HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN SWEET POTATOES ARE READY TO HARVEST?
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Thanks for watching! Check out this video if you're interested: How do you grow your own sweet potatoes? th-cam.com/video/3A0C37ge4A8/w-d-xo.html
Try your best not to touch them with your bare hands, it causes spotting from oil on your skin, and don't wash them with water until ready to use! Also don't allow frost or freeze to kill the vines! Just a few things I know from many years of growing this incredible vegetable!!
So glad we found your channel We are on a small homestead and started our channel and having fun learning. We've been gardening here in central Texas for over 30 years and wanted to share with others the things we've learned. We were on a large homestead but decided years ago to downsize so we could travel. Looking forward to watching your channel. God Bless. Mike
After watching this, I checked my photos to see when I planted my slips, turns out it was 17 weeks ago! Thanks
What a great idea.
Hi brother !
Good farming
Your job is great......
so much for following the 90/100 day thing. u left them 147 days ( I think :) and u got the biggest harvest yet, hmmm. Anyway, I like your no music, snappy move along style - thanks. Its my 1st season to grow and yep Ive been waiting for the tops to die back. Been in the ground maybe 5 months now. Reckon Ill dig em up today :))
Thank you!
The rabbits were eating all over my new slips but hopefully I will still get some.
I have white potatees with purple flowers that I planted around June 1st. The tops haven't died back yet. How do I know when they are ready to harvest? Thanks.
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After 90-100 days do a test dig. Sweet potato tops don't die back, so we just have to go for it.
Thank you!
And what if we don’t mark our calendar lol I started mine off store bough
Thank you thank you thank you for not having annoying background music while you are teaching. So many YTers do that and I cant watch. I will subscribe. Peace from zone 9b Central East Coast Florida.
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Scott,
These are as good looking and healthy sweet potatoes as I’ve seen! You did good!
Good eating!
Dad
Thanks so much! 🍠✨
Okay the part at the end with your “out-takes” was hilarious 🤣
I'm so glad you enjoyed them! 😅
Why don't you eat the leaves? They are delicious!
I do sometimes, but I grow many warm season greens that I prefer over sweet potato leaves.
Can you eat the vine part or just the leaves and tubers
The Leaves are good for curing Cancer
Great info, thanks so much for sharing. This is my first year growing sweet potatoes. I've grown white and red potatoes for a decade, so I'm a newbie to the sweet potatoes.
I may have some sweet potatoes but it could be spring before I can get to them. Hurricane Ida dropped a huge tree on my tater bed. But now I have a 25 x 45’ full son spot to plant my citrus orchard. Good thing too cause some have outgrown their containers.
Best wishes!
Beautiful tubers and some great hints. Thank you!! It’s my second year of growing SPs in containers. I only had slips for the Japanese purple variety. They were very small last year but very sweet. I’m hoping for some larger ones this year. I planted the slips a bit early, and it was too cold for them to grow, but they took off once the weather got warm. I give the leaves to our hens.
Eat the leaves, or make some pesto. Highly nutritious the chick's can have some too! Pumpkin leaves squash leaves, I eat them all
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We feeds ourn to the hawgs, ain't gonna do no worrin bout no critters no worims.
I have just discovered today that one can watch the young SP leaves! Very nutritious, cook like spinach or collards w garlic. Delish!
My great grandfather always dug his sweet potatoes on August 15th.
What a great way to celebrate the Feast of The Assumption!
He probably always planted on the same day though...
Don’t throw away the leaves. Harvest the smaller leaves throughout the season, and fry them up like you would with spinach.
If your « raised bed » was in fact a real « raised » one…you wouldn’t have pest problems !
But unfortunately it’s not a raised bed.
What is your geographical location? When is your last frost? When is your first frost? I sprout a grocery store potato in the house 2 months before planting it April 20, that is our last frost. I let my plants grow 6½ months until our first frost kills the plants Nov 1st. I typically get 20 to 25 lbs of new potatoes from each plant. Plants love our hot blistering 100° dry as desert TN weather. I only grow white color sweet potatoes, we don't like the orange potatoes. My crop never seems to do better with fertilizer or water. I added a lot of dead tree leaves to the soil but leaves are gone in 3 months our hot weather cooks the organic material away. Sweet potato plants grow excellent in full sun. Sweet potatoes are a zero maintenance crop return 6 months later and dig up 75 lbs of new potatoes from 3 plants. We don't get much rain during the summer about 1" every month.
