I plant a sweet potato in a hanging basket and grow the shoots all winter so in the spring I just snip the runners and plant them. You can root them in water first but if it's the rainy season just plant them straight into the ground. You'll have more sweet potatoes than you can use or give away💜 happy growing 💜
Hi, what country are you in ? Here in the UK, unfortunately they would only over winter in a heated building ... we are thinking of trying this in our newly insulated shed which has a log burner ... I like the idea of using hanging baskets for this, that could work well for us... THanks for sharing the idea and for watching 💚✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife Hi. I'm in USA. I grow them hanging on my living room wall during the winter. The vines and leaves don't need as much sunlight just kept warm. As long as it's above 60°F they will take off. I hope you try it this winter. God bless
Hi Muriel, we adore having our own beautiful homegrown sweet potatoes, they always feel sooo health giving 💚 I think this was the first video we made about our sweet potato growing here, we have a few more on this playlist that you might enjoy too - Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿 👉 th-cam.com/play/PLOidPRQofoMMQnV_40S6dUq7nxtcMY5w9.html
Thank you. I really enjoyed your video, loved your dogs, benefited from the video, loved your presentation, and loved how funny your partner is, keep it up.
Good on you for trying them 🙌 Where abouts in the world/country are you bases? Glad you enjoyed the vid and the music 💚 We have quite a few other Sweet Potato videos that you might find interesting - they are all in a Sweet Potato Playlist on our channel page. Happy growing and thanks for watching ✌️🌿
If you plant the harvested vine indoors, you can then root 2-3 leaf segments in the spring. Here in Ecuador, these plants don't seem to die back if you water them and we plant the vine right in the ground.
I finally worked out that west Yorkshire is zone 8 on average, but some years it’s 7 as we can get temp at -10c +. Have you tried growing them in 30ltr potato pots ? Will be giving this a try this year thanks to this inspiring video
Great that youve found your zone - whilst there are always variables year to year, it can be helpful when planning what to grow to have a better idea on what 'should' actually survive in your area. I think you'll find a later vid where we grew some it pots - not sure what size ... it may be the way we are going though moving forward ....
Hi this is great video, the sweet potatoes looks very good! Do you know that sweet potatoes leaves is actually edible and delicious? You can make soup with it or stir fry! New subscriber here I hope we can be friend!
Hi, thank you very much for your comments! Yes i tried the leaves in indonesia and sarawak, we didnt eat them this year, but next time! Thanks for subscribing, your videos look good, we will be watching also!
Hey Vanessa, the net is to stop birds scratching out the slips when first planted out - Good luck with your slips - Sweet potatoes bought from Asian food stores seem to so ok for growing slips from, from what we've heard/tried too ... so maybe try a few of those too if you can, just in case the sainsbury's ones don't go ... Happy growing 💚✌️🌿
Congrats on your harvest. Mine was far from great but very determined to try again this year. Thanks for the tips. What was the netting for - squirrels? South East based too. Excited for this year. Just subscribed.
Hi Nneka, thanks so much for your comments! Ah im sure you will have better luck this year, they dont like very fertile coniditions as that makes thm produce more foliage, we use a low fertility compost as a mulch for them..the netting was for blackbirds, as here they tend to pull the slips out the soil when we first plant them, but after a couple of weeks when they have rooted well its not a problem, because we plant into our compost mulch it makes them quite easy to pull out initially! Thnk you for subscribing and keep in touch with how yours go!!!
I'm in Shropshire,"9A" apparently,have an allotment which I've created swales layed cardboard with manure house waste 12 inch of woodchips for soil fertility.cant wait to try this next year. Is Yakon a perennial and is it legal to grow in the UK?
HI Chris - You've been working hard 🙌 We grow Yacon as a replant Perennial, Yacon playlist here for more info 👉 th-cam.com/play/PLOidPRQofoMO7DbnFE7dT9EQBNsKncF72.html DEFA 'ADVICE' re Yacon ... not updated for 2 year now "Currently yacon can be legally moved within GB, but while there remains a significant degree of uncertainty over the general disease status of this crop, we recommend that it should not be grown in the future". Then if you look into PYV again its impact doesn;t seem to be causing much concern for worry either .. "However, there is no specific information of its effects on yield. On experimental hosts, the symptoms it causes are often less severe than those caused by AMV" I'm personal more worried about the chemicals most commercial crops are treated with and releasing into the environment and the damage that is causing long term, as always though it seems like the focus of governing bodies is always in the wrong place! We've been growing Yacon alongside potatoes for about 5 years now, haven't noticed anything unusual. 💚✌️🌿
I loved your video and found I really miss having a dog! I used to have an Australian Shepherd, so similar to border collies! My question is, do you think I could grow SP in the Scottish Borders?
