I truly, truly, truly appreciate you. I appreciate you taking your time to do this experiment. Thank you for answering the questions I had. Peace and Perfect-Health to you and yours.
What a GREAT video!! That was a lot of work. I love that you brought us along with you on this experiment. You have definitely inspired me to try sweet potatoes again. For some reason I haven't had much luck with potatoes. I enjoy the message that you are sending across the world.... use what you've got. You CAN grow food. Thanks again for sharing. New Sub. ~Sammie😊
Thank you for an awesome video the best video I have seen in a long time...I love your experiment and how you want through each pot fast to show us..thank you again
Very cool! We are in the PNW near Salem, OR, and this is our second year growing sweet potatoes. I'm trying out 15gal fabric grow bags, with 2-3 plants a piece. Some of them have a pepper, tomato, or Basil also tucked in as experiments. But in our main bed, I've added a 2-3' wide strip of 6mil plastic on each row, cut a hole and inserted the plant. When temps are only getting to the 80s, I'm slinging some fabric row cover over top (we have a pvc tunnel frame over it) to help hold in some additional heat. They seem to be really loving it so far. I did try putting a few fresh slips in without roots, and the leaves burned to a crisp during this heat wave. But otherwise all the other plants are looking awesome. Though the grow bags really need to be watered frequently. They dry out so fast. Can't wait to see what the haul looks like in October!
How was your harvest? I found fabric grow bags to be a real chore at harvest time as the sweet potatoes root right into the bag and then its a wrestling match ... LOL
It definitely took some convincing to get the soil out of the bag 😂 The harvest was decent overall! I was hoping for more, as I planted twice as many slips this year compared to last year, but only got 5 lbs more. The big thing I've learned this year is that the Okinawan variety is incredibly hit or miss. I got some really nice roots, but not many. Unfortunately that was the majority of what I planted this year because that's what produced the most slips. It's incredibly vigorous, and will be great for greens next year. But I'm going to stick to more reliable root producers overall for most of our plantings. I might try to find some Georgia Jet, Murasaki, and Stokes Purple to try out next year. I've heard and seen they're good producers, even with a shorter warm season. Watering consistently is also a challenge in these bags. I need to add some more perlite to the mix next year to help the water percolate rather than run out the sides each time I water.
Don’t feed them. Maybe some bone meal, but that’s all. Not even compost. And they like some sand. Great harvest! Just a suggestion from the hot, sunny south.
Hi it is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed to you. Great idea, thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.
What state are you in? This is the first year I'm going to attempt sweet potatoes. I absolutely love them. I ordered some slips Beauregard Sweet Potatoes. I live in the Midwest a small town in Wisconsin I'm hoping to get them planted by next week. I'm thinking it will stay warm long enough. 🤷♀️
Curious trying sweet potatoes 1st time this year gonna try a 60 gallon grow bag how many slips would you suggest planting in it? Gonna plant june 1st safest no frost date here in Colorado!
The first part of the video was perfect ( Frame wise), but then you made the frame smaller which wasn't good for my eyes. So based on the photo , your harvest wasn't bad
Hi,, I have never grown sweet spuds before. I'm wanting to try it this year. I'm getting confused tho. lol Searching on Google & YT Videos says... It will only grow from,,,, Slips, Only the organic ones will grow. Slice it long ways lay it on top of the soil. Slice it in chunks & bury them deep. AND , this is the best,,,, It's really hard to grow sweet potatoes.. lol No wonder I'm confused 😕😕😂🤣🤷♀🤷 I have finally found the prof I need lol Thank you. I have a Question .. In your opinion, What ones are true? Could I treat it like a normal spud. Cut it in half then bury it in the garden, or in a big fabric bag? Or does it have to be a hole spud? I have 8 Rubbermaid bins in my dining room lol , full of Red Wiggler Worms. The more I grow of anything in the summer, The more food to bag and freeze to feed my worms all winter. Cutting the spuds in half, planting them a foot or so away from each other, would they just grow the same amount as they would if I just left them hole ? or would there be more?? I'm so happy I found your video about this Thank you Cheers from Toronto Canada
Theres a ghost living in that yellow bucket
Where could it be … should we call ghost busters??
He looks hungry😂
Yes, thank you! It's a gremlin with its mouth open in the wheelbarrow. I can't unsee it lol 😂😂😅
😂😂😂😂 too funny!!!
I truly, truly, truly appreciate you. I appreciate you taking your time to do this experiment. Thank you for answering the questions I had.
Peace and Perfect-Health to you and yours.
Thank you. Did you grow Sweet potatoes this year? If so , how did you do?
What a GREAT video!! That was a lot of work. I love that you brought us along with you on this experiment. You have definitely inspired me to try sweet potatoes again. For some reason I haven't had much luck with potatoes. I enjoy the message that you are sending across the world.... use what you've got. You CAN grow food. Thanks again for sharing. New Sub. ~Sammie😊
Thank you so much for following and allowing me to share my love of gardening!!
