This is the first video that was straight to the point and offered excellent advice! I have this oversized organic sweet potato that I wanted to plant but couldn’t find a container large enough to put it in. Answer: cut that bad boy in half lol! Thanks guy
I'm From Philippines currently living now in UK, Sweet Potatoes One of our common rootcrops and my favorite as well, Specially the leaves it's verry healthy since I arrive here I didn't eat the green leaves of the potatoes So I wanted to plant , and this channel verry helfpul and clear explanation..I hope I can grow soon.😊 Thanks xx
I grew sweet potatoes this year from a potato that had started shooting in the veg rack. It was the Purple variety. I ended up with about 5 potatoes from the 1 plant. Ps it was grown in the greenhouse.
Hi, your stem was the first one I watch on sweet potatoes 🍠, I have slips now three was, half sweet potatoes and full in water, and some in damp soil, all have work, but my word it has taken about four months, I have just planted three slips in my poly tunnel and waiting for more slips, I have thoroughly enjoyed watch you, thank you for sharing, I am new at veg growing this April 😅
Great video, thank you! I'm originally from the tropics and missing sweet potato green (stir fried with garlic). I tried growing sweet potato last year with no success (even though I live in the SE). I also soaked tubers in water but didn't cut them in half. Next time I'll follow your advice and hope they'll produce a lot more slips and leaves :).
You are my new guru. I am from Panama and therefore very keen to grow what I can’t find in the supermarkets! My daughter looooves sweet potatoes so will give it a go! Thank you you are a good teacher:)
Such a great video. I've had 6 sweet potatoes on the side for 3 months waiting for me to get round to starting the growing process. You've just given me the extra push to start. ta. Stumbled across it whilst looking for info on how to prune my pomegranate bush that I have from a seed sown from a supermarket fruits 5 years ago. Then also seen your citrus, kiwi, ginger and dragonfruit vids all off which I've got on the go at the mo too here on the English Welsh border. Nice one :-D
Ta. Hopefully I'll have more success than with the coffee. Have tried that 3 times. Got rootlets but never shoots. Won't stop me from trying though :-)
I had no idea sweet potato can be grown in the uk. I bought some about a month or so ago and left it on my counter top. I noticed some shoots growing out of them. I then went to UA-cam to see if i can find a video on how to grow them in the uk and i cane across this one. Very clear and straight to the point. Its November now and very cold. Im surprised theyre actually growing. Hopefully once i pot them they'll I'll be able to transfer them into my allotment in spring time...around 6 months 😮
Great Vid, thank you yes growing sweet potato slips is actually very easy, the leaves are great in salads. The are also great for Tortoises, Torts often suffer from Vitamin A deficiency, Sweet Potato leaves are very high in Vitamin A. Might be great to mention pet benefits for growing plants indoors in the UK, to reach more audience 😉 Also, I have have success growing shop bought non organic Sweet Potatoes too 😄
Hey how's your sweet potato plant doing? Did you cut it in half? I have a store bought sweet potato plant basically at the same stage yours was at last year! I've just broken off the tall vine with leaves placed Into glass of water. The potato itself has tons of roots coming out of the bottom! Any idea what to do with it now? Should I grow outdoors in UK soil or indoors in a tub? How long does it take until harvest? Do you ever get new tubers when you harvest?
So many healthy shoots already! Well done on a great job! I have about 5 sweet potatoes suspended whole in water since February. There is just 1 slip which is all of 2 cms,! Plenty of roots though so still hoping I'll have some decent slips for my veggie patch. Thanks for the video.
Harriett Williams I had 4 whole sweet potatoes in water since early February and one cut in half after seeing this video. The halves have produces masses of slips I'm delighted to say in just over 3 weeks! Thanks to this video this cut in half method is what I'll be following. Many thanks again for uploading this video! The purple variety seemed to grow very fast compared to the white and orange flesh sweet potatoes. Will be interesting to hear what others have experienced.