Hi, Glad you enjoyed the video and dog input 🐾💚 Its may be possible to grow them - best thing to do is try. The T65 variety is defo the best outdoor grower, if you have any polytunnel space, try a couple of slips in there too and see what goes best. When we do buy slips we get them from Highland Horticulture 👍✌️🌿
@@neilgrice7901 awesome 🙌 they can be grown in pots too … so if outdoors the best yielding variety we have found is T65, although I know of other still having good success with other varieties too - the Asian varieties tend to be more hardy than the pacific ones 💚✌️🌿
Best place is to find a green waste site near you... the kind of place gardeners and tree surgeons take their waste too, they make it on site and sell it in bulk normally at a very good price. It usually called municipal waste compost.
Hi, Thanks for watching our video. Its mainly a variety called T65, we've made a few other videos where we talk about this variety in more detail that you might be interested in. You can find them here: th-cam.com/play/PLOidPRQofoMMQnV_40S6dUq7nxtcMY5w9.html
we then bring them inside in the warm for a few weeks to 'cure' them, i put them near a radiator in a hessian bag..then you can store them like you would normal potatoes in a frost free place inside..hope that helps!
Hey Jonny, yeah its a shame nowhere sells just the tubers, i guess the cost of storing above freezing in colder areas makes it more worthwhile selling the slips at a higher value, we had to ust invest the 1st year around £100 in slips to have enough to eat for the season and store the best ones to make slips!
Eat the young leaves/stalk rich in iron just boil or steam them then make a nice dip or make a salad. I live here in the southern part of UK everytime I plant sweet potato the slugs and snails just dont give them a chance to grow, any suggestion to fight these enemies? Thanks
Hi Roger, thats some nice ideas for the stalks and leaves - thank you. Re slugs etc ... ours really don't seem to get bothered much which is interesting... we do have a very diverse and strong bird population here, prob where we are surround by woodland, our jungle and the food forest, which can create challenges with certain crops, but maybe benefit others!? 💚✌️🌿
Check out how we STORE and GROW our own Sweet Potato SLIPS in this video here: th-cam.com/video/vrCzYbTd088/w-d-xo.html
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I plant a sweet potato in a hanging basket and grow the shoots all winter so in the spring I just snip the runners and plant them. You can root them in water first but if it's the rainy season just plant them straight into the ground. You'll have more sweet potatoes than you can use or give away💜 happy growing 💜
Hi, what country are you in ? Here in the UK, unfortunately they would only over winter in a heated building ... we are thinking of trying this in our newly insulated shed which has a log burner ... I like the idea of using hanging baskets for this, that could work well for us... THanks for sharing the idea and for watching 💚✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife Hi. I'm in USA. I grow them hanging on my living room wall during the winter. The vines and leaves don't need as much sunlight just kept warm. As long as it's above 60°F they will take off. I hope you try it this winter. God bless
Very rich in hyaluronic acid so excellent for GI tract, skin & joints. Love 'em. Thanks for sharing your journey!
Hi Muriel, we adore having our own beautiful homegrown sweet potatoes, they always feel sooo health giving 💚 I think this was the first video we made about our sweet potato growing here, we have a few more on this playlist that you might enjoy too - Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿
👉 th-cam.com/play/PLOidPRQofoMMQnV_40S6dUq7nxtcMY5w9.html
Nice info...here in the Philippines my father directly plant the stem we still have a good harvest...I love harvesting .
Harvesting is lots of fun 💚 Thanks for watching ✌️🌿
Thank you. I really enjoyed your video, loved your dogs, benefited from the video, loved your presentation, and loved how funny your partner is, keep it up.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it ✌️🌿
Great harvest! Your persistence paid off handsomely.
Thanks Robin!
We love leaves of sweet potatoes and potatoes are yammy too.
Yes, Dan has eaten sweet potato leaves when in was in Borneo, where are you from?
Thanks for the tips I love also harvesting sweet potatoes and planting them
Thank you, so do we! Beautiful arnt they...
Amazing treasure!
Fantastic info You’ve inspired me to try these although I’m a bit late in the season next year I’ll be prepared thank you
D J yeah you should definatly give them at go!
That’s a lot of sweet potato! 👏🏼
Amazing helpful video, thank you so much ❤
Glad it was helpful! Thank heaps for saying so - happy growing ✌️🌿
Like the reggae backing sounds😄
Trying sweet pots this year.
Good on you for trying them 🙌 Where abouts in the world/country are you bases? Glad you enjoyed the vid and the music 💚 We have quite a few other Sweet Potato videos that you might find interesting - they are all in a Sweet Potato Playlist on our channel page. Happy growing and thanks for watching ✌️🌿
If you plant the harvested vine indoors, you can then root 2-3 leaf segments in the spring. Here in Ecuador, these plants don't seem to die back if you water them and we plant the vine right in the ground.
