Sweet Potatoes Grown In Straw Bales - Huge No Dig Harvest, Red Garnet
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- I've grown sweet potatoes in straw bales for a few years now. Some varieties seem to do much better than others. Red Garnet did very well for us last year, and it did great for us again this year. I've grown close to a dozen types of sweet potatoes, and next year, I plan to stick to the types that have worked the best for me. As you will see in this video, harvesting sweet potatoes that are grown in straw bales is a simple as it gets. You just move the straw aside and pull the sweet potatoes out. Not only are they easy to harvest, but they come out cleaner looking than when grown in the soil.
If you like to grow sweet potatoes, let us know what type you like to grow. You never know, if I haven't grown them before, I might give them a try. Thanks for watching!
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Aloha hugs 🤗 from Hawaii they Hen is ripping up the Potoes Pile she must have laid eggs 🥚 in the Palms they hatched 13 days ago,
It's a lovely distraction a Garden
1st it was Cats in soil,, Straw or Hay
Why is one better than the other?
It's hard to say why one is better than another. Enjoy your beautiful weather!
You're doing such a great job at showing everyone the way you see the world! Thank you for this!
You're welcome! Thank you very much for the kind words!
You wait until u see flowers. Then harvest after to weeks
Thanks for the tip!
Did you quit watering for a period before harvest? Your bales seem dryer inside than mine & I'm within a couple of weeks to harvest time. Thanks!
No, I kept watering right up until I harvested.
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Thanks!
That’s an awesome harvest. The harvesting process looked seamless and easy. I like small-sized violet coloured sweet potatoes (they’ve a violet coloured flesh-don’t know what variety they are) as I find them sweeter than the other ones. On another note, did you ever try sweet potato leave/vine curries? These leaves and vines are edible and taste real good. Enjoy the weekend, mate. Cheers!
Even though I intended to, and thought of it several times, I never did get around to trying some of the leaves. This year both in the garden and out, I think I bit off way more than I could chew.... or had way too many irons in the fire as I like to say. There are still some vines trying to grow in a few places, so I guess I still have a little time left. I'm going to try to make myself scale back next year. Hope you have a great weekend!
Yes I eat the leaves in a salad. Very good.
This year was my first time growing sweet potatoes. I grew Beauregards and had them in-ground with a lot of straw mulch. From 6 plants I had a full 5 gallon bucket so I was really pleased! The Red Garnet are a beautiful color, I may have to check those out for next year.
Well done! Sounds like you did pretty well for your first try. I think harvesting sweet potatoes is a lot of fun.
Those are some beautiful sweet potatoes! I usually grow Korean sweet potatoes from the grocery store, and they do pretty well. I love how clean potatoes are coming out of your straw bale. I have to try it.
Thanks! Yep, the grocery store is where I got our original Garnet Red. We get scurf on them a lot of times when we grow them in the ground, so seeing them clean looking is quite a treat.
Very nice harvest! Your Red Garnets put anything I've grown to shame, lol.
Thanks Rose! We are happy with what we got.
I think the yellow jersey needs more time or have to take 5 mos. Before harvesting???
Maybe. I did pretty well with Yellow Jersey in about the same amount of time the only time I grew it.
How do you cure yours at home? Do you put them in a room with a space heater and a humidifier or what? I didn't cure mine last year and they all rotted
I don't have a good way of doing it. I usually just put them in the shed for a couple of weeks while the weather is still warm. That usually does ok for the temperature, but doesn't get the humidity right. This year, I experimented with covering them with a tarp with planter saucer under it with a wet cloth in it. That did help a lot with the humidity.
Are we able to trim some of that brush halfway through the season. In my area I would be worried about rattlesnakes and rats
The way I look at it, you should do whatever you have to do when it comes to safety. I'm not really sure if it would have much impact on harvest. I've never really tested it. I thought I should mention....when ours starts getting out into the grass, I just mow it down.
where do you get your garnet red starts? or where did you originally get them I should ask
If I remember correctly, I think I got those from the grocery store. Many times the variety isn't even listed when they have sweet potatoes for sale.
Those reds kicked major butt. Sad to see the other two did not fair so well. Least ya know which to grow from here on out. Very nice harvest ya got! Stay safe and have a great weekend!
It was good enough for us. It makes me look forward to trying them again next year. You have a great weekend too!
I’m interested in knowing how you cure your sweet potatoes
This year I cured them in my grow tent. I was able to maintain humidity about 88%, and temperature about 85 degrees.
Different varieties have different maturity rates; so do harvest them on the same day
True.
Do you eat the leaves during the summer? There is more to sweet potatoes than the tubers. Well for us anyway. Nice harvest Jim. Stay well my friend. Best wishes Bob.
I'm sad to say that I still haven't tried the leaves yet. I've heard from a couple dozen people who have told me how good they are. There are still some out there....thanks for the reminder. You and your Mrs. stay well too!