john smith 😂 I don’t think my gardening comes anywhere close to his standard of cooking, nor my use of colourful language! But, I do like to try and think outside the box when it comes to gardening, try new things, and with climate change, altering our seasons, we need to be open to growing different vegetables and fruit. We are able to get hold of more interesting plants now, compared to 10 or 20 years ago, so I do feel we should take advantage of that! Thanks for your comment. All the best. Chris
Sweet potatoes are related to morning glory. I have that morning glory that I keep cutting back so now I have bought seeds for other morning glories (that are heirloom) and also planted hyacinth bean vines that were given to me and want to plant scarlet emperor (similar to runner except semi perennial if I could only find the seeds!) so that the hummingbirds will have a replacement for the morning glory i am trying to purge
Very well explained and clearly demonstrated, thank you. Like you, my overwintered cuttings had high mortality and I wonder if we should propagate specifically from the survivors for useful increased hardiness in future seasons. Another thought for our northern climes is to grow in black containers that aren’t too big and so increase the growing medium temperature. I’m not sure if you mentioned that any shop bought potatoes are better if organic and hopefully not treated with sprouting inhibitors.
Dalesman I’m all for seed saving and plant propagation from plants that do well in our climate. I do think each generation of seed will have better growing qualities to suite the climate that it has been grown in. My sweet potato’s did really well this year, planted through black plastic. Really nice size tubers. Unfortunately they were attacked by wire worm!🙈 which make lots of little holes. I took cuttings from the plants and so have potted up about 14 plants for next year. Not sure what the variety is but they seem to do well in Suffolk. This years sweet potato harvest is one of my recent videos. Regards. Chris
This is so concise. Thank you for sharing this! I’m looking to grow sweet potatoes just for the leaves to use for cooking, as I can’t find them sweet potato tops in any shops around here. Have you any tips on how to care for it so it gives me plenty of healthy leaves? I don’t have a garden so I’m thinking of growing it in a decent-sized pot indoors if that can actually work. Cheers, Mari
Hi, thank you very much for sharing, I’m from Thailand and I love growing anything from my country but I haven’t tried to grow sweet potatoes yet. I might try to grow some this year ❤️👍
Thank you! Really clearly explained and demonstrated. I'm going to plant it this spring. I hope I'm not too late: it's still rather cold here. I've bought some sweet potatoes in Israel (it called "batata" there)and kept them all winter for planting.I like sweet potatoes but they dont sell it here. Greetings from Russia))
I must say, that I appreciate how you got straight to the point,explaining how to start sweet potatoes. I am new to gardening and am excited to learn all I can. However, I am curious about the long thin stringy root like protrusions that are on my sweet potatoes. What are those? Can I still root this potato ? And if so, how? I would be so grateful for any knowledgeable response indeed. Thank you in advance for your response indeed.
Davida DAUSUEL you will need to grow it on until you get the green stem with leaves and roots. This is what you then plant. The sweet potato will probably send out roots first, then the stem.👍🏻
Amazing tutorial I love how you explain each step so clearly. I have 2 store bought sweet potatoes that started to grow stems and leaves but the leaves are tiny, I was told to put the whole potatoes in water with the water coming up to halfway of the potato. They have started growing small roots but now I'm confused as to whether I should cut the potatoes in half. What would you say?
Hey how's your sweet potato plant doing? Did you cut it in half? I have a store bought sweet potato plant basically at the same stage yours was at last year! I've just broken off the tall vine with leaves placed Into glass of water. The potato itself has tons of roots coming out of the bottom! Any idea what to do with it now?
I followed your instructions last year, and I’d successfully grow the slips. The planting was the problem, if I grow in containers, how do you suggest I go about doing so.?🤔
I have done as you have said. Picked up some sweet potato reduced to 22p a bag! On some im getting g a few slips tallest is about 3/4 inches tall. But 1 container went all mucky and soft ended up slinging g those in the compost bin. How do I stop them going soft and smelly. I have been changing the water every couple of days on the first batch which are showing slips but the second batch it was daily and I had to trim the bad bits off but in the end they had to go
I’m still trying work out that out myself, as I’ve had some do the same thing. I was going to try cutting the sweet potato in half and then to let it dry out for a few days before placing it water. See if it makes any difference. The potato in this video grew some nice slips, without any rot problems. I’ve had others that just don’t play ball.🤷🏼♂️
Is the UK too cold to get a harvest of sweet potatos if grown outdoors in the soil? If I plant out in June will it be enough time to get new growth of tubers by November?
