I harvested in October. I wasn't sure when to harvest, I thought after the leaves started dying off and they weren't, so I harvested anyways. There were a few BIG sweet potatoes, but for the most part, they were a good size. +
My mom eats the young vines. She plants some slips for the vines and leaves and some for the actual, full sized potatoes. The ones that she plants for full size potatoes she doesn’t touch the leaves or vines.
I've never tried to grow sweet potatoes in my minimalist garden. I've watched the vid and i've read all the comments and never imagined that it required this amount of technique!
They don't really require much of anything, although decent soil helps. Just plant them, keep the deer and rabbits away from them, and dig them up after three months. The curing is really not a big deal, and does not require special controls. It's not even completely necessary. I didn't cure mine one year, and could hardly tell the difference. Because of the substantial yield from each plant, there is perhaps no better, easier, survival food. Try it!
That's a good harvest from 4 slips. Nice pretty uniform sizes too. Mine this year tended to be oddly long and twisty compared to what I had previously. Must be the soil. I rotate them around to different raised beds each year. I have been putting in 20+ slips each year and probably should cut back.😆 Beauregard is my go to variety but I have tried Orleans and Covington also. Love the trellis concept for them, I think I will try that next season. I use mine primarily for sweet potato pies! Thanks for the video.
If you have a big heat mat (ideally with a thermostat controller) and a plastic tote, that makes a great curing chamber. I put that out in our garage with a jar of water in the middle, and stacked our tubers inside. Set the temperature goal to 85 and stick the probe on the bottom of the tote. Leave the lid slightly open. After a week or so, everything was well cured. The box smelled so good too! For reference, we had about 35 lbs in the tote, but could have easily fit twice that in there.
Did you notice any benefit to growing them vertically? I've seen a few videos where the grower tied up the vines, up off the ground. Their thinking being, that it's wasted energy for the plant to grow along the ground and attempt to root, so all the energy is toward the main plant. What do you think? I am planning for next season to try free growing, and some vertical. I plan to tie up the vines by using the Florida Weave method, and some with tomatote cages. I've also seen videos doing this with potatoes. Holding up the tops off the ground, saves space, and helps make healthier tops, hopefully meaning a healthier harvest. They also showed, that by supporting the tops, makes it easier to maintain the plants, hilling, weeding, and watering. What do you think?
I’m not sure. I’ve also heard the opposite - that allowing them to root as they vine gives them more energy to produce. I can’t say that after doing it both ways that I can tell a big enough difference to form an opinion. To me, it seems that sun and fertile soil make a bigger difference. But that’s just an observation. If you’re doing both next year, I’d love to hear your observations!
I live in central ark I grow sweet potatoes in mineral tubs over wood chips when they spread out they will root in the wood chips growing mass amounts of vine potatoes betterthan what grows in the pots in large amounts
I've never had any problem with a tougher texture on large potatoes, although the Frankenstein monster you showed near the beginning is something else entirely. Tip for new gardeners: Regular potatoes make tubers, but sweet potatoes are storage roots, not tubers. Also, never store them where temps will drop much below 55 degrees, because they will rot at low temperatures. Really cold basements and garages are not suitable storage locations.
Great info! My first attempt at Sweet Potatoes 🍠 was attacked by some sort of beetle and slugs. 🤷🏼♂️ Gonna have to try again soon, see what I can get to happen.
Just harvested today 10-17-2024 have them drying in green house right now should I bring indoors at night then bring back out during the day? Thank You
Please let us know how and where you’re going to cure the sweet potatoes. I’m in Central Florida 9b growing potatoes for the second time. It’s averaging upper 80’s during the day and evenings in the mid 60’s. I see a couple of flowers. That may be because of fish emulsion fertilizer. Mistake of a newbie. Thank you for sharing 😊
Admittedly, I didn’t cure them properly this year. I left them in the greenhouse, planning for warm days, but we ended up getting some 40ish nights during that time. Once I realized it, I brought them in, to room temperature. Next time, I’ll make a better effort to bring them inside if the weather is cold. I saw a method from the Millennial Gardener’s TH-cam channel that involved a seed starting mat and jar of water that I thought was ingenious. I’d recommend checking that idea out. Next time I plan to try that.
