Harvesting Garnet Sweet Potatoes Grown In A Straw Bale - Wow!
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- In this straw bale we grew some Garnet Sweet Potatoes. We just harvested another bale that had several types growing in it, so I was hopeful that this bale would do as well as the other one. Overall, I think this bale actually did better than the other bale. I think this one did better in average size, and overall number of sweet potatoes.
I've grown sweet potatoes in grow bags, in the ground, and now in straw bales. I think the ones in the straw bales have done the best so far. I'm already looking forward to growing them in straw bales again next year. If you've ever tried growing sweet potatoes in straw bales, let us know how yours did.
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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.
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.
Hello watching from phillippines
Thanks for watching from the Philippines! I have lots of subscribers from there.
Wonderful sweet potatoes
Thank you!
Wow its so big sweet potato..yummy
Yes, these got pretty big.
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!
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!!
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.
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.
Good looking sweet potatoes.
Thanks Rose! I'm pretty happy with what we got.
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.
Potato harvests are always exciting!
I agree. It's like unwrapping presents :)
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.
Gardening asmr!
I've heard that a few times :)
Great harvest
Thanks Kerry!
Sing me a good night song 😍your voice is so cool ❤
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Wow! Such a great harvest 🥰
Thank you!
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!
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.
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.
Beautiful! I’m doing some of these this year!
Good luck! I hope they work well for you.
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.
That's an amazing sweet potato harvest. 😍
Thank you! We were pretty happy with it.
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!! What beauties!!
Thanks Susan! We are happy with what we got.
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!
Wow I love sweet potato
Thanks! We love them too.
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.
My mom and grandmother loves planting sweets potatoes ❤👍👍👍👍❤❤
Your mom and grandmother are smart ladies :)
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! That's awesome!!!!
Thanks! I was really surprised to see that first big bunch all together like that.
Those are huge!
We did very well this year too. I will be posting a video in the morning of this years harvest.
Amazing sweet potato plants...
Thank you!
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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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.
The leaves cook up nicely, like spinach
Thanks! I need to try that.
Impressive results..what a great idea 😉😉😉
Thanks Jhinno!
Great job
Thank you!
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.
Very good harvest. Nice size too.
Thanks Deborah! We felt blessed.
Great video 🙏🙋♂️❤🥰
Thanks Glenden!
wow the plants are very good
Thanks! Yes, they did very well.
wow thank you for this video. i try to plant sweet potato n my backyard. using containers.
You're welcome! Good luck with yours.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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😂
nicely done!👍
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.
Thank You Sir. Learn do much.
You're very welcome!
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 great job👍👍👍
Thanks Eryn!
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.
Thank u for sharing sir
You're welcome, Catalina!
Wow amazing 🤩
Thanks!
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!
Beautiful system 👍
Thanks!
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.
I love young sweet potato leaves. 😋😋
You are not alone. I hear from quite a few people who love them.
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 :)
Hello sir new friend watching from NCR manila Philippines
Hello. It's always great to hear from people watching from the Philippines.
If you have a raised bed that you can put sawdust in in the last of March through the first week of May, you put about two or three inches of sawdust and place some sweet potatoes in to get slips from. Then, place about 3 or 4 more inches of sawdust.
Putting the sweet potatoes in the sawdust to get slips is easy. You just make your way to the sweet potatoes in the sawdust and snap off the slips.
Thanks for the tip!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Good harvest with healthy soil
Yes healthy soil works very well too.
Amazing video sir ❤
Thank you very much John!
A lot of sweet potatoes i like that make 🍟
Thanks!
Amaizing
Thank you!
Amazing harvest sweet potato you get a lot
Thanks! We were glad to get them.
Very nice
Thanks Reynaldo!
Lamia ani uy! We have plaenty of these in our place.
Nice that you have plenty of them.....lucky you.
WOW they look so delisious!
I hope they taste great!
Yes, they do taste pretty good.
Thats great!
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).
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.
Amazing
Thanks Judelyn!
Wow ayos yan God bless sayo lakay
Thanks for watching!
Wow nice farming techniques wanna see you more videos to be uploaded
Thank you! I usually post a video every Saturday.
So amazing
Thank you!
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Very good harvest👍👍done tamsak new friend here💚☘️🌿🍀
Thank you very much!
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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Nice video
Thanks!
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.
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.
Nice, thanks for sharing, stay safe, stay connected
Thanks!
You can also eat the sweet potatoes plants stems and leave ! The stems and leaves taste like spinach cooked .
Thanks for the tip. I have heard that from so many people that I am going to have to give it a try next year.
Amazing harvest! I think using a sickle to trim the vines will be much easier.😊
You are probably right. I will keep that in mind for this year.
I planted sweet potatoes in southern AL. when it was time to dig them an Armadillo dug them up and took a bite out of each one!
Oh no....that had to be so frustrating. We haven't had any trouble with Armadillos, but we have had plenty of trouble with other animals. I hope next year goes much better for you.
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.
Like it!
Thanks!
I ever plant sweet potatoes, and the day of harvesting is the exciting moment.
I agree. It's very exciting.
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!
Bon Appetit! Yummy 😋 👍
Thanks! We will enjoy them :)
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 :)
I already subscribe your channel...great harvest sir.
Thank you very much for subscribing to my channel! I really do appreciate 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.
I love kamote so much 😍
Judging by the comments below, I would have to say that you are not alone :)
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.