Growing Sweet Potatoes Up A Trellis + Harvest

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  • @emkn1479
    @emkn1479 2 місяці тому +5

    Just heard a great tip-use a marker or stake where the slip is planted to make harvesting more targeted and maybe a little easier.

  • @paulawhite2882
    @paulawhite2882 6 місяців тому +10

    I am a first time sweet potato grower. I tried growing slips from organic store bought potatoes and could not get them to grow the slips. I used a store bought non organic sweet potato and grew slips. I stuck two slips in the ground in a place that practically got ignored and I got a good crop of sweet potatoes. I harvested in October. I wasn't sure when to harvest, I thought after the leaves started dying off and they weren't, so I harvested anyways. There were a few BIG sweet potatoes, but for the most part, they were a good size. +

    • @Thi-Nguyen
      @Thi-Nguyen 6 місяців тому +1

      I grow sweet potato slips for my mom every year and they go crazy!

  • @GorillasAndGardens
    @GorillasAndGardens 6 місяців тому +9

    We eat the leaves. They’re fantastic.

    • @Thi-Nguyen
      @Thi-Nguyen 6 місяців тому +1

      My mom eats the young vines. She plants some slips for the vines and leaves and some for the actual, full sized potatoes. The ones that she plants for full size potatoes she doesn’t touch the leaves or vines.

  • @frankfurder3742
    @frankfurder3742 7 днів тому

    I grow Asian sweet potatos, they are very sweet and tender, I usually plant them in June when gets hot, they love it...Thanks Jill

  • @kennethpatierno6223
    @kennethpatierno6223 3 місяці тому +3

    Extra ones boil them mash them and put them in plastic freezer bag flatten the bag and freeze them is what I do use as needed works great no waste of potatoes

  • @jackportugge5647
    @jackportugge5647 6 місяців тому +1

    I've never tried to grow sweet potatoes in my minimalist garden. I've watched the vid and i've read all the comments and never imagined that it required this amount of technique!

  • @loulauer5853
    @loulauer5853 6 місяців тому +3

    That's a good harvest from 4 slips. Nice pretty uniform sizes too. Mine this year tended to be oddly long and twisty compared to what I had previously. Must be the soil. I rotate them around to different raised beds each year. I have been putting in 20+ slips each year and probably should cut back.😆 Beauregard is my go to variety but I have tried Orleans and Covington also. Love the trellis concept for them, I think I will try that next season. I use mine primarily for sweet potato pies! Thanks for the video.

  • @TheGardenFamily
    @TheGardenFamily 6 місяців тому +2

    Nice harvest Jill, thanks for sharing the knowledge 👍

  • @lawrencebeeles6738
    @lawrencebeeles6738 6 місяців тому +2

    I live in central ark I grow sweet potatoes in mineral tubs over wood chips when they spread out they will root in the wood chips growing mass amounts of vine potatoes betterthan what grows in the pots in large amounts

  • @joshuahoyer1279
    @joshuahoyer1279 Місяць тому

    If you have a big heat mat (ideally with a thermostat controller) and a plastic tote, that makes a great curing chamber. I put that out in our garage with a jar of water in the middle, and stacked our tubers inside. Set the temperature goal to 85 and stick the probe on the bottom of the tote. Leave the lid slightly open. After a week or so, everything was well cured. The box smelled so good too! For reference, we had about 35 lbs in the tote, but could have easily fit twice that in there.

  • @gracechristianschoolcypres3189
    @gracechristianschoolcypres3189 2 місяці тому +2

    Great video!!

  • @BestGranny10
    @BestGranny10 6 місяців тому +3

    Thank You!❤

  • @donnalarussa8149
    @donnalarussa8149 6 місяців тому

    Always appreciate your straight forward and very informative videos. Thanks!

