It is true that the looser the soil the bigger the sweet potatoes can become. I live in an island where sweet potato is the staple but we've never grown it this way.. very interesting how you grow your sweet potato. Will be trying this new technique. We have at least 20 heirloom varieties growing where i live in Northern most island of Philippines. Thank you very much
We also make nutritious juice from the sweet potato tops by boiling it. You can add up a drop of lemon juice to perk up flavor. The sweet potato tops when sauted, add just enough water is the best cure for hang over! Believe me.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that information. Wow, 20 varieties is a lot! I will have only 9 varieties growing this year. And thanks for the tip on the hang over cure. I'm sure other folks who find this will appreciate that one.
We are also pretty superstitious when we plant sweet potato. It is a practice handed down to us to plant during full moon and low tide- following such practice has not failed to produce huge and sweetest roots. Thank you and good day.
@@AnOldSchoolHome Interesting. I've never tried them that way. We normally go with butter, salt, and pepper. But we also occasionally go with brown sugar, cinnamon, and a little salt.
They did awesome in the straw bale ! This was the first year we ever grew sweet potatoes . We don't don't care for them so we never grew them but we got some slips for free . I was shocked how good they did even with us in a drought . Thanks for sharing !
Frying and Carmalizing them is really good. When I lived in the Philippines sweet potatoes was more of a desert. Haha it was the first time I ever ate sweet potatoes.
Wow! What a great harvest! I'm trying sweet potatoes for the first time, but I never thought of using a straw bale, that's such a great idea and it seems that they really like it. I'll have to give that a try. Thanks so much for sharing!🐞🌸Have a beautiful day and enjoy all those beauties from your harvest
Thanks a bunch, Stacey! I was a little surprised by how well the sweet potatoes did in the straw bales, since I hadn't tried it before. It worked so well that I'm planning on trying it again next year. You have a beautiful day too!
The best variety for me is the purple. I do some planting on the ground. Some good but not like your's on the video. The bale idea is good. I'll try some day. Excellent video sir.
I used a straw bale for the first time last year. I used only 3 slips, one made it. But my 7 year old grandson and I were very happy with a few small potatoes. We will try it again this year. It was a very fun experiment for the both of us. Blessings
I am very impressed with your harvest and how well they did in the straw bales. I tried to grow sweet potatoes but it didn't turn out,however last year I grew potatoes in straw and they did awesome. Thanks for the video Jim and stay safe. 👍🏻
@@MidwestGardener sorry for not being more informative on the potatoes, I just put the potatoes on the ground and covered them with straw and kept on doing that to keep the sunlight off them so they would not turn green. I think that I only had to do about a total of 4 coverings. It was loose straw that I was using.
Beautiful harvest sweet potatoes, your sweet potatoes a lot of root and big size, thanks for sharing to us such informative and good content for me to learn from you next season
Oh wow, It's so impressing. Here in down under weather starts to get warmer. So glad to watch this Video now. I am gonna give it a go to plant my sweet potatoes in this summer. Thanks a lot Jim. Gonna update my result later (after harvesting) 😂😂
The fresh sweet potato tops can be eaten. Can be like salad veges. Boiled in 1 minute , add dice fresh tomatoes, thin slice white or red onions , salt and lemon or fish sauce/vinegar( optional).
Your video inspired me to try this myself! My slips arrived yesterday and I’m a week into conditioning my bales. Planning on planting in a week to 10 days. My wife and I both love sweet potatoes so I’m hoping this is a welcome addition to the garden.
Nice! Thanks for sharing that with us. I hope it works as well for you as it has for us. This year, I tied two bales together in the spots, for a total of 6 bales. I'm planting 3 slips in each bale, and also 3 slips in the seam between the two bales tied together. In all, we are growing 9 different types of sweet potatoes. I can't wait to see how they do this year.
@@MidwestGardener I have 5 bales for sweet potatoes in a star pattern. I have 20 slips so thinking 4 per bale. Do you think 4 per bale is too many? I have other bales but was saving those for gourds.