Thanks for the infor
Hi Scott I am a newbie to your channel & have subscribed. You explained beautifully regarding sweet potatoes. I have grown them both successful & unsuccessful & currently have a bed in that I am not hopeful for, but I will see. Cheers Denise- Australia (Love the out-takes just brilliant)
Thank you so much Denise!! Best wishes for an abundant harvest 🍠✨
Awesome!!!! Sweet Taters!!!!!
Thanks so much Mike!
Great work man!
New Subscriber!!
My best sweet potato plant grows right along side the house in an old flower bed.
ok, I have a question, if I want to harvest the Greens of the sweet potatoes, will the tubers continue to grow and I get new top leaves??
Yes, but harvest the leaves conservatively for the best tuber production.
The leaves are delicious cooked or in salads. Try then. Healthy.
What do they taste like? Don't say "chicken"! LOL!
What if you started late...like in July? Will they hold out until the first frost, 13 October in my 6a area.
Also, how can I propagate or take seed from these and plant next years crop.
Thank you.
The top growth will die back with the first frost, but the tubers are more cold hardy. Supposing the first frost isn't a long hard freeze, you could harvest after. Best thing you can do to assure propagating them for next season is to harvest and store a few to sprouting in late winter.
I never missed one video of yours,the food you made for your family looks very delicious and healthy,you are blessed to have an extraordinary talent,thanks for sharing your life with us
Thank you so much✨
Exactly the info I was needing - thanks again!
Wonderful! 🙏🏼✨
Beginner SP enthusiast. Its been 2 months since i planted. Never fertilized initially. Will fertilizer help still?
Hi! Yes, I recommend a liquid fertilizer because it will be fast acting and can be applied every week or two. The Neptune’s Harvest Fish Fertilizer is my favorite, it has an NPK ratio of 2-4-1. Whatever you choose, look for one with a higher middle number which represents phosphorus, and that will encourage tuber development 👍🏼✨
Thank you that was good information except I don’t know when my sweet potatoes are gonna be done as far as the time I got the slips from the Amish Gardner and I should’ve asked him with a grow time on him was
I would estimate 90-100 days after you planted them in your garden.
Thanks for info. fMy irst year planting sweet potaoes and have a beautiful wild vine. But did not know where to start digging for the potatoes. !!
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If I didn't count the days but I'm getting flowers how do I know if is ready
Do a test dig?
What an awesome harvest!
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Can't wait to grow some sweet potatoes 😋
GREAT HARVEST. I have some organic and Beauregard's in the same container. They are 130 days. I am trying to wait until 150 days. They have not died back yet. It will not be long. Barely starting to yellow. I will harvest at 140 since I saw your harvest. I will be happy. Good job and I hope you enjoy them.
I failed when I left for vaca and person didn’t maintain the watering so starting again. I made my grow dirt from your instructions. Can I reuse the grow dirt or do I need to throw it out. Need to get started ASAP so thanking you ahead of time. Love your videos, product and your Buddy.
I always reuse my soil and add compost before planting new crops. Best wishes!
Highly inspiring!
Thank you! Also for sharing info about your watering set up..💕
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Love the positive, high energy, informative video...why didn't you mention edible shoots?
Thank you! Good point about those edible shoots. I totally forgot 🤦🏻♂️ but I do talk about them in other videos.
Would diatomaceous earth stop the sweet potato weeble?
It's possible, D.E. is a great deterrent in my experience but not fullproof.
Hm, and while I use manure and give plenty of water, it can take them months to make tubers. Arizona rains make everything explode in production.
What zone are you in? I hope you sauteed those leaves
9a
Luckily you have a home with spaces for fresh farming treasure.
Congratulations for being American.
How do you grow anything with them spraying the sky with chemtrails. And how do you keep the moles from eating everything in site?
Great video! Thank you! What do you rotate your sweet potato beds with?
Thanks for this video. Very helpful! Is there anything that can be done to make them sweeter? Mine are not sweet at all.
