Raised Bed Sweet Potatoes | Secret Sweet Potato Super Soil Mix
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Raised bed sweet potatoes. Our secret sweet potato super soil mix for planting and growing large sweet potatoes in your homestead garden. Organic vegetable gardening is an important part of homesteading if you hope to grow your own homegrown food as part of a self sufficient country life / lifestyle.
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I did not think you could get all that in there along with what was already in it but you surprised me. Good job/!
That big ring eats a lot of soil... IE: The 3 cu ft bag of peat would cover 36 sq ft one inch deep and the 8' dia bed is 56 sq ft - so each big bale really only added say 1/2" - and the smaller bags, even less... Its full though... No doubt...
It looks real nice guys! Thank you Mark & Tina!
Thanks so much ! Glad you enjoyed it ! Have a great weekend !
Thanks so much for the great info. Have a blessed weekend!
Thank you so much ! Hope you have a great weekend as well !
Thank you both for your service and thank you for sharing on you tube. 😍
It was our honor to have been allowed to serve. Thank you so much for watching and lending your support ! Have a great weekend !
Hey Bumble Bee, thanks so much for all of this great information!! God bless!
Thanks so much for watching and lending your support ! Hope you have a great weekend !
Oh I'll still watch your videos, I do appreciate them & their very informational. Good day.
Thank you so much :)
You guys explained that really well! You guys did a super mix 😊
Thanks so much Little Bean ! We just planted them today so that vid will be out soon... Appreciate ya watching ! Hope all is well with you and yours !
I just built my 4x8 feet raised bed for my sweet potatoes. I didn’t know what to fill it with then I found you. Thanks so much , now I know
Nice mix in there. Great job explaining everything used for results expected.
Rob
Thanks so much for watching Rob ! Hope you have a great weekend !
I love this mix!!! I have told others about it (that's a first)!!!! Just can't say enough about your Super Soil!!!! THANK YOU
Thanks so much ! We modified it some for the sweet potatoes, but the main mix would work for about anything... You just have to cut the Nitrogen down for root crops or they will grow huge plants, and little roots, the opposite of what you want....
This video was packed full of great tips!
Thanks so much ! I hope it helps !
Great sweet potato bed you’ve got there. We’re on our way to check out the super soil video. Have a great weekend! 👍
Thanks so much for your support ! Super appreciate it ! Have a great weekend !
This looks great. I am going to try it!
I am sure you will be happy... We have grown them this way for many years... Thank you for watching ! Have a great weekend !
sounds like a great mix of soil good luck on your sweet potatoes
Thanks so much Jackie ! We really appreciate your continued support ! Hope you are having a great weekend !
Lookin' good! Love you guys.
We really appreciate your support so much ! Thank you :)
Wanted to see this after seeing your carrot harvest! Thanks
Hope you enjoyed it!
Great video. Nice sweet potato planter.
Thanks so much ! We got a steal on it because someone dented it with a fork lift moving it... The dent took all of 5 min to pound out... LOL Have a great weekend !
thank you for sharing....have a good week-end
Thanks for your continued support ! Hope you have a great weekend as well !
Hey guys… your vids are always on point and as real as you can get… so thanks!!🎉
Thanks so much ! We appreciate ya watching !
Great informative video.
Thanks for sharing and God bless.
Thanks so much ! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend !
Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite potatoes. thank you.
They are Tina's favorite as well ! We really enjoy them here !
Another awesome and informative video!!👍👍
Thank you so much ! Appreciate the support ! Have a great weekend !
Great information!
Thanks so much for watching ! Have a great weekend !
Great info!! Thanks so much for sharing 👍👍
I appreciate you watching ! Thank you ! Hope you are having a great weekend !
Well this mix made an awesom harvest of sweet potatoes..thanks for the follow thru movie..love seeing end results
Thanks so much for going back and following the process through... I think it really helps pull everything into perspective...