@@robertrhodes2456 No, I don't think 4 per bale is too many. I'm just doing 3 because I'm adding 3 between the bales. You should get a nice harvest from that many.
Good morning Jim. I'm impressed with the crop in the straw bale. I don't think it's beginners luck. You are a pro. 🏆 I don't mess with slips. I have better luck with planting last years left over small potatoes. Have a great day. Best wishes Bob.
This is amazing on how you planted sweet potato with straw. I will probably try to plant sweet potato like you do. I love sweet potato tops too as like spinach vegetables and its healthy
Amazing sweet taters ya got there Mr. Jim. Straw bales work wonders for so many things. Wish Rene would have waited for me to sift the box she plants hers in and add in new old used straw before she planted her slips. They would have done so much better but that woman is always in a hurry so she got what she got. LMBO. Awesome job done Sir. Mighty fine taters no doubt. Stay safe and have a great weekend!
It's very impressive. Good job. A new idea for next year in straw bale. Not yet harvested ours, we'll see the result. No sweet potato plants here in garden store, we've had to produce our own plants like you did in a former video... only one choice of it in superstore : orange sweet potatoes (no idea which variety it could be:-) but a thaï store sales purple and white, which we'll try. Nice sunday
Thank you! I was surprised at how well the straw bales worked for growing sweet potatoes. I plan to try it again next year. There are mostly the orange types sold around here too. Occasionally we see some others, but not often. Have a great day!
Wow! That's amazing!! I think the soil in my sweet potato beds is a bit hard. Harvested one bed, 3 more to go! I just may try a few hay bales next year as well! Thanks for sharing!! ~jc
Wow, that’s amazing!! That’s one thing that I’ve never planted, so I don’t have a particular favorite. I guess whatever the grocery store sells..lol That’s sad. But seeing your results with that hay bale makes me definitely want to try them next year!! My goodness, those were enormous! Way to go!! 👍🙏🏼👌
Thanks a bunch! I've had good luck growing those grocery store types too a couple of times. I was pleasantly surprised by the results this time and am ready to try it again next year.
Wow! Look very good, I planted my s sweet loaf ago last year, I planted tomato’s, okra, pumpkin , cantaloupe( my first time plant those ) and guess what I totally forgot to harvest the sweet potato😉,when it’s getting cold I don’t go out on back yard and suddenly I remember oh no I forget my sweet potato lol
@@drwall1915 .Well, they taste very good when properly cooked and can be eaten with rice, yam, potatoes, cassava. Before you start to cook wash the leaves to avoid sand and insects for a good taste. Next you slice or shred them and keep aside while you work on the ingredients like fish, meat, onion, Maggie cubes, salt and pepper or any seasoning of your choice can be used in this process, for a good tasty soup allow the seasoning to produce good flavor and than set aside the stems ingredients. Next, you heat the oil and put in the onion first before adding the shredded or sliced greens (leaves) to the oil and than fry the greens for at least 5 -6 minutes before adding the stem ingredients that you kept aside. if your stem ingredients continued lot of water you need not add more water otherwise add some water to bring everything to a boil, in the cooking process dry the water off the greens and be left with the oil in the soup by then you can taste your soup for overall seasoning consistency and know it is now ready to be eaten. You can look up some videos on here for potatoes greens soup making for more help.
I like your harvest. Straw bale looks very easy to harvest. Did you fertilized them? My favorite is the Okinawan variety. I grow 3 varieties this year, Okinawan, Japanese/korean, and the purple purple sweet potatoes, been in the raised bed and grow bags for 5 months still not harvest yet. Don't waste the leaves, especially the young tips, as they are very healthy and tasty in stir fry with salt, sugar, soy sauce, and mushroom seasoning. Thanks for sharing
Thanks! Yes, the straw bales are pretty easy to harvest. I use lots of nitrogen fertilizer when I condition the bale. Then if I remember right, I think I used quite a bit of homemade compost on the bale. I've heard from a lot of people about the leaves, but I still haven't tried them. I hope you have a great harvest!