Thanks very much! Did you cure your sweet potatoes before trying them? Fresh harvested sweet potatoes will sweeten up significantly after 8-10 days of curing in a dark, warm, humid space.
@@newgardenroad Thank you for the reply! I did but maybe not dark enough.
I left mine in a basket out in the cold last year. They were really sweet!! They were the purple kind.
Do you have any videos on your drip irrigation setup shown in your sweet potato bed?
Hello! I have this one th-cam.com/video/QMWVgFjqDC4/w-d-xo.html
can the slips be pruned or will the potatoes die, i want grow sweet potatoes in fabric pots at home and have not enough space for all those slips
The vines can be pruned and it shouldn't hurt the potatoes.
@@newgardenroad thanks for help, i will it simply because i have to and then i will let you know how it went
I grow sweet potatoes for their leaves. Staple foods in congo 🇨🇩 . We sell it very expensive here in usa 🇺🇸
do you only get one potato per plant?
The average yield is 4-6 potatoes per plant.
Thanks!
Awesome harvest, I'm trying to figure out how many slips I should plant. What would you say to put in a kiddie pool. I've drilled holes in one and am using it as a raised bed this season. I have 3 varieties of sweets and I'm not sure how many I can out in there
I plan to try and trellis them upwards
When I grew them in grow bags I spaced them about 6 inches apart and they seemed to grow just fine.
That should be fun! They will appreciate regular water as they grow.
@@newgardenroad thanks, I've just recently discovered your page. Love the content and the information. I follow several people and so my opinion is only that of a viewer but I think you are doing great.
Thank you very much for that! 🙏🏼✨
They are usually ready for harvest in 90 to 120 days depending on the variety.
Lol great vid with a great ending. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it ✨
awesome harvest!
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Hello so I planted in May Beauregard and Murasaki and only fertilized when I plants the plants. Should I fertilize and is it too late I do have Fish Fertilizer. I am located in Florida zone 9B. This is my first time growing sweet potatoes. Great video wonderful knowledge. Thank you for sharing!
Hey! I don't think that it's too late to fertilize and be sure that the NPK value of the fish fertilizer has a higher middle number (phosphorus) because that will promote root tuber formation. For example Neptune's Harvest is 2-4-1 which would be ideal, but Alaska Fish Fertilizer is 5-1-1 and higher in nitrogen which would promote top growth or leaves.
It means that seet potato doesnt blow before harvesting
I planted sweet potatoes over a year ago. I never tried to harvest, because I was not sure how long it takes for them to make potatoes. As they get older do they become less edible?
They may and sweet potato weevils can be an issue. Still, there could be some winners!
Thank you Scott... For simple steps...
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When the compost pile heats up does this not kill the weavel ?
Next year put nematodes in your garden
Ty for your video. This is our first year gardening and for some weird reason I thought they'd be finished in November.?? Anyway I saved my harvest and only lost a few to pest. Ty
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I luv your energy 😄💐
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if you leave it for too long, it becomes very fibrous.
In my case they are ready when frost destroys leaves.
When the flowers of the potato appears then handa na.
Wow! Very nice. Question: what’s the minimum temp to grow sweet potatoes. And during the winter if I get any harvest; can I store those in a cool dark place?
Sweet potatoes need warm soil, which comes from hot summer weather. I harvest in September, and after a week of curing they store well for several months in a cool, dark, and humid area.
NICE HARVEST. 147 DAYS. I WILL WAIT A LITTLE LONGER MINE ARE 90 DAYS RIGHT NOW I WILL WAIT ANOTHER 30 DAYS TO CHECK.
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I grow mine in pots and most of the times roots are all over :)
Lovely harvest Scott
Thank you kindly! 🍠✨
Very nice sharing 👍👍👍👌🙏
I just harvested one of my sweet potatoes, and they were about 2 inches long. I'll wait another month before I harvest the rest. Hopefully, it'll be a better outcome.
Best wishes! Mine did not produce well through extreme heat last summer, and although the weather has been similar season, I'm hoping for a better outcome.
How big of a bed did you plant in and how many slips did you plant? My bed is 3x6 and I did 7 slips cause I wasn’t sure how many I could do.