I’m making slips now. I don’t have a clue what type as I am making them from a store bought sweet potato. They are a reddish orange with orange inside. I like sweet potato’s so thought I’d give it a try
There's nothing wrong with growing them from sweet potatoes from the store. I've done it myself. Good luck with them!
It may be too late in season for potatoes but you can still grow for greens indoors I think
Maybe the slips at the edge of the bale weren't doing so well coz they were more "outside"? I mean the red sweet potatoes were snug in the middle row 🤔 just a guess ☺️ I find it too they like loose soil, yet they like to snuggle too 😃
Maybe. I hope we both have a good year for them this year. Good luck!
thank You, You too ☺️🌱
When do you cut down your banana trees and get them ready for winter? I live just outside of KC.
I usually by the weather. If a hard freeze is expected, I cut them down and cover them up before it freezes. For the Musa bajoo, I have waited till after a couple of light frosts before I put them to bed for the winter.
Wow. A really great haul. Thanks for the share!
It was good enough to make us happy. It makes me look forward to trying it again.
and what about mice in the straw?
We have had no trouble with mice in our straw bales. We have a cat, so that probably helps.
I grow a variety the Korean groceries sell here. They are red skin but white flesh. If i were guessing I'd say they are Murasaki. This year i grew them in grow bags. 1-20 gallon and 4 -10 gallon bags produced 26 lbs. I was pretty happy with the results. I did fertilize them with 6 12 12.
Thanks for sharing that with us. I was thinking of Murasaki when you described them. Sounds like they did pretty well for you.
That was a pretty good haul for the garnet reds. What a shame about the others. In my experience all those vines make me think I've got a lot of potatoes, but that's not always true.
Mine are currently growing partially in a 150lb grow bag, but I can't keep it open. The sides keep flopping over.
I've got white flies again. I pulled a lot of the vines up to get rid the white flies. I'd rather have aphids or spider mites any day lol. They're easier to get rid of.
Would you recommend trimming excessive vines to give more nutrients to the slips, I have a lot of extra crawling vines.
Maybe next year will be better. Take care and have a great weekend.🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Those dang whiteflies. We don't have them nearly as bad as we did last year. I'm sure glad. I only trim the sweet potato vines that try to invade the main garden space. On the other side of the bales, I let them grow quite a bit. When they start going out into the grass too far, I just mow them over when I'm mowing. You have a great weekend too!
Can you please do more sweet potato on grow bags?
Maybe in the spring.
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Thank you for watching!
Awesome
Thanks!
Wow..what a beautiful harvest!I tried saving some okra seeds and today I opened up the okra pods and noticed all the seeds in there were just starting to sprout..do you think seeds are still viable or not?thank you
If they are starting to sprout in the pod, they wouldn't be worth saving.
@@MidwestGardener yeah that's what I thought but I wasn't sure..thank you for your help 😊
@@mystiquerose620You're welcome.
U dug them out too soon
Thanks for the tip. I dig them when I have time before it freezes.
Do you think the folliage of the Garnet Red out competed the other varieties and that is why the other varieties did not do well?
The others produced plenty of vines too, so I don't think that was it. I also grew sweet potatoes in 4 other bales this year. Those bales didn't have the Garnets in them, and none of them did as well. The only one that came somewhat close was a purple variety.
That is an impressive yield of Red Garnets. Enjoy!
Thanks Sally! We're happy with them.
I know the foliage will die but will the actual tubers themselves be damaged by frost? We have an impending frost multiple nights in the 20's coming soon. I won't be home to dig them up so I'm worried they might get ruined!!!!
I've never had ours in the ground when it got that cold, so I'm not really sure what will happen to the tubers....sorry.
@@MidwestGardener Haha welp they are gonna be in the ground for at least a few days of freezing temperatures so I'll let you know how it goes!
@@raymondkyruana118 Yep, that would be great! I would like to hear, and I'm sure others would too. Good luck!
Thank you for sharing 🥔Have a blessed day🌄
Thank you very much, Kelly! I hope you have a blessed day too!
I need to try this! Where can I find some good bales?
I can't really help you with that. Just make sure to get some that don't have any persistent herbicides in them.
I just mentioned haybales in another channel and the person said some haybales have herbicides so I figured with your success what's your take on this subject?
They are correct. It is possible for Straw, Hay, Compost or Manure to have herbicides in them. That is why it is important to check out your source before buying. I use straw because it is less likely, and I also asked the seller/owner of the store about it before I bought them.
@@MidwestGardener Thanks for that! I learned something new.
@@Brad-mc7ut You're welcome.
Them red garnet was a good harvest
Thanks! Yep, I think I will stick to those and one other type next year.
Nice harvest.
Thanks a bunch!
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Good sir.. 👍
Thanks Racio!
@@MidwestGardener you are welcome sir. 👍