@@koltoncrane3099 yes it’s the Stoke purple, and I got from Sprouts grocery store. The Korean I got from any asian grocery store can be used to plant, since most are From US mainland and they don’t seem to spray with sprout inhibitors. The Okinawa (white skin purple flesh) is hard to find, since those from asian grocery are sprayed so they won’t sprout. I had to search and bought from homegrown like us.
I'm definitely going to try this next year. All the sweet potato harvests that I've watched this year leads me to believe I'm doing this incorrectly. I usually save and replant the smallest potatoes from this year. (The size of a french fry). I don't get clusters like everyone else. I'll get one or two together then as the vine grows I'll continue to get one about every 10-12" or so. I like your way better! Great video. Have a great weekend🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
I think I usually start conditioning the bales about the 1st of April, or maybe a little earlier. I kind of go by the weather a little bit, because they take a lot longer to condition the colder it is. I plant the slips about like I plant anything else. I make a planting hole in the bale and add some soil. Here is how I condition the bale if you haven't seen that video: th-cam.com/video/tredysH3-ck/w-d-xo.html
Thanks! Yes, we did very well with our sweet potatoes last year. I've heard from quite a few people about the leaves. I'm going to give it a try this year. Thanks for the tip!
All I can tell you is that I've done grown things in straw bales for several years, and I haven't had a plant die. I condition the plants first, before planting, to allow them to heat up, then cool down.
It looks so amazing to grow sweet potatoes by your way ❤. It will try it this Summer. Thank you 🌹. By the way, in my country, we love to take all young sweet potatoes (Yam) leaves sauté with pork or chicken or by itself if you are vegan with garlic or shallots.... then served with steam rice = Yummy 🤤... Thank you for your video! Happy New Year 🎉
Thanks for sharing how you prepare the leaves! I've never actually tried the leaves yet, but I've heard from so many people from Vietnam and the Philippines that have told me about eating them that I am definitely going to try some this year. Happy New Year to you too!
@@MidwestGardener: Please search on Google or TH-cam how to stir-fry sweet potatoes leaves. They will show up so many ways to cook it ❤. I am looking forward to watching your new sharing videos 🤩. Have a lovely day!!! 🌻🌻🌻.
It is true that the looser the soil the bigger the sweet potatoes can become. I live in an island where sweet potato is the staple but we've never grown it this way.. very interesting how you grow your sweet potato. Will be trying this new technique. We have at least 20 heirloom varieties growing where i live in Northern most island of Philippines. Thank you very much
We also make nutritious juice from the sweet potato tops by boiling it. You can add up a drop of lemon juice to perk up flavor. The sweet potato tops when sauted, add just enough water is the best cure for hang over! Believe me.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that information. Wow, 20 varieties is a lot! I will have only 9 varieties growing this year. And thanks for the tip on the hang over cure. I'm sure other folks who find this will appreciate that one.
We are also pretty superstitious when we plant sweet potato. It is a practice handed down to us to plant during full moon and low tide- following such practice has not failed to produce huge and sweetest roots. Thank you and good day.
@@protohubbatanes8767 Thanks! Very interesting. No reason to change something that works well. You have a good day too!
This guy doesn't disappoint with the quality content.
Thank you very much! That is kind of you to say!
Wow.. Good harvest. This reminds me so much of God's goodness upon our lives. May God bless your hands even in the days to come. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this information with us. I am going to try this.
You're welcome! Good luck with it! There are links to videos in the description on how to condition and prepare the bales for planting.
You did an excellent job with this video. It was so much fun!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
This was such a great harvest Jim! Beautiful and delicious looking sweet potatoes!
Thanks Sasha! I think we've got enough to last us all winter now :)
@@MidwestGardener this is great! I haven’t had any in a while and I’ll buy some this weekend.
@@AnOldSchoolHome Sounds pretty good. And there are so many ways to top them.
@@MidwestGardener honey and lemon is my favorite!
