I am so happy I was introduced to you, through Justin he is really making a difference in all our lives! You share not only your knowledge but you love what you are doing and make it exciting! I hope you always give these little clips they are wonderful. Who knew you would become a famous TH-camr too!
i wanted to say that you always provide so so much information! It is Great... Thank you so much. Please continue to make these videos as I am learning so much. God Bless!
I am so excited to have found your channel. Great advice and so necessary to educate us here in Florida. I'm a city dweller and even on my 100' x 50' lot that is mostly house, I have sweet potatoes and all kinds of spinach, beans, etc. The food forest idea is so helpful. Thank you for what you do and for these videos. Keep up the great work.
So Awesome! I am planting some purple potato slips I grew off a sweet potato I got at the store. I did not know one could eat the tips of the leaves. I have had my goats help themselves to a box of sweet potato's I grew last year, the brats ate them to the ground in a few minutes I was not watching them. The potatoes grew back and I had a lovely harvest. I love your short and sweet videos.
Use the leaves in smoothies...growing the molokai purple this yr for the first time...I knew they were highly nutritious but did not know that high...once again, another great, very to the pt video...
Jeff I've never heard of eating the leaves in smoothies, great idea! It's literally my favorite cooked green here on the farm, I'm sad when it's gone in the winter months.
I look forward to your posts each day Pete. I have a question for you. Do you know of any varieties of sweet potatoes that might do well in the Northeast ? I realize you are in a totally different climate than I am but your knowledge of plants leads me to ask the question. Thanks again for all the videos . they are great !!
John Childs thank you! I really look forward to making these and reading the comments, it's my new obsession! I'm not sure for the Northeast but I'll ask one of my mentors from Maine what he's had good luck with. Depending on how far in the NE you might need black plastic to heat the soil.
Thanks for another great video Pete. Since you are clipping the greens while the tubers are growing have you found that it affects tuber production? Also my very sweet but nosey puppy trampled all the potato stalks and limbs in a 40qt cooler I have been growing, are they toast or can I expect them to grow back. LOVE THE CHANNEL!
Keith F I'm glad you enjoy them, thank you! No I haven't noticed harvesting the greens to affect tuber production, at least here in Florida. The vines are super vigorous and seem to almost grow back overnight at times. Are you trying to actually grow the potatoes or slips on that container? I'm sure they'll recover, we've planted them in pots for slip production in the past, they grow back super fast. I bet you could harvest the new slips weekly they are so vigorous.
This is awesome! (I feel like I keep saying that! 😂) Will they grow in the sand if I top it with mulch? And how far away should it be from a freshly planted fruit tree? Will it interfere with the trees root system?
Diane Hammer yes sweet potatoes love sandy soil, rich soil will actually make them ugly. We have them around the fruit without any negative effect. If it’s a food forest area and you plant them 10ft away the vines will eventually find the tree.
Wow! So do then harvest the sweet potatoes? I was amazed when you said there were several varieties. Here in Utah I think I have seen 3! My favorite is the yellow fleshed for eating! Very informative video as always. Blessings!
Sorry, I just read my post it was suppose to read So do you then harvest the sweet potatoes! My lap top sometimes stops writing and I usually always check before I send. No sweet potatoes in the part of the country.. some have had a little success using black plastic to help heat the soil! The joke here is, We have three seasons, June, July and August! The rest is winter LOL
Cover crops are species that produce tons of biomass. They fully shade and protect the soil from erosion and runoff during a fallow period. Their biomass is used at some point in the season as green manure or for 'chop and drop'. They attract lots of beneficial micro- organisms during their growth and decomposition. They form unique mutually beneficial relationships with these micro-organisms throughout their lifespan. I'm not so sure sweet potatoes would be considered that. Especially since the ones in this video aren't anywhere near fully shading the ground. Sun-hemp ,sorghum, and perennial peanut are the most common cover crops in Florida. But most anything that fully shades the ground with dense vegetation in a single season and who's biomass is returned to the soil can be used.
the one food i hate that i just wish i liked is the orange sweet potato since we only have them and normal potatoes, why does it have to taste like some1 sprayed calone on a pumpkin lol
Easiest crop to grow, easiest crop to propagate as well, just taking a vine and sticking it in the ground starts another plant, not much to it. I got one last year 2 feet long!
I am so happy I was introduced to you, through Justin he is really making a difference in all our lives! You share not only your knowledge but you love what you are doing and make it exciting! I hope you always give these little clips they are wonderful. Who knew you would become a famous TH-camr too!
Becca Becca you're so right, Justin is awesome! Thanks for all the support❤️
Thank you for sharing! Good to know the leaves are edible! Container planted, so now I know to dehydrate the leaves too!
i wanted to say that you always provide so so much information! It is Great... Thank you so much. Please continue to make these videos as I am learning so much. God Bless!
Lovin' Life awesome and thank you! :)
I am so excited to have found your channel. Great advice and so necessary to educate us here in Florida. I'm a city dweller and even on my 100' x 50' lot that is mostly house, I have sweet potatoes and all kinds of spinach, beans, etc. The food forest idea is so helpful. Thank you for what you do and for these videos. Keep up the great work.
Julie Sloane thank you! Keep up the good work.