@@BumbleBeeJunction agreed..I need to see if you have corn videos on planting and fertilizing methods.. I've gardened for years here on oregon coast but my mom never had luck growing some things so I never tried. I'm finding that there were methods she didnt know about for growing certain things like corn. I'm gonna try little melons next year too..so.many short season things now days with access with the internet
Well... A few hints real quick... You can plant melons in the shade, and dig a hole... Put a cup for balanced 10-10-10 in the hole, then about 5" of dirt, then plant your seeds about 1" deep... Let the roots reach the fertilizer on their own, and give them room to go around it too (out to the side) and the plants will do well... Corn, you fertilize 3 times... Before you plant... At 18" (which is also when ours gets its one and only weeded) and when about 25% of your corn has tassled on top.... And when you see the silk on the ears, count 21 days, and begin test harvesting, it should be ready within a few days..... If you have a short season, get a short days to maturity variety (usually they are marked "early")... Good luck, and we are always here....
@@BumbleBeeJunction thank you so much.. I did do corn this year and it did good. I followed the hoss tools advice. It was the same as yours..He had a video on corn.. my problem was knowing when it was ready and it not all being ready at the same time. Very sporadic readiness. We have warm weather but not everyday . The corn seemed to love the hot days.
Will do your advice on the melons next spring..will do that on my squashes too
Pure living for outdoors sent me!!! 😊 awesome video!
Thanks so much for coming over ! We hope you enjoy the channel !
Good information!
Thanks so much... We had several people asking about the soil, and it was just easier to make a video... LOL
Thanks for sharing. 💖
Thank you so much for watching !
Great great video blessings
Thanks so much for your continued support Carolyn ! Have a great weekend !
Pretty soil mix
Thank you so much... That is sour super soil... We have a recipe for it in our Gardening playlist....
@@BumbleBeeJunction welcome
Pure Living for Outdoors sent me over, Hello! Enjoyed the video
Thanks so much for coming over ! Hope you enjoy the channel !
Thanks BBJ!!! 👍👍👍😎
Thank you so much for watching ! Appreciate it !
Going to try this!
Excellent ! Please let us know if you run into any troubles or have any questions....
@@BumbleBeeJunction Thank you, I will !
Thanks for the soil recipes I am trying it
Awesome ! Would love to hear your results ! And be sure to stick around for ours ! LOL Have a great weekend !
Great tutorial!
Thanks so much Joy ! Have a great weekend !
yeah Tina's bed hugsssss from Ontario Canada
LOL... You know she loves playing in that thing... ahahahaha
@@BumbleBeeJunction and i love seeing her play in it lol
Thank you for the in depth details. And most of all thank you both for your service. God Bless. Ps. Love your channel.
We were honored to have been allowed to serve, but thank you... We appreciate you watching !
Thank you!
You bet!
Looking good! Thumbs up from me!
Thanks so much Pa Pa ! Have a great weekend !
Prettiest sweet potatoe patch ever🤗
Thanks so much for watching ! Hope you have a great weekend !
Hey , hope everything is going well with you. Hadn't stopped by the channel in a couple of days. Your place is looking great. Thanks for sharing with us, learn a lot from you. Take care and God bless you both
Thanks so much for coming back by and we are glad you enjoyed the video ! Have a great weekend !
Great video and may I add, your back yard is really nice looking
Thanks you so much for watching and lending your support ! Hope you are having a great weekend !
Hi Y'all, LOVE sweet potato but no else here does,,omgosh EVERYTHING looking so good👍Thanks for information 👍🤗GREAT VLOG AS ALWAYS,,,If I live Closer I would buy some from yall👍🤗HI Tina,,ladybugs are goodluck🤗👍💞
She was so excited to find them... We had to stop filming so she could move them all over to the raised bed garden... LOL Thanks so much for watching ! Have a great weekend !
We use rabbit droppings for nitrogen, it's awesome stuff. This is a great video, I wish we could grow sweet potatoes here in the PNW. Nice job guys!
You might check with Misilla at the Learn To Grow channel... She is in the PNW and seems to be able to grow about anything... LOL... She is a great gardener....
@@BumbleBeeJunction will do, thanks!
I been waiting for this🍠🍠🍠
Thank you so much for watching ! Hope you have a great weekend !
Pure living for outdoors told me to come say hello. Still love watching your videos.
Heyas James ! Thanks so much ! Appreciate ya watching ! Have a great weekend !
Thanks I'm hoping to get sweet potatoes this year, last year I had great tops but, only narrow small tators. I take notes as yor videos are so helpful.