@@AnOldSchoolHome Interesting. I've never tried them that way. We normally go with butter, salt, and pepper. But we also occasionally go with brown sugar, cinnamon, and a little salt.
They did awesome in the straw bale ! This was the first year we ever grew sweet potatoes . We don't don't care for them so we never grew them but we got some slips for free . I was shocked how good they did even with us in a drought . Thanks for sharing !
Thanks Aaric! That is pretty cool that yours did so well. You need to learn to like them :)
Frying and Carmalizing them is really good. When I lived in the Philippines sweet potatoes was more of a desert. Haha it was the first time I ever ate sweet potatoes.
Just found your channel yesterday. Thanks for some good info. Very nice haul out of the straw bale !!!
I'm glad you found my channel, Alph. I planted 6 bales this year, so I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes when I harvest them.
@@MidwestGardener Looking forward to seeing your harvest.
@@alph8654 Me too. I hope it's a good one. I have 9 different types growing in the bales.
Omggg!! Wow
Lots of sweet potatoes 🥔
Yes, the did very well for us.
Nothing better than homegrown produce straight from the patch
I agree. There is something especially satisfying about eating food you grew yourself.
Wow! What a great harvest! I'm trying sweet potatoes for the first time, but I never thought of using a straw bale, that's such a great idea and it seems that they really like it. I'll have to give that a try. Thanks so much for sharing!🐞🌸Have a beautiful day and enjoy all those beauties from your harvest
Thanks a bunch, Stacey! I was a little surprised by how well the sweet potatoes did in the straw bales, since I hadn't tried it before. It worked so well that I'm planning on trying it again next year. You have a beautiful day too!
Wonderful sweet potatoes
Thank you!
The best variety for me is the purple. I do some planting on the ground. Some good but not like your's on the video. The bale idea is good. I'll try some day. Excellent video sir.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I used a straw bale for the first time last year. I used only 3 slips, one made it. But my 7 year old grandson and I were very happy with a few small potatoes. We will try it again this year. It was a very fun experiment for the both of us. Blessings
Thanks Mary! I'm glad that you got some to harvest. I bet your grandson loved the harvesting part.
Good looking sweet potatoes.
Thanks Rose! I'm pretty happy with what we got.
Amazing sweet potato plants...
Thank you!
Potato harvests are always exciting!
I agree. It's like unwrapping presents :)
Watching video for the second time again! im so Boring at work! Your Voice is so Calm.
Wow, thanks! It won't be all that long and it will be time to harvest some sweet potatoes again.
I will definitely be Watching your next Video. 🤗
@@blessedone8147 Thank you!!
Wow...that is amazing Harvest ❤️
You did a great job. I enjoyed watching people harvesting crops straight from the garden. Thank you for sharing.😊
Thank you very much! We were pleased with what we got.
Beautiful! I’m doing some of these this year!
Good luck! I hope they work well for you.
I am very impressed with your harvest and how well they did in the straw bales. I tried to grow sweet potatoes but it didn't turn out,however last year I grew potatoes in straw and they did awesome. Thanks for the video Jim and stay safe. 👍🏻
Thanks David! I've never tried regular potatoes in straw bales. I might have to give that a try. How deep into the bale did you plant them?
@@MidwestGardener sorry for not being more informative on the potatoes, I just put the potatoes on the ground and covered them with straw and kept on doing that to keep the sunlight off them so they would not turn green. I think that I only had to do about a total of 4 coverings. It was loose straw that I was using.
@@davidpruitt3982 OK, thanks. I'll keep that in mind when I'm making plans next spring.
That was an amazing harvest! They look so healthy and overall pretty big 😊
Thanks! We were really happy with what we got 😀
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@@MidwestGardener ত্র্য্য্র্যিইরেত্রিত্রত্রররের্ররতের্যিইত্ররেৃএইর্রেওরএইরএরিইর্তুতিতির্ররঅ
@@SarminAkter-zr1sr Sorry, I couldn't get a good translation.
I am going to give this a try next year. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome Sam! I hope they do as well for you as they did for us.