I keep mine in a crate (ventilation is important) in a dark area of my home. I’ve never had sweet potatoes rot in storage, but I’ve had them start sprouting too early.
Sweet potatoes need to be kept above 50-55 degrees, or they will rot. Really cold basements or garages are not suitable storage locations. In most environments they easily keep until spring. I've had potatoes that remained viable (though not edible) for a year and a half.
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Just heard a great tip-use a marker or stake where the slip is planted to make harvesting more targeted and maybe a little easier.
Extra ones boil them mash them and put them in plastic freezer bag flatten the bag and freeze them is what I do use as needed works great no waste of potatoes
I am a first time sweet potato grower. I tried growing slips from organic store bought potatoes and could not get them to grow the slips. I used a store bought non organic sweet potato and grew slips. I stuck two slips in the ground in a place that practically got ignored and I got a good crop of sweet potatoes. I harvested in October. I wasn't sure when to harvest, I thought after the leaves started dying off and they weren't, so I harvested anyways. There were a few BIG sweet potatoes, but for the most part, they were a good size. +
I grow sweet potato slips for my mom every year and they go crazy!
Siembralos los camotes dulces a plenitud del sol, si mucha luz solar....😎👍
We eat the leaves. They’re fantastic.
My mom eats the young vines. She plants some slips for the vines and leaves and some for the actual, full sized potatoes. The ones that she plants for full size potatoes she doesn’t touch the leaves or vines.
I've never tried to grow sweet potatoes in my minimalist garden. I've watched the vid and i've read all the comments and never imagined that it required this amount of technique!
They don't really require much of anything, although decent soil helps. Just plant them, keep the deer and rabbits away from them, and dig them up after three months. The curing is really not a big deal, and does not require special controls. It's not even completely necessary. I didn't cure mine one year, and could hardly tell the difference. Because of the substantial yield from each plant, there is perhaps no better, easier, survival food. Try it!
That's a good harvest from 4 slips. Nice pretty uniform sizes too. Mine this year tended to be oddly long and twisty compared to what I had previously. Must be the soil. I rotate them around to different raised beds each year. I have been putting in 20+ slips each year and probably should cut back.😆 Beauregard is my go to variety but I have tried Orleans and Covington also. Love the trellis concept for them, I think I will try that next season. I use mine primarily for sweet potato pies! Thanks for the video.
If you have a big heat mat (ideally with a thermostat controller) and a plastic tote, that makes a great curing chamber. I put that out in our garage with a jar of water in the middle, and stacked our tubers inside. Set the temperature goal to 85 and stick the probe on the bottom of the tote. Leave the lid slightly open. After a week or so, everything was well cured. The box smelled so good too! For reference, we had about 35 lbs in the tote, but could have easily fit twice that in there.
Nicely done. Thank you. How about a video on curing regular potatoes and sweet potatoes?
There is one on storing regular potatoes. Will keep that in mind for sweet potatoes!
Did you notice any benefit to growing them vertically? I've seen a few videos where the grower tied up the vines, up off the ground. Their thinking being, that it's wasted energy for the plant to grow along the ground and attempt to root, so all the energy is toward the main plant. What do you think? I am planning for next season to try free growing, and some vertical. I plan to tie up the vines by using the Florida Weave method, and some with tomatote cages. I've also seen videos doing this with potatoes. Holding up the tops off the ground, saves space, and helps make healthier tops, hopefully meaning a healthier harvest. They also showed, that by supporting the tops, makes it easier to maintain the plants, hilling, weeding, and watering. What do you think?