Thank you for this experiment,interesting. I live in Eastern Tx, much longer growing season but learned alot. First year trying sweet potatoes.
That’s awesome!
Thank you so kindly!
Great demonstration
Thank you. I have been curious about this for a while.
I like the Jim carey grinch face on the wheelbarrow, thanks for the video
Amazing 😊
Thank you so much!
Thank you for an awesome video the best video I have seen in a long time...I love your experiment and how you want through each pot fast to show us..thank you again
Very cool! We are in the PNW near Salem, OR, and this is our second year growing sweet potatoes. I'm trying out 15gal fabric grow bags, with 2-3 plants a piece. Some of them have a pepper, tomato, or Basil also tucked in as experiments. But in our main bed, I've added a 2-3' wide strip of 6mil plastic on each row, cut a hole and inserted the plant. When temps are only getting to the 80s, I'm slinging some fabric row cover over top (we have a pvc tunnel frame over it) to help hold in some additional heat. They seem to be really loving it so far. I did try putting a few fresh slips in without roots, and the leaves burned to a crisp during this heat wave. But otherwise all the other plants are looking awesome. Though the grow bags really need to be watered frequently. They dry out so fast. Can't wait to see what the haul looks like in October!
How was your harvest? I found fabric grow bags to be a real chore at harvest time as the sweet potatoes root right into the bag and then its a wrestling match ... LOL
It definitely took some convincing to get the soil out of the bag 😂
The harvest was decent overall! I was hoping for more, as I planted twice as many slips this year compared to last year, but only got 5 lbs more. The big thing I've learned this year is that the Okinawan variety is incredibly hit or miss. I got some really nice roots, but not many. Unfortunately that was the majority of what I planted this year because that's what produced the most slips. It's incredibly vigorous, and will be great for greens next year. But I'm going to stick to more reliable root producers overall for most of our plantings. I might try to find some Georgia Jet, Murasaki, and Stokes Purple to try out next year. I've heard and seen they're good producers, even with a shorter warm season.
Watering consistently is also a challenge in these bags. I need to add some more perlite to the mix next year to help the water percolate rather than run out the sides each time I water.
Don’t feed them. Maybe some bone meal, but that’s all. Not even compost. And they like some sand. Great harvest! Just a suggestion from the hot, sunny south.
The garden men 😂😂😂
The little ones are so good. Cook smash put butter and red pepper flakes and broil for a minute
Hi it is my first time on your channel and I have just subscribed to you. Great idea, thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the good work. All the best on this journey.
What state are you in? This is the first year I'm going to attempt sweet potatoes. I absolutely love them. I ordered some slips Beauregard Sweet Potatoes. I live in the Midwest a small town in Wisconsin I'm hoping to get them planted by next week. I'm thinking it will stay warm long enough. 🤷♀️
what did you use for container mix?
Curious trying sweet potatoes 1st time this year gonna try a 60 gallon grow bag how many slips would you suggest planting in it? Gonna plant june 1st safest no frost date here in Colorado!
I have mine in a 5 gallon bucket and its vine is growing long outside the bucket. What do I do? Trellis? Cut them?
Do I push the vines inside the pot to root?
The first part of the video was perfect ( Frame wise), but then you made the frame smaller which wasn't good for my eyes. So based on the photo , your harvest wasn't bad
Very hard to watch.cant really see much
Is that "Wilson" (Tom Hanks' friend in Castaway) in your yellow wheelbarrow?
June? Shouldn't you have grown these until at least August?
Can you explain how to start the sweet potato
Hi,, I have never grown sweet spuds before. I'm wanting to try it this year. I'm getting confused tho. lol
Searching on Google & YT Videos says... It will only grow from,,,, Slips,
Only the organic ones will grow. Slice it long ways lay it on top of the soil. Slice it in chunks & bury them deep. AND , this is the best,,,, It's really hard to grow sweet potatoes.. lol
No wonder I'm confused 😕😕😂🤣🤷♀🤷
I have finally found the prof I need lol Thank you.
I have a Question .. In your opinion, What ones are true?
Could I treat it like a normal spud. Cut it in half then bury it in the garden, or in a big fabric bag?
Or does it have to be a hole spud?
I have 8 Rubbermaid bins in my dining room lol , full of Red Wiggler Worms.
The more I grow of anything in the summer, The more food to bag and freeze to feed my worms all winter. Cutting the spuds in half, planting them a foot or so away from each other, would they just grow the same amount as they would if I just left them hole ? or would there be more??
I'm so happy I found your video about this Thank you
Cheers from Toronto Canada
Does anyone know if we can propagate new sweet potatoes from the vines? 🤔
I think so. Check on another videos.
That's how sweet potatoes are propagated where a leaf grows from the vine that node is what grows the new plant.
Nice for a 3gallon pot
Nice concept, but the camera work, angle is terrible.
Does Mr Garden Guy have a name? Lol