Wow its so big sweet potato..yummy
Yes, these got pretty big.
Great harvest
Thanks Kerry!
wow great harvesting,i love sweet potato the violet and yellow color.
Thank you! They are very good to eat, and there are so many different types.
Beautiful harvest sweet potatoes, your sweet potatoes a lot of root and big size, thanks for sharing to us such informative and good content for me to learn from you next season
Thank you! You're very welcome!
Very good harvest. Nice size too.
Thanks Deborah! We felt blessed.
Oh wow, It's so impressing. Here in down under weather starts to get warmer.
So glad to watch this Video now. I am gonna give it a go to plant my sweet potatoes in this summer.
Thanks a lot Jim.
Gonna update my result later (after harvesting) 😂😂
Thanks and good luck! I hope it works as well for you as it did for us.
Such an amazing harvest! It seems like the best method!
Thanks Michelle! It seems to work best for me so far. I'm going to try it again next year.
Chidav Agricultural Hubs , Yes, Me as well. Lots of great ideas on His channel. So I went ahead and subscribed to Your channel.
My mom and grandmother loves planting sweets potatoes ❤👍👍👍👍❤❤
Your mom and grandmother are smart ladies :)
Hello from London England. You have such a fabulous voice. Very calming.
Thank you very much Bea! It's always nice to hear from viewers in England!
Wow nice idea thank you for sharing this video.
You're welcome!
The sweet potato tops especially the young sprout is delicious for salad and sauteed...
Thanks! I've heard that from a few other folks. I'm going to have to give it a try.
Its my dream to have this kind of farming.... thanks alot... lots of love and blessing from india..🙇
You're welcome! Thanks for watching from India. I hope your dream comes true.
@@MidwestGardener shukriya..
@@PoojaGupta-ut7rp You're welcome.
Lots of fresh sweet potato tops, those are very healthy.
Thanks! I'm going to give them a try this year.
Are the tops/leaves eatable ?
The fresh sweet potato tops can be eaten. Can be like salad veges. Boiled in 1 minute , add dice fresh tomatoes, thin slice white or red onions , salt and lemon or
fish sauce/vinegar( optional).
WOW!! What beauties!!
Thanks Susan! We are happy with what we got.
Wow! Such a great harvest 🥰
Thank you!
Impressive results..what a great idea 😉😉😉
Thanks Jhinno!
wow the plants are very good
Thanks! Yes, they did very well.
Your video inspired me to try this myself! My slips arrived yesterday and I’m a week into conditioning my bales. Planning on planting in a week to 10 days. My wife and I both love sweet potatoes so I’m hoping this is a welcome addition to the garden.
Nice! Thanks for sharing that with us. I hope it works as well for you as it has for us. This year, I tied two bales together in the spots, for a total of 6 bales. I'm planting 3 slips in each bale, and also 3 slips in the seam between the two bales tied together. In all, we are growing 9 different types of sweet potatoes. I can't wait to see how they do this year.
@@MidwestGardener I have 5 bales for sweet potatoes in a star pattern. I have 20 slips so thinking 4 per bale. Do you think 4 per bale is too many? I have other bales but was saving those for gourds.
@@robertrhodes2456 No, I don't think 4 per bale is too many. I'm just doing 3 because I'm adding 3 between the bales. You should get a nice harvest from that many.
@@MidwestGardener thanks for the advice. I’ll keep you posted.
@@robertrhodes2456 You're welcome!
Hello watching from phillippines
Thanks for watching from the Philippines! I have lots of subscribers from there.
Good morning Jim. I'm impressed with the crop in the straw bale. I don't think it's beginners luck. You are a pro. 🏆 I don't mess with slips. I have better luck with planting last years left over small potatoes. Have a great day. Best wishes Bob.
Good morning Bob! Thanks. Yep, planting those small potatoes works too. You and the Mrs. have a great day too!
Lamia ani uy! We have plaenty of these in our place.
Nice that you have plenty of them.....lucky you.