  • @BestGranny10
    @BestGranny10 6 місяців тому +2

    I had Star shaped & sweet potatoes heart shaped

  • @JimMeakim
    @JimMeakim 6 місяців тому +2

    Did you notice any benefit to growing them vertically? I've seen a few videos where the grower tied up the vines, up off the ground. Their thinking being, that it's wasted energy for the plant to grow along the ground and attempt to root, so all the energy is toward the main plant. What do you think? I am planning for next season to try free growing, and some vertical. I plan to tie up the vines by using the Florida Weave method, and some with tomatote cages. I've also seen videos doing this with potatoes. Holding up the tops off the ground, saves space, and helps make healthier tops, hopefully meaning a healthier harvest. They also showed, that by supporting the tops, makes it easier to maintain the plants, hilling, weeding, and watering. What do you think?

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  6 місяців тому +1

      I’m not sure. I’ve also heard the opposite - that allowing them to root as they vine gives them more energy to produce. I can’t say that after doing it both ways that I can tell a big enough difference to form an opinion. To me, it seems that sun and fertile soil make a bigger difference. But that’s just an observation. If you’re doing both next year, I’d love to hear your observations!

  • @BestGranny10
    @BestGranny10 6 місяців тому +4

    My first time. 30lb grow bag. I put a bunch of slips, 10 per bag. Toooo many. Got long skinny ones. Next year 4 slips per bag. ☹️😢

    • @Thi-Nguyen
      @Thi-Nguyen 6 місяців тому +2

      From my understanding, most growers plant one or two slips per bag. That way your plants have plenty of room for a large harvest.

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  6 місяців тому +1

      I think we’ve all made that mistake! We try and learn. 😊

  • @rumpolstilscin
    @rumpolstilscin Місяць тому

    Appreciate knowing this took place in Alabama.

  • @Halo3roadkill
    @Halo3roadkill 2 місяці тому

    Nicely done. Thank you. How about a video on curing regular potatoes and sweet potatoes?

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  2 місяці тому +1

      There is one on storing regular potatoes. Will keep that in mind for sweet potatoes!

  • @brianna56ism
    @brianna56ism 6 місяців тому

    In New Zealand we call them Kūmara. They are beautiful

  • @patriciaduffield2319
    @patriciaduffield2319 6 місяців тому +1

    Please let us know how and where you’re going to cure the sweet potatoes. I’m in Central Florida 9b growing potatoes for the second time. It’s averaging upper 80’s during the day and evenings in the mid 60’s. I see a couple of flowers. That may be because of fish emulsion fertilizer. Mistake of a newbie. Thank you for sharing 😊

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  6 місяців тому +2

      Admittedly, I didn’t cure them properly this year. I left them in the greenhouse, planning for warm days, but we ended up getting some 40ish nights during that time. Once I realized it, I brought them in, to room temperature.
      Next time, I’ll make a better effort to bring them inside if the weather is cold. I saw a method from the Millennial Gardener’s UA-cam channel that involved a seed starting mat and jar of water that I thought was ingenious. I’d recommend checking that idea out. Next time I plan to try that.

  • @sincityprepping
    @sincityprepping 6 місяців тому

    Great video! Thank you, I’m going to have to give them a try. What material are you using for your trellis?

  • @steventodd8366
    @steventodd8366 5 місяців тому

    I have seed from mine I am waiting to see if they will germinate.

  • @mirieshii1948
    @mirieshii1948 3 місяці тому

    you can plant those vines right away. no need to make potato slips from the potatoes.

  • @dovinhgarden05
    @dovinhgarden05 3 місяці тому

    Tuyệt vời

  • @StevenDragoo
    @StevenDragoo 6 місяців тому +1

    The leaves are great to eat - but not white potato leaves

  • @racif
    @racif 6 місяців тому +5

    I’m also in Arkansas. How did you winter store your sweet potatoes? Mine were rotting by the time starting slips would work.

    • @thebeginnersgarden
      @thebeginnersgarden  6 місяців тому +3

      I keep mine in a crate (ventilation is important) in a dark area of my home. I’ve never had sweet potatoes rot in storage, but I’ve had them start sprouting too early.

  • @ArkWildmansurvival
    @ArkWildmansurvival 2 місяці тому

    howdy

  • @Thi-Nguyen
    @Thi-Nguyen 6 місяців тому +1

    Rather than wasting, you should try a farmers market or donating to food banks.

    • @jackportugge5647
      @jackportugge5647 6 місяців тому

      No waste what so ever, with some butter on top! it's all meat and potatoes!