We had some troubles too... We are going to up the Phos... Lower the Nitrogen... And not plant so closely....
wowwwww.... isnt this amazing how we get things in unexpected way ...... i was just looking for potato soil and then at The Crocker family page i saw you ... isnt this amazing ... love the channel keep doing the good work .. love it.
That is great ! And I am glad you found your way here ! We hope you enjoy the channel !
,,,,very good,,you guys are getting off to a good start with the gardens for sure,,,i`ll be watching to see how thing grow for ya,,thanks for sharing,,i always learn something here,,,
Thanks so much James ! I cant believe how far behind we are, but I think it will be a long summer, so we should be ok... I sure hope anyway... LOL... I spent the grocery money on the garden, so it needs to pay off... ahahahahaha We'll make it work... We usually find a way...
Thank you will share.
Thank you so much for sharing ! That really helps the channel ! And have a great weekend ! Thanks again !
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Thanks so much ! We should be planting soon !
I am back in the mix, soil mix that is!
Whats the good word Mel ? Glad to see you again !
Yes! Awesome sauce! Lol. Now I am planning in my mind 😂😂Seriously though...where is the "love" button??? Mike said "We love Bumble Bee and Tina". Dude I could not quit laughing. I did tell him what he said and his response was..."You know what I meant". 😂😂😂👍❤
LOL... You guys crack me up ! Thanks for watching ! Have a great weekend !
Hoping to try this soon! I will be looking for some after summer sales on kids plastic pools to give it a try.
They might work great... I would suggest the deepest you can find...
@@BumbleBeeJunction what should be a minimum depth?
I would say 12"... You might get away with like 10" if you space them out so the potatoes can form horizontally...
I really missed y’all while the rains were hitting y’all!! Glad there was no bad flooding from the river this time like there was last time!!! Have you found your beavers yet to relocate them??? So hope you do!!
I think that they relocated themselves... We saw a little activity further down the creek (beyond our property) but no fresh cut trees at our place, which is a blessing. Thanks so much for watching !
It would be so nice for you to make a recipe for us to print out, for each type of crop and the super soil. You are both such a great help. Thank you so much.
I had a viewer that was going through the soils and typing out the recipes and I was pinning them to the top comment for a while... I will see what I can do though, maybe in the video descriptions....
Looking good guys, not sure how you fit all that in there lol. I love sweet potatoes!
LOL... 56 sq ft of surface area eats up a lot of dirt fast... Filling it the first time was the real trick... ahahaha
Being filthy is not a bad thing, means you have been working in the dirt. Learning a lot, going to try that cause we have mostly clay soil that is hard to grow root crops and get any size, so thanks.
I hear ya... Clay can be a real nightmare... It is made of such super fine particles and they bind in such tight layers, that it makes it about impossible to do anything with... The trick is to introduce surface areas... Lots and lots of organics (grass clippings, leaves, wood chips, etc) that will spread that clay further and further trying to cover all of that surface area... If you have access to perlite or vermiculite, those are great surface makers too. Look for the large bags at greenhouse suppliers, not the small expensive bags at box stores... But organic matter is your best friend battling clay... Don't hate the clay though, as you will find out those fine layers are also packed with nutrients... Once corrected, it can make for some extremely fertile soil....
Hey guys, I had to come over and tell you "Taylor at Pure Living for Outdoors" says "Hi" and sounds to me like he really appreciates you two as friends. Its great when the UA-cam community that I subscribe too, shows off true friendship. Much Love and God bless.
Taylor is a great young man ! And soooo much energy... We really appreciate his friendship as well !
@@BumbleBeeJunction I remember the energetic days! Lol. They seem to be fewer and farther in between nowadays, so I'll just watch the energetic crowd and reminisce! Lol.
I wanted to ask y'all for advice on a different subject this time since you sent me on the right path with "water run-off" and uncaring neighbors. NC Statute #156-23,24,25, all broken and level 3 misdemeanors, and now I'm waiting to see if it'll be an easy fix or if I have to take further action. I'm hoping and praying for the best. Thank you, again for the direction.