This is amazing on how you planted sweet potato with straw. I will probably try to plant sweet potato like you do. I love sweet potato tops too as like spinach vegetables and its healthy
Thanks Tonia! I've heard about eating the tops from other people too.
Amazing sweet taters ya got there Mr. Jim. Straw bales work wonders for so many things. Wish Rene would have waited for me to sift the box she plants hers in and add in new old used straw before she planted her slips. They would have done so much better but that woman is always in a hurry so she got what she got. LMBO. Awesome job done Sir. Mighty fine taters no doubt. Stay safe and have a great weekend!
Thanks CB! Well, you will be ready for next year then. It will be here before we know it. You guys have a great weekend too!
It's very impressive. Good job. A new idea for next year in straw bale. Not yet harvested ours, we'll see the result. No sweet potato plants here in garden store, we've had to produce our own plants like you did in a former video... only one choice of it in superstore : orange sweet potatoes (no idea which variety it could be:-) but a thaï store sales purple and white, which we'll try. Nice sunday
Thank you! I was surprised at how well the straw bales worked for growing sweet potatoes. I plan to try it again next year. There are mostly the orange types sold around here too. Occasionally we see some others, but not often. Have a great day!
Wow nice farming techniques wanna see you more videos to be uploaded
Thank you! I usually post a video every Saturday.
Good harvest with healthy soil
Yes healthy soil works very well too.
WOW they look so delisious!
I hope they taste great!
Yes, they do taste pretty good.
Thats great!
Much love them sweet potato leaves 😋🤤
Thanks for the tip. I've heard for quite a few people about them, so I will give them a try this year.
Puck off😂
Sing me a good night song 😍your voice is so cool ❤
Thank you! I appreciate that!
I Love watching those Potatoe haverst, One of these days I am going to try some
I'm glad that you enjoyed it! Next year would be a great time to start :)
That was nice idea. I Will Try on My garden this year. My favorite sweet potato are perpul variety .
Thanks! I grow several purple types too. Good luck if you give it a try.
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wow thank you for this video. i try to plant sweet potato n my backyard. using containers.
You're welcome! Good luck with yours.
That's an amazing sweet potato harvest. 😍
Thank you! We were pretty happy with it.
I love young sweet potato leaves. 😋😋
You are not alone. I hear from quite a few people who love them.
Great job
Thank you!
Wow! That's amazing!! I think the soil in my sweet potato beds is a bit hard. Harvested one bed, 3 more to go! I just may try a few hay bales next year as well! Thanks for sharing!! ~jc
Thanks! Yes, it seems to me that lose soil or straw that drains well....or at least that is the way it seems to work here.
Wow great job👍👍👍
Thanks Eryn!
Wow I love sweet potato
Thanks! We love them too.
Wow, that’s amazing!! That’s one thing that I’ve never planted, so I don’t have a particular favorite. I guess whatever the grocery store sells..lol That’s sad. But seeing your results with that hay bale makes me definitely want to try them next year!! My goodness, those were enormous! Way to go!! 👍🙏🏼👌
Thanks a bunch! I've had good luck growing those grocery store types too a couple of times. I was pleasantly surprised by the results this time and am ready to try it again next year.
Beautiful system 👍
Thanks!
Great video 🙏🙋♂️❤🥰
Thanks Glenden!
That was lot of them and they looked so good. 😀
Thanks! At least we won't starve this winter :) And we still have a few more sweet potatoes left to harvest.
nicely done!👍
Thank you!
Thank You Sir. Learn do much.
You're very welcome!
Gardening asmr!
I've heard that a few times :)
Wow ayos yan God bless sayo lakay
Thanks for watching!
Those are huge!
We did very well this year too. I will be posting a video in the morning of this years harvest.
Amazing harvest sweet potato you get a lot
Thanks! We were glad to get them.
Wow! That's awesome!!!!
Thanks! I was really surprised to see that first big bunch all together like that.
Hello cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ hay về mến chào bạn hiền chúc bạn vui lòng thanks
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Wow amazing. That is good planting some plants you could harvest afterall the patients to plant and wait the period of harvest time.