Great thank you for your comment, sounds like you have a better climate for them than we do!
Great success well done, instant subscription, plan to try too. S. Easterner too, excited.
Awesome! Let us know how you get on, Thanks for Sub & Comment 👍✌️🌿
Amazing great sharing watch full video S 👍👍🍁🍁🍁🍁
Thank you so much for watching, much appreciated!
I love forest life.
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Thanks guys, I think ill give this a go :)
Amazing video!
Thank you Dilrube, glad you like it.
I love harvesting sweet potatoes.
Good job and thanks for the tips i really like sweet potatoes .watching your video from davao
Great thank you so much for your comment, Daveo, phillipines? so you can grow all year round there, great!
I love your videos ...
Hi Saara - Thank you - means a lot 🙏✌️🌿
Fantastic video new subscriber thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
Thank you Monara, means alot!
Greetings from Vanuatu..nice harvest
Hello! Thanks for watching, i was staying on tanna island for a few months before, beautiful place and people!
Wow....great job..🙏🌷🌷
Thank you Saara! Nice work on your channel, what country are you in?
My country is 🇱🇰 Sri lankan ...🙏🌷🌷🌹🌹 Good morning all of you.... stay & safe
wow 😮
Looking good son
I finally worked out that west Yorkshire is zone 8 on average, but some years it’s 7 as we can get temp at -10c +.
Have you tried growing them in 30ltr potato pots ?
Will be giving this a try this year thanks to this inspiring video
Great that youve found your zone - whilst there are always variables year to year, it can be helpful when planning what to grow to have a better idea on what 'should' actually survive in your area. I think you'll find a later vid where we grew some it pots - not sure what size ... it may be the way we are going though moving forward ....
Your new subscriber saara🙏🌷🌹🤗
the dog isz so funny
Thats our Millie - trying to distract us!! 😂🐾
I cut one potato and left them into the water than I get 5 long plant.I cut the stem every after 3 leaves .Now I have15 plants this way.
Awesome - this is grear - you must have a good climate.
I will keep mine in the boxes then. Or I would be likely to pull them up with the bind weed. Thanks Dan. Great tips 😁
Bumper harvest is an understatement 👀😅
Thanks, yes we were pretty happy with it .. hopefully this years will be as good 🤞✌️🌿
That's great! Love your kamote
Thank you for teaching us a new word for Sweet potato/Kumera 🙏 What area are you that the word Kamote is from? ✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife They're called kamote in the Philippines.
@@freedomforestlife kamote means sweet potatoes, from Philippines.
Hi this is great video, the sweet potatoes looks very good! Do you know that sweet potatoes leaves is actually edible and delicious? You can make soup with it or stir fry! New subscriber here I hope we can be friend!
Hi, thank you very much for your comments! Yes i tried the leaves in indonesia and sarawak, we didnt eat them this year, but next time! Thanks for subscribing, your videos look good, we will be watching also!
@@freedomforestlife thank you very much!
Yes, sweet potato leaves are delicious.
What’s the net for ?
I’m gonna start my slips this morning from organic SPs bought from Sainsburys 🤞🏻
Hey Vanessa, the net is to stop birds scratching out the slips when first planted out - Good luck with your slips - Sweet potatoes bought from Asian food stores seem to so ok for growing slips from, from what we've heard/tried too ... so maybe try a few of those too if you can, just in case the sainsbury's ones don't go ... Happy growing 💚✌️🌿
Congrats on your harvest. Mine was far from great but very determined to try again this year. Thanks for the tips. What was the netting for - squirrels? South East based too. Excited for this year. Just subscribed.
Hi Nneka, thanks so much for your comments! Ah im sure you will have better luck this year, they dont like very fertile coniditions as that makes thm produce more foliage, we use a low fertility compost as a mulch for them..the netting was for blackbirds, as here they tend to pull the slips out the soil when we first plant them, but after a couple of weeks when they have rooted well its not a problem, because we plant into our compost mulch it makes them quite easy to pull out initially! Thnk you for subscribing and keep in touch with how yours go!!!
I’m thinking about growing them next year but I know them take forever to grow and you get only a few! I’d be happy if they work!
Well worth the effort in satisfaction for sure - if your growing outside in uk, highly recommend the t65 variety for best yield for sure ✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife yes I’ll defo be doing that
I'm in Shropshire,"9A" apparently,have an allotment which I've created swales layed cardboard with manure house waste 12 inch of woodchips for soil fertility.cant wait to try this next year.
Is Yakon a perennial and is it legal to grow in the UK?