And now I have bookoos of perennial flowers that have out grown their spots so I need to do some thinning and I've given everyone I know as much as they'll take over the years. I don't want to throw them away, and at this time I can't get to a market to sell any, so my question is do y'all know of a program that accepts free plants and flowers or a place. If not, do you know anyone just starting a yard or that just would be interested. I can give you a list of the names, and if you and Tina are interested I'll be happy to send all you want your way. Mine are mostly what I call "old school" flowers, like Canas, Iris's, and Monkey grass, plus a lot more. If I don't get something done with them all the ditches within 5 miles of me are going to get them. Lol. Hope y'all have a great day, and God bless.
I would say just throw them in some 3 gal nursery pots at the road with a FREE sign.... Or $1 to cover the pot... LOL I tracked you down on FB and sent you a msg with a young lady's FB profile... They are near you and may want them... I told her you may be msg'ing her soon....
@@BumbleBeeJunction Ty I will definitely message her as soon as I look it up. I appreciate the help, and I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks again and God bless.
Christina and her husband Wesley are good friends of ours. We have fished the piers with them many times. They live in Leland which looks to be fairly near you, or they are the people I know closest to you anyway. I hope you enjoy meeting them.
A great harvest but great at explaining the super soil. Do you by chance have a video on growing regular potatoes and how and when to fertilizer
We do not, but all we really do (like in our potato bucket videos) is add Phosphate (Bone Meal) to the buckets before we "hill up" our potatoes... Otherwise, potatoes do not really like rich soil (makes them grow tops rather than potatoes)....
I'm sorry for my comment. Thank you for your service.
No sorries... And you are FAR from the first... It was actually a constructive comment, as I am sure most people would feel more "connected" if I did not have to wear them... I took it as advice, not criticism... I have explained it in a couple videos, but we always have new folks (whom we are glad to have)... I do hope you will hang around, if for nothing else, just the content - if you have an interest in what we do... Again, no harm / no foul... We'd love to have you stay and enjoy the channel... And hope you are having a great weekend !
I am just setting up my raised beds and the Lord must have led me to your channel. Now I know how I will fill them. Your process is much easier and produces much better results than the lasagna garden layers that I was going to use. How deep are your beds? I was planning on making mine 11 1/2" deep. Is this depth adequate? Are your beds completely filled using only super soil, or is there a filler material in the bottom? The different soil mixes for different crops is wonderful. Does this mean I will not need to rotate my crops? Thank you and your wife for your service. My husband walked across France and Germany in 1944 and was wounded 1 week before then end of the war. He's 93 now and fully recovered! These experiences made you all very special people. With my best regards, Dawn Cramer
Thank you for sharing your story. Your depth should be just fine. You can fill the bed with straw and peat moss, and just put the soil mix on top. Then you can add to it each year as the straw breaks down, spreading the cost of filling it over several years. And since you are refreshing the soil each year, there is no need to rotate crops. I hope this addresses your questions. Blessings !
@@BumbleBeeJunction Thank you for your kind and prompt reply. Dawn Cramer
Lot's of really good info ! I have never grew sweet potatoes because I don't care for them . I don't know if you have how seen how were going to plant are potatoes . Making up my own mix from my land .
Sounds like a plan ! I will check it out ! Have a great weekend !
I have learned so much from y’all on building my soil for my gardens!!! I’m guessing that it would be just as good for my flowers, am I right???
Oh I am sure they would love it... Tina uses it for her flowers in the pots up on the porch... Just make sure they drain well... Most flowers do not appreciate soggy feet... LOL
Good video, thanks. Suggestion: Have Tina shoot a video with you mowing on the pink lawnmower. LOL thanks for your videos.
LOL... Its 20 years old and quit running last year... We are still debating whether to fix her or have her hauled off...
I know what you mean, I had one I rebuilt the motor, then the deck went replaced it and then the front end gave out. should have bought a new one in the first place.
Nothing like playing in the dirt. LOL :-)
You should know by now that there is no keeping Tina out of it... ahahaha
Wow I would've had to get in the pool raised bed bc I'm only 5'. 😂😂
Tina loves playing in it... If you check our harvest videos you'll find her crawling around in it... ahahaha
Great video, many thanks! I am going to try growing sweet potatoes in containers next year so the soil mix is key for me. I have heard somewhere to add epsom salts to help the plants take up the bone meal, have you ever heard of this? Thanks in advance and happy gardening to you both!