Thanks Liberty! Yes, it does take some patience, but the reward is worth it.
Hello new friend,
Ur garden look amazing i never see who plant sweet potatos in Straw.
Hello! Yes, it is a bit unusual, but I'll be doing it again this year.
Wow my favorite sweet potato☺️
Yes, it is the favorite of lots of people.
@@MidwestGardener here in Brunei i always eat sweet potato😋
@@ofwbrunei9671 Nice! You could probably grow them all year there.
Wow amazing 🤩
Thanks!
Wahhhh lamia ani oi
Sorry, I couldn't get a good translation.
@@MidwestGardener said i said it's very delicious my language is visaya I am from philippines😁
@@dinadinznaca7262 Thank you very much! I really appreciate that. I have a lot of viewers from the Philippines.
@@MidwestGardener your very welcome my father also is a farmer we also plant sweet potato
@@dinadinznaca7262 I hope your father does very well with his harvests!
Wow! Look very good, I planted my s sweet loaf ago last year, I planted tomato’s, okra, pumpkin , cantaloupe( my first time plant those ) and guess what I totally forgot to harvest the sweet potato😉,when it’s getting cold I don’t go out on back yard and suddenly I remember oh no I forget my sweet potato lol
Thanks! Sounds like you have a nice sized garden. Don't forget those sweet potatoes this year :)
Wow great harvest!!
We cooked those leafs in Liberia as well, they make very delicious soup.
Thanks for the tip on the leaves. It's great to hear from a viewer in Liberia!
I would love to hear how they taste. I didn’t know you could eat the leaves. What are other ways you eat them?
@@drwall1915 .Well, they taste very good when properly cooked and can be eaten with rice, yam, potatoes, cassava. Before you start to cook wash the leaves to avoid sand and insects for a good taste. Next you slice or shred them and keep aside while you work on the ingredients like fish, meat, onion, Maggie cubes, salt and pepper or any seasoning of your choice can be used in this process, for a good tasty soup allow the seasoning to produce good flavor and than set aside the stems ingredients. Next, you heat the oil and put in the onion first before adding the shredded or sliced greens (leaves) to the oil and than fry the greens for at least 5 -6 minutes before adding the stem ingredients that you kept aside. if your stem ingredients continued lot of water you need not add more water otherwise add some water to bring everything to a boil, in the cooking process dry the water off the greens and be left with the oil in the soup by then you can taste your soup for overall seasoning consistency and know it is now ready to be eaten. You can look up some videos on here for potatoes greens soup making for more help.
@@flowers2270 that sounds so good. Thank you for the advice.
I like your harvest. Straw bale looks very easy to harvest. Did you fertilized them? My favorite is the Okinawan variety. I grow 3 varieties this year, Okinawan, Japanese/korean, and the purple purple sweet potatoes, been in the raised bed and grow bags for 5 months still not harvest yet. Don't waste the leaves, especially the young tips, as they are very healthy and tasty in stir fry with salt, sugar, soy sauce, and mushroom seasoning. Thanks for sharing
Thanks! Yes, the straw bales are pretty easy to harvest. I use lots of nitrogen fertilizer when I condition the bale. Then if I remember right, I think I used quite a bit of homemade compost on the bale. I've heard from a lot of people about the leaves, but I still haven't tried them. I hope you have a great harvest!
What’s the purple purple sweet potato? Is that like stoked purple sweet potato? Where do you buy the varieties you grew? I’ve only found the Okinawa.
@@koltoncrane3099 yes it’s the Stoke purple, and I got from Sprouts grocery store. The Korean I got from any asian grocery store can be used to plant, since most are From US mainland and they don’t seem to spray with sprout inhibitors. The Okinawa (white skin purple flesh) is hard to find, since those from asian grocery are sprayed so they won’t sprout. I had to search and bought from homegrown like us.
Amazing video sir ❤
Thank you very much John!