I’m not sure. I’ve also heard the opposite - that allowing them to root as they vine gives them more energy to produce. I can’t say that after doing it both ways that I can tell a big enough difference to form an opinion. To me, it seems that sun and fertile soil make a bigger difference. But that’s just an observation. If you’re doing both next year, I’d love to hear your observations!
Nice harvest Jill, thanks for sharing the knowledge 👍
I live in central ark I grow sweet potatoes in mineral tubs over wood chips when they spread out they will root in the wood chips growing mass amounts of vine potatoes betterthan what grows in the pots in large amounts
Sweet potatoes can be consumed from fingerling size to big back size.
Appreciate knowing this took place in Alabama.
Arkansas, but still the South. 😎
Great video!!
Always appreciate your straight forward and very informative videos. Thanks!
I grow Asian sweet potatos, they are very sweet and tender, I usually plant them in June when gets hot, they love it...Thanks Jill
Wow never seen flowers of sweet potatoes I must take them out earlier
Thank You!❤
In New Zealand we call them Kūmara. They are beautiful
I've never had any problem with a tougher texture on large potatoes, although the Frankenstein monster you showed near the beginning is something else entirely. Tip for new gardeners: Regular potatoes make tubers, but sweet potatoes are storage roots, not tubers. Also, never store them where temps will drop much below 55 degrees, because they will rot at low temperatures. Really cold basements and garages are not suitable storage locations.
Wow very nice video thanks for sharing my friend 👍😊
Great info! My first attempt at Sweet Potatoes 🍠 was attacked by some sort of beetle and slugs. 🤷🏼♂️ Gonna have to try again soon, see what I can get to happen.
Just harvested today 10-17-2024 have them drying in green house right now should I bring indoors at night then bring back out during the day? Thank You
I had Star shaped & sweet potatoes heart shaped
You can eat the leaves, like spinach
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Am in Greenbrier Arkansas
My first time. 30lb grow bag. I put a bunch of slips, 10 per bag. Toooo many. Got long skinny ones. Next year 4 slips per bag. ☹️😢
From my understanding, most growers plant one or two slips per bag. That way your plants have plenty of room for a large harvest.
I think we’ve all made that mistake! We try and learn. 😊
Please let us know how and where you’re going to cure the sweet potatoes. I’m in Central Florida 9b growing potatoes for the second time. It’s averaging upper 80’s during the day and evenings in the mid 60’s. I see a couple of flowers. That may be because of fish emulsion fertilizer. Mistake of a newbie. Thank you for sharing 😊
Admittedly, I didn’t cure them properly this year. I left them in the greenhouse, planning for warm days, but we ended up getting some 40ish nights during that time. Once I realized it, I brought them in, to room temperature.
Next time, I’ll make a better effort to bring them inside if the weather is cold. I saw a method from the Millennial Gardener’s TH-cam channel that involved a seed starting mat and jar of water that I thought was ingenious. I’d recommend checking that idea out. Next time I plan to try that.
Great video! Thank you, I’m going to have to give them a try. What material are you using for your trellis?
It’s a cattle panel
I have seed from mine I am waiting to see if they will germinate.
Curing also makes them sweeten
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you can plant those vines right away. no need to make potato slips from the potatoes.
Good point, and a time saver -- but they would need to be kept in pots indoors over winter, so they don't freeze -- which means watering, too.
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The leaves are great to eat - but not white potato leaves
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Rather than wasting, you should try a farmers market or donating to food banks.
No waste what so ever, with some butter on top! it's all meat and potatoes!
I’m also in Arkansas. How did you winter store your sweet potatoes? Mine were rotting by the time starting slips would work.
I keep mine in a crate (ventilation is important) in a dark area of my home. I’ve never had sweet potatoes rot in storage, but I’ve had them start sprouting too early.
Sweet potatoes need to be kept above 50-55 degrees, or they will rot. Really cold basements or garages are not suitable storage locations. In most environments they easily keep until spring. I've had potatoes that remained viable (though not edible) for a year and a half.