Magnesium can help with calcium uptake in plants like tomatoes, but not quite so important sweet potatoes which mostly grow based on phosphorus...
Great video. Do you prepare the container this way every year? Also, is there any long term benefit (2-3 years later) for the soil from what you did? Great channel, you do the kind of gardening that I want to do.
The soil gets richer every year... We are going to start rotating some of the old soil out and using it other places and replacing with a bit at a time to see if it makes any difference.... We'll likely talk some about that next year...
You did that all by hand ? I use an electric 10 inch rototiller on my raised beds, I guess you have more gumption than I do for sure ! Lol. I’ve got my onions and radishes in but the weather ain’t cooperating so hopefully by Memorial Day I can plant the rest ! Have you ever used goat droppings in your garden ? I’m trying it this year on part of mine , I’ll let you know how it does . O and I’m trying spuds in a bucket for the first time , wish me luck ! Lol
LOL... Man I just go by the old southern saying "Hit a lick, sit a bit, hit a lick again..." ahahaha It aint quick, but we get it done... Never tried goat droppings... I got a buddy here locally that swears by 'em though... Best advice I could give ya is check the smell... Strong scent means its hot (high nitrogen) and might need to sit a bit (year or so)... Low smell should be good to go though... If it is hot, maybe try spreading it on the garden this fall and throwing some rye grass on it... Let that grass pick up the nitrogen and then till it in next spring... Let it sit a couple weeks after you till it, and you should have ya some nice rich stuff to play in.....
Bumble Bee Junction I’m thinking it’s low nitrogen not by smell though but by color ! Lol . Not really! I think it’s going to be ok because I spread and tilled it in about 3 weeks ago and can’t plant because of weather for another 1 - 2 weeks which sucks , I want my garden in and only mixed in about 1 yard in a 30x50 ft. Area .
Should be fine... I can't imagine it not being...
Foud yall from the Crocker Homestead FB page. New sub!
Thanks for coming over ! I appreciate the support !
Thank you so very much...I love sweet potatoes . What other type container would work? All the pools around me are only half as deep as yours.
I have seen it done in 5 gal buckets (drill holes in the side about an inch above the bottom) but only 1 slip per bucket... Keep the soil light and fluffy (add perlite or vermiculite) in whatever you use so they can expand... You really, in the end, only need about 1' in depth... They stay pretty close to the surface...
Bumble Bee Junction, thank you. I found a small pool yesterday that looks about 9-10" deep. I may try that or a large tub my son had in college.
The pool will likely be ok, just space them out a little more at planting so they have room to grow horizontal... and be sure it drains well (lots of holes) so they are not sitting in water...
...... I wish I found this video before planting this year’s slips. I did learn (Somewhat) not to make (some) of the same mistakes as last year. My soil is fluffy but I didn’t layer it. I I used a lot of Coconut Coir, perlite and other potting mixes from a Growhouse supply store. I also used something called California Gold(well rotted fungal heavy forest wood), and worm casting mix that has rock dust and some other stuff) I couldn’t find my bone meal, so I just mixed what I had all together. After planting the slips, I used a liquid fish fertilizer that had no Nitrogen (0-10-10). Will it mean a repeat of last year? I hope not.
Actually, your mix sounds really good... Any excess nitrogen (which disolves in water and is carried away) will be knocked back by your initial heavy watering of the slips to get them to take... Just don't add any more nitrogen back in... And you can apply bone meal a few times (say a week apart) and water it in good later on... I think you will be fine though...
Where did you get that sweet potatoes bed container. I would love to have one of those
TSC... It is a 8' animal water trough... We got it about half off with a dent we pounded out in about 5 min... LOL
Do you have to pull weeds out?
How often do you have to water and does the soil has to always stay moist? Thanks you for sharing
We water every morning until they catch on (and they will lay down begging for more) and then every other morning after...
Bumble Bee Junction thank you
First view and comment watching from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Thanks so much for watching !
silly question but will regular potatoes work in this type of bed? BTW love your channel first time i clicked on it i thought i was looking in the mirror.