So Awesome! I am planting some purple potato slips I grew off a sweet potato I got at the store. I did not know one could eat the tips of the leaves. I have had my goats help themselves to a box of sweet potato's I grew last year, the brats ate them to the ground in a few minutes I was not watching them. The potatoes grew back and I had a lovely harvest. I love your short and sweet videos.
Oldesouth Farm thank you! So funny you say that we've been calling the videos "Short and Sweet 2 minutes with Pete". Lol
You explain everything so well thank you
Thanks 🙏
Awesome video!
Good Work!
thank you! Ok. I need this on my list
Use the leaves in smoothies...growing the molokai purple this yr for the first time...I knew they were highly nutritious but did not know that high...once again, another great, very to the pt video...
Jeff I've never heard of eating the leaves in smoothies, great idea! It's literally my favorite cooked green here on the farm, I'm sad when it's gone in the winter months.
nice...we mix quite a few other things in but include them...I have never cooked with them, so need to try them that way. Thx, Pete !
Adding to my favorites
So interesting
Hi Pete! What varieties work well for you? I live in South Florida and would love some variety recommendations
I look forward to your posts each day Pete. I have a question for you. Do you know of any varieties of sweet potatoes that might do well in the Northeast ? I realize you are in a totally different climate than I am but your knowledge of plants leads me to ask the question. Thanks again for all the videos . they are great !!
John Childs thank you! I really look forward to making these and reading the comments, it's my new obsession! I'm not sure for the Northeast but I'll ask one of my mentors from Maine what he's had good luck with. Depending on how far in the NE you might need black plastic to heat the soil.
Thank you for your answer Pete. I'm in the catskill mountain region of NY. which is southeastern NY. Thank you in advance for any info you might find.
Thanks for another great video Pete. Since you are clipping the greens while the tubers are growing have you found that it affects tuber production? Also my very sweet but nosey puppy trampled all the potato stalks and limbs in a 40qt cooler I have been growing, are they toast or can I expect them to grow back. LOVE THE CHANNEL!
Keith F I'm glad you enjoy them, thank you! No I haven't noticed harvesting the greens to affect tuber production, at least here in Florida. The vines are super vigorous and seem to almost grow back overnight at times. Are you trying to actually grow the potatoes or slips on that container? I'm sure they'll recover, we've planted them in pots for slip production in the past, they grow back super fast. I bet you could harvest the new slips weekly they are so vigorous.
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Sweet tomatoes
This is awesome! (I feel like I keep saying that! 😂) Will they grow in the sand if I top it with mulch? And how far away should it be from a freshly planted fruit tree? Will it interfere with the trees root system?
Diane Hammer yes sweet potatoes love sandy soil, rich soil will actually make them ugly. We have them around the fruit without any negative effect. If it’s a food forest area and you plant them 10ft away the vines will eventually find the tree.
Do you have issues with them climbing your fruiting trees?
This Holistic House no not at all. Nothing like Black Bean or cow pea. I’ve had velvet bean take down trees 😬
West Africans eat boat loads of sweet potato leaves more than the root it’s really tasty with rice
where do i get some of them
Pete mentioned Sand Hill Preservation Center. They only take orders by regular mail, but they do have a web site at: www.sandhillpreservation.com/
mnhs06 sandhill preservation is pretty old school but one of the best spots I've found. Also try tatorman.com
There's this new thing, I think the kids are calling it...GOOGLE.
Sweet potatoes
Wow! So do then harvest the sweet potatoes? I was amazed when you said there were several varieties. Here in Utah I think I have seen 3! My favorite is the yellow fleshed for eating! Very informative video as always. Blessings!
1994abbygirl thanks! Most sweet potatoes are ready for harvest in 90--120 days.
Sorry, I just read my post it was suppose to read So do you then harvest the sweet potatoes! My lap top sometimes stops writing and I usually always check before I send. No sweet potatoes in the part of the country.. some have had a little success using black plastic to help heat the soil! The joke here is, We have three seasons, June, July and August! The rest is winter LOL
Cover crops are species that produce tons of biomass. They fully shade and protect the soil from erosion and runoff during a fallow period. Their biomass is used at some point in the season as green manure or for 'chop and drop'. They attract lots of beneficial micro- organisms during their growth and decomposition. They form unique mutually beneficial relationships with these micro-organisms throughout their lifespan. I'm not so sure sweet potatoes would be considered that. Especially since the ones in this video aren't anywhere near fully shading the ground. Sun-hemp ,sorghum, and perennial peanut are the most common cover crops in Florida. But most anything that fully shades the ground with dense vegetation in a single season and who's biomass is returned to the soil can be used.
In a month, the ground under those vines will be in total darkness. They get thick fast.
the one food i hate that i just wish i liked is the orange sweet potato since we only have them and normal potatoes, why does it have to taste like some1 sprayed calone on a pumpkin lol
Try going away from the sweet and towards the savory. Butter, S&P, or in my case, Tony C's. Yum!
Which sweet potatoes taste the most like a regular potato?
Kenneth Johnson in this group I'd say Georgia jets and Beauregard.
Thanks Pete!
Easiest crop to grow, easiest crop to propagate as well, just taking a vine and sticking it in the ground starts another plant, not much to it. I got one last year 2 feet long!
Eat the roots
Eat the leaves
So cool this is the oldest vid of Pete I've ever seen