I grew up planting camote or sweet potato our staple diet. Love camote
I'm sure you have some fond memories of growing camote. I think gardening is a great way to make family memories.
Thank u for sharing sir
You're welcome, Catalina!
So amazing
Thank you!
@@MidwestGardener Can you help me?
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Very interesting video I love to eat sweet potatoes.
Thanks Hazel! I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
I'm definitely going to try this next year. All the sweet potato harvests that I've watched this year leads me to believe I'm doing this incorrectly. I usually save and replant the smallest potatoes from this year. (The size of a french fry). I don't get clusters like everyone else. I'll get one or two together then as the vine grows I'll continue to get one about every 10-12" or so. I like your way better! Great video. Have a great weekend🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Thanks Shirley! Yep, it never hurts to try different ways of doing things. I hope next year is much better for you. You have a great weekend too!
@@MidwestGardenerJust a few questions. When do you put your straw bale in place? Do you insert soil in the bale with the slips? Thanks☺
I think I usually start conditioning the bales about the 1st of April, or maybe a little earlier. I kind of go by the weather a little bit, because they take a lot longer to condition the colder it is. I plant the slips about like I plant anything else. I make a planting hole in the bale and add some soil. Here is how I condition the bale if you haven't seen that video: th-cam.com/video/tredysH3-ck/w-d-xo.html
@@MidwestGardener Thanks. I watched that video. It will be very helpful for next year
Wow nice introduction
Thanks Jayson!
Now i have idea how to plant potatoes
@@Jaysonvlogs There are links to videos that give more details on how I do it in the description of this video. Good luck!
Okay thank you very sir
@@Jaysonvlogs You're welcome.
I love kamote so much 😍
Judging by the comments below, I would have to say that you are not alone :)
Very nice
Thanks Reynaldo!
A lot of sweet potatoes i like that make 🍟
Thanks!
Amaizing
Thank you!
The leaves cook up nicely, like spinach
Thanks! I need to try that.
Sweet Potatoes. Yum! You can also eat the green SP tops. Good in soups or salads.
Thanks for the tip. Yes, I'm going to try some of the leaves this year.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
wow lots of sweet potatoes😍😍 here in Philippines we eat the leaves of sweet potato.. its edibles,
Thanks! Yes, we did very well with our sweet potatoes last year. I've heard from quite a few people about the leaves. I'm going to give it a try this year. Thanks for the tip!
Good job happy
Thanks Daniel!
Nothing. yuor cuontry lovely
@@danielnie Thanks!
Sir, I think that the interaction of the soil with the straw can lead to mold and then the plant dies, please explain.
All I can tell you is that I've done grown things in straw bales for several years, and I haven't had a plant die. I condition the plants first, before planting, to allow them to heat up, then cool down.
Yu can plant the slips direct to the ground no need to put in water dave from philpines we do it that way use lots of water root quickly
Thanks for the tip, David!
New subscriber here love from Taiwan 🇹🇼 btw i love sweet potato 😍
Thanks for subscribing, Jhen! Sweet Potatoes seems to have fans all over the world. It's always great to hear from another viewer in Taiwan.
It looks so amazing to grow sweet potatoes by your way ❤. It will try it this Summer. Thank you 🌹.
By the way, in my country, we love to take all young sweet potatoes (Yam) leaves sauté with pork or chicken or by itself if you are vegan with garlic or shallots.... then served with steam rice = Yummy 🤤...
Thank you for your video! Happy New Year 🎉
Thanks for sharing how you prepare the leaves! I've never actually tried the leaves yet, but I've heard from so many people from Vietnam and the Philippines that have told me about eating them that I am definitely going to try some this year. Happy New Year to you too!
@@MidwestGardener: Please search on Google or TH-cam how to stir-fry sweet potatoes leaves. They will show up so many ways to cook it ❤.
I am looking forward to watching your new sharing videos 🤩. Have a lovely day!!! 🌻🌻🌻.
@@QuynhHuongPham I will be sure and do that once we have some to try in a few months. I'm looking forward to trying it. You have a great day too!