LOL... Thank you for your kind words.... Yes, you can grow regular potatoes the same way ,but you will need to allow for them needing hilled up a bit, so you would simply plant the potatoes in a shallow dug out spot so you could push soil back in on them while they grew....
@@BumbleBeeJunction ok i didn't notice at frist when i started watching your channel that you do regular potatoes in buckets. thats why i asked and now that i've seen more videos you do say something about your potatoe buckets, any chance you might do a video about them?
We included some footage of harvesting them in todays video, and there are other planting and harvesting videos in our Gardening playlist (which you can get to by clicking our logo)...
I am a first time gardener & first time to grow sweet potato. I have a 2' x 8' x 14" deep raised bed to start . This is how I understood by watching your video:
bottom layer: use 1 cu ft pea moss + 24 quarts perlite + 3 pound fish bone meal. Mix well.
top layer: 1 qt pea moss + garden soil (how much?) + 2 bags of black cow manure (how much?) + 6 pounds all purpose fertilizer (such as veggi & tomato with 2:5: 4 (NPK). Mix well only this layer. Do not mix into first layer. Am I correct?
On top layer, I have 2 questions: a. How much soil to use & what kind? b. How much black cow manure to use?
I thank you in advance & patiently await for your reply.
I believe it is 2 bags of garden soil, and we just use the staygreen brand, but any will do... I believe it is also 2 bags of black kow... Hope that helps...
Since your 2 layers are so thin, and get mixed together in the end, would it be ok to just mix them together as one?
The growing layer (which I opened by stirring - added our supplements - and stirred again) is actually from 2" deep down to about 12" deep... And it is mostly Phosphorus (the bone meal)... The top 2" layer is mostly Nitrogen... You want the roots down in the Phos where it will help them grow strong / large... And you want the plant in the upper nitrogen layer to grow a strong plant... So no, you would not want to mix the two layers... I do understand it might look that way, but they are separate for a reason....
I think instead of buckets I’m going to grow my potatoes in a raised bed .
I can do this with
Peat moss
Black cow
Perlite
Mix bone meal into the soil . I have a 4x4 and 8 in deep bed . I can used a whole bag .
Correct ?
I would use the whole bag over the course of a season but I would start with maybe 1/3 in a 4 x 4 bed....
Great ! Thanks !!!
Does sweet potato need more width or more depth to grow larger. Which is more important depth or width
LOL... Its about 12" either way, so both....
How many slips would you plant in a container that size? :) Love how you decorated and reused the pool for gardening.
We over planted last year, so we are thinking around 40 or so...
Is that a kiddie pool you're using? I've been wondering if I could use one for a little raised bed? Do you just drill holes in the bottom?
It is a 8' galvanized metal water trough for farm animals... The paint we put on just seems to remind people of kids pools... And it has a drain plug so we faced it t the lowest point to make sure it could drain... (I am getting another one for Tina's b-day in a couple weeks, so you can see how we set one up then)....
@@BumbleBeeJunction Thanks so much for the response. Would Tractor Supply have some that size? I'd love having one. Thanks again!
That is where we got ours (this one and the new one coming)... Be prepared, they are a lot of fun to haul home in a pickup at that size... ahahahaha
@@BumbleBeeJunction Probably couldn't fit one in my Tacoma short bed😄 I may need to get a smaller on to start with. Thanks, I enjoy the podcast. I'm wanting to try planting some rattlesnake beans. You ever try them? I hear they produce a bumper crop. Tastes similar to half-runners.
Rattlesnake is a good bean (it does not like to be over fertilized). For a bush green bean, I like the Jade II... And for yellow wax, I like the Rocdor... They do make a 6' one... Or maybe pick up a couple / few 36" ones.... (the smaller ones do not have bottoms and are sold as fire rings...
At age of 78, I will start my first time sweet potatoes growing in spring. My raised bed is 16 SF with 14 inch height. So I will need 29% of your soil & amendment as follow, Am I correct? Pls reply as a encouragement to a 78 years old first time gardener:
A. Bottom layer:
1. Perlite: 7 Qubic feet
2. pea moss: 7 qubic feet
3. Bone meal: 3 LB
B. Top Layer:
1. pea moss: 7 qubic feet
2. garden soil: how much to use in your yard, you did not mention, therefore I do not know to calculate mine.