I planted 44 slips in a 4x8 bed. The slips were spaced 8 inches apart, and rows 12 inches apart.
Yeah, those things are huge!
What if you used a grocery store sweet potato and don't know what kind it is?
I would give them at least 100 days to mature and do a test dig at that point in time.
My cows used to love to get into the sweet potato bed and eat the greens. I never did try them.....are they good to eat???
They are good to eat, and although they are more nutritious than spinach, they taste a bit grassy. I sauté and finish with a dash of vinegar.
Thank you!!
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I ask because I am not sure I can grow them this year, it is the end of May and I need to make slips.
I would consider your first average frost date. You may still have enough time to sprout and plant. In ATX ours is late November, so I’m comfortable starting slips as late as early June for mid July planting.
I planted mine out of cuttings. When should i harvest?
Check them after 90 days by doing a test dig. You can let them grow much longer, just provide consistent moisture while the weather is warm.
Where do you get those nice black harvest crates? Thanks
Those are old shipping crates from a local nursery, not sure where to get them otherwise.
Very helpful. Thank you. I subscribed.
Many thanks!
Great harvest
Searching for info about planting and protecting my hard work. You mention weevils as a pest to watch for. How do you try to prevent them from infesting and ruining the crop. This will be the first time planting in a new garden (not beds but hills) So no cross contamination. Researching items on line, one site said you need a license to order. Any info would be appreciated
Hello David! The main thing that I do to prevent them is crop rotation and disposal of any infested potatoes. They have never completely ruined my crop, just a handful of the overall harvest. One other option to consider is applying beneficial nematodes to the soil prior to planting. You can find them at www.arbico-organics.com/category/beneficial-nematodes. I applied them to my garden last December and so far I'm seeing much less occurrence of pests such as flea beetles, and cucumber beetles. I hope that helps!
Any sort of beetle can be managed with diatomatious earth around the root or main stem of the plant.
Great video ❤ thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks for watching! 🙏✨
This was my first year growing SP. A lot of them were curvy and twisted around each other. Any tips to avoid this?
This can happen when the soil is heavy and the tubers encounter resistance as they develop. Adding organic matter such as compost can improve soil texture over time. I'm not sure if that's what happened here, but I hope that helps.
Thank you for that input. I mixed potting soil with some of my garden soil so had a good mix. I did however just read that if you didn't transplant them in a timely manner the roots could become tangled. This may have been my problem as I started them early. (zone 3 here). trying to get a feel for growing them. Thanks again
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Would it be beneficial to trellis the vines
I wouldn't say that it's generally beneficial to trellis the vines, but if you're gardening in a small space it would be helpful.
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
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What growing zone are you? I am 8B
I’m 8b, Austin, Texas
I heard you can sauté the green tops to eat
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Great harvest. Please let me know where you get those black trays that you put the sweet potatoes in. Thank you
Hey! Those black trays came from a local nursery, they were used for shipping bulbs.
Target has some similar storage trays
@7:06-7:18😂 that alone gets a 👍🏽
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Awesome harvest
Thank you! ✨
Hallo there. My sweetpatatoe. Sprouts are beginning to bloom. I have no idea how long since they were planted... Are they ready to harvest now or do I leave the sprouts till they die
You may have to do a test harvest to find out.
Thankyou very much for reply. I appreciate very much. Hallo from South africa
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Thanks man
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@@newgardenroadgood evening, excuse me, i have got a doubt I grew my sweet potatoes since december but úntil now on july I can't see none of them on the top of the soil I cave but I cannot appreciate anything only roots
Thank you for this detailed information ! This is was so helpful.
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That is a fantastic sweet potato harvest!
Thank you! Best one yet ✨
approximately how many sweet potatoes does one plant produce?
-hilary
I'd say somewhere around six sweet potatoes per plant
I am starting my first garden bed this summer. I am absolutely terrified of bugs! 🐛🐜🐞🕷🪲🥲😓 Wish me luck!
I'm so excited for you! May your love for gardening overpower your fear of bugs ✨
I started mine this spring. I dove head first and started vermicomposting with my raised garden bed. I have trauma with bugs, and I tell you what, I don't have as much of an issue anymore.
Kudos to you for your bravery 🥳🥳🥳🥳