HI Chris - You've been working hard 🙌 We grow Yacon as a replant Perennial, Yacon playlist here for more info 👉 th-cam.com/play/PLOidPRQofoMO7DbnFE7dT9EQBNsKncF72.html
DEFA 'ADVICE' re Yacon ... not updated for 2 year now "Currently yacon can be legally moved within GB, but while there remains a significant degree of uncertainty over the general disease status of this crop, we recommend that it should not be grown in the future".
Then if you look into PYV again its impact doesn;t seem to be causing much concern for worry either .. "However, there is no specific information of its effects on yield. On experimental hosts, the symptoms it causes are often less severe than those caused by AMV" I'm personal more worried about the chemicals most commercial crops are treated with and releasing into the environment and the damage that is causing long term, as always though it seems like the focus of governing bodies is always in the wrong place! We've been growing Yacon alongside potatoes for about 5 years now, haven't noticed anything unusual. 💚✌️🌿
I loved your video and found I really miss having a dog! I used to have an Australian Shepherd, so similar to border collies! My question is, do you think I could grow SP in the Scottish Borders?
Hi, Glad you enjoyed the video and dog input 🐾💚 Its may be possible to grow them - best thing to do is try. The T65 variety is defo the best outdoor grower, if you have any polytunnel space, try a couple of slips in there too and see what goes best. When we do buy slips we get them from Highland Horticulture 👍✌️🌿
thank you! I'll look it up.@@freedomforestlife
Please can you tell me where you purchased you slips? Thanks!
Hi Ruth, we purchased our original slips from here - hope that helps. www.sweetpotato-slips.co.uk/
Mantap
Terima kasih!
Which month did you put the plant outdoors bro?
Hey man, we plant outdoor 3rd week in May here, after last frosts!
I have been looking for alternatives for spinach going to try sweet potatoes
What variety are you planting pls
I tried inside white, outside pink that one. I don't know the name of variety.
Very nice crop. Where are you in the world.
Hi Neil, we’re central south coast UK. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed seeing our harvest 💚✌️🌿
A a im Leicestershire.Goind to have go but very little space
@@neilgrice7901 awesome 🙌 they can be grown in pots too … so if outdoors the best yielding variety we have found is T65, although I know of other still having good success with other varieties too - the Asian varieties tend to be more hardy than the pacific ones 💚✌️🌿
I am also south east, where do you get your economical compost at large scale?
Best place is to find a green waste site near you... the kind of place gardeners and tree surgeons take their waste too, they make it on site and sell it in bulk normally at a very good price. It usually called municipal waste compost.
This year I grew 1st time.
What was the net for?
To stop the birds scratching out the newly planted slips before they root ✌️🌿
Which variety is this
Hi, Thanks for watching our video. Its mainly a variety called T65, we've made a few other videos where we talk about this variety in more detail that you might be interested in. You can find them here: th-cam.com/play/PLOidPRQofoMMQnV_40S6dUq7nxtcMY5w9.html
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Hi what area of UK are you in
Hi Kathy, we are in the South, a little way from Portsmouth 😊 Where abouts are you? 💚✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife
Oh cool , I'm south East near Folkestone
How did you cure them please?
we then bring them inside in the warm for a few weeks to 'cure' them, i put them near a radiator in a hessian bag..then you can store them like you would normal potatoes in a frost free place inside..hope that helps!
How do you grow sweet potato indoors?
Hey Sean, like this: th-cam.com/video/baQMtXthRn0/w-d-xo.html
What part of the U.K. is this
Hi, We're central south - Hampshire ✌️🌿
Hi I'd like to buy some of this variety to start my own crop from scratch. Do u know where I can buy some? I don't want the slips as they r a bit dear
Hey Jonny, yeah its a shame nowhere sells just the tubers, i guess the cost of storing above freezing in colder areas makes it more worthwhile selling the slips at a higher value, we had to ust invest the 1st year around £100 in slips to have enough to eat for the season and store the best ones to make slips!
9a in the UK?
Yes thats the US hardiness zones..
@@freedomforestlife That's pretty cool.
Why not use li ku e a fork to loosen the dirt around but just be careful..wouldn't that be easier
Berbaik dengan alam,bumi.akan mendapat balasan baik.potato sweet.
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Можно с переводом
Eat the young leaves/stalk rich in iron just boil or steam them then make a nice dip or make a salad. I live here in the southern part of UK everytime I plant sweet potato the slugs and snails just dont give them a chance to grow, any suggestion to fight these enemies? Thanks
Hi Roger, thats some nice ideas for the stalks and leaves - thank you. Re slugs etc ... ours really don't seem to get bothered much which is interesting... we do have a very diverse and strong bird population here, prob where we are surround by woodland, our jungle and the food forest, which can create challenges with certain crops, but maybe benefit others!? 💚✌️🌿