3. 2 bags of cow manure
4. 2 LB of all purpose fertilizer, (NPK = 2:5:4)
If wrong, pls correct so I can go buy material with confidence.
Tks in advance.
I am not that good at math, but you bed seems to be a little over 17 or 18 cu ft, so what you have above seems a little too much... It seems the mix and fertilizer choices are good... You should be ok.... If you will let me know (in a separate comment) what you end up going with, I will look it over and ask Mark...
Whete did ypu get that blue raised bed ?
It is a 8 ft diameter water trough from TSC...
Doesn’t this get a little pricey just for the sweet potatoes? Do you buy in bulk to save money?
That is a newer bed... It was originally filled with straw and just topped with soil... The past couple years, the straw has broken down and the soil level dropped... So we topped it as you see here... That will eventually stop, and we will just fertilize when we plant... And I should warn you that not everything we do is cost effective dollar for dollar... Some things are just because we want them that way, or we factor in the value of knowing where our food comes from, etc... I can suggest some frugal ways to fill a bed like this if you need help, please just let me know...
Expensive stuff
Once a bed is established, the costs go way down... But some people have trouble growing them, so this is a way they can have some success as they sharpen their skills...
I do have a Question.... Do you sell bee stuff?
No, I am sorry we do not... We do have an ETSY store though... I think you can just go to our FB page and hit the Shop Now button... I am not sure... If you have trouble, let me know...
Sorry if this seems off ... But you didn't list the total sq ft of dirt you started with and what the dirt is made up of
I would really have no idea at this point... The base of the planter was filled with chicken house shavings, old creek logs, straw, mowed grass clippings, etc...
Do you ever use coir fibre instead of peat?
I have not tried it... Though I am not objectionable to it... In both cases you are dealing with a slightly acidic basically inert organic material...
Did all the babies get turned over?
LOL... If you knew Tina, you would know why I laughed at your comment... We shut the camera down and sat in the shade while Tina moved them all to the raised bed garden... And there were a lot more than I was able to show on camera... LOL It was all good... They got a new home, and I needed a break anyway... Plus they are beneficial insects, so the raised beds got some new aphid eaters....
Is the old soil in the sweet potato bed your super soil?
The bed was originally filled with straw, and then topped in a soil mix similar to what you saw here... As the straw breaks down, the soil level drops, and we add back as you saw... This mix is a little different than the super soil though, becuase root crops are not fond of nitrogen, so we up the Phos with the bone meal, and keep the fertilizer to the top layers... It is much closer to our carrot soil if you have seen that video...
@@BumbleBeeJunction no I haven't seen the carrot soil video but I will!! I'm getting ready to top my 4 raised beds with your regular super soil just to start getting something going ! I'm probably too late for a summer garden but will do a fall one. Brassicas like the regular super soil, right? Maybe ill make one of the beds a root bed......
Yes, the brassicas do well in it... As for summer crops, many beans and squash are 60 days or less, and you could likely squeeze those in... Just look for the "days to maturity" and add 10 days to be safe for germination....
How large is the water trough
It is 8' across and came from TSC... We bought it on an extreme discount because it was dented (it only took 2 min to pound out)...
Bumblebee Junction how tall?
when is it time to plant the potatoe slits in your bed.
We just had a bit of cold snap, but I believe that will be the last for us, so we are going to plant very soon... That last late spring cold snap is what we look for before we plant though...
My sweet potatoes are looking sad, don’t think they are getting enough sun...;(
They do need sun, for sure... They do use a little nitrogen if you held back adding it... Try a little first... They also love heat, so the longer you can get them to hang on, the better off they will be as the dog days of summer are when they thrive....
Thank you, my mix is good must be the sun
Sounds like it... I am sorry... If you have long runners you might try breaking them off and planting them in a brighter location... They will take root and grow just like a slip... Be sure to keep them wet... And be prepared, they will lay down like they wanna die, but if you keep them watered, they will bounce back....
I’m trying I have more slips and will relocate to that area, thanks. No need to be sorry, appreciate any advice
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