Really like to do this! i grew some lovely sweet pots from slips i bought last year so i can follow your instructions. however i am wondering when i should start? it is late february now and i am thinking to put the cut potato into water maybe end March? would welcome advice on timing!
Hey how's your sweet potato plants doing? After you pluck off the vine what do you do with the potato if its whole? cut it in half? I have a store bought sweet potato plant basically at the same stage yours was at last year! I've just broken off the tall vine with leaves placed Into glass of water. The potato is whole & has tons of roots coming out of the bottom! Any idea what to do with it now?
Thanks for your informative video. I'm a new learner wanting to grow sweet potatoes. Do you plant your sweet potatoes outside in a garden bed in the summer? When do you plant them out and when do they mature for harvesting? I live in a cool/cold climate (snows in winter) so I hope I can grow sweet potatoes. It's challenging growing watermelon in my area @ times. Don't have a greenhouse yet. 😮
D E they are planted out in my area around the middle of may, when soil temps are about 17c. They love the heat! So the warmer your summer the better! They are harvested about October/November before the first frosts. I have a video on growing watermelons which may be if use to you as well. All the best. Chris
Hey...did you build your greenhouse? It looks home made and i mean that as a compliment. I want to build a greenhouse fro reclaimed materials so if you built this one that way...would you mind sharing your plans? Now I am going back to watching your video
Which is most important for sweet potatoes, sunlight or warmth? They may sound one and the same, but I can choose either a very sunny area in my garden without cover, or a greenhouse bed that is partially shaded from shrubs that have grown up over the years. Which is best?
Graham Thomas although we call them potato’s, they aren’t really related to the potato, (only distantly). They are in the morning glory and bindweed family. They grow well planted in a containers in a greenhouse. It’s best to start them from slips tho, rather than planting a tuber. Regards Chris
Thank you, for first time growing sweet potato, from indoor it has grown wild like a vine. So I need to plant it now one leaf is yellow. What do you think.
When do you start this procedure please? I only plant in 10 gallon fabric pots or largish rectangular plastic containers. How many potatoes does each plant usually generate?( I realise they are not like your bog standard potato). When is the best time to harvest please?
Although they are named as Sweet Potatoes...they are in fact NOT. The Sweet Potato has to be grown year on year from the slips produced as in the vid...hope this helps.
Started sweet potato slips two to three weeks ago. However to date 2 have got white mould on them , one has some long roots and a 2 cm shoot that has now flopped over rather than continuing to go up and the 4th one looks like it might be going to go mouldy too.What did I do wrong or is this the expected failure rate?? Sadly yours...😥
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Thank you. Nice to see an English gardener for a change
I think he is Australian. But in England yes.
This is the first video that was straight to the point and offered excellent advice! I have this oversized organic sweet potato that I wanted to plant but couldn’t find a container large enough to put it in. Answer: cut that bad boy in half lol! Thanks guy
I'm From Philippines currently living now in UK, Sweet Potatoes One of our common rootcrops and my favorite as well, Specially the leaves it's verry healthy since I arrive here I didn't eat the green leaves of the potatoes So I wanted to plant , and this channel verry helfpul and clear explanation..I hope I can grow soon.😊 Thanks xx
Do you eat the leaves?
@@juliankent4805 Yes, you can stem then put vinegar,Tomato,onion ..or you can cook like fry with soy sauce..
Ta.. for eating leaves advice..
Finally a video that makes sense, and doesn't drone on!
this is the best tutorial i’ve seen on growing sweet potatoes and i’ve already seen a lot! thank you!
Thankyou! 👍🏻
definitely
@@gotropicaluk8362 Please give us some updates on the sweet tato front 2024?
I grew sweet potatoes this year from a potato that had started shooting in the veg rack. It was the Purple variety. I ended up with about 5 potatoes from the 1 plant. Ps it was grown in the greenhouse.
thank you, i've watched a lot of videos on growing sweet potatoes, yours is the best
Hi, your stem was the first one I watch on sweet potatoes 🍠, I have slips now three was, half sweet potatoes and full in water, and some in damp soil, all have work, but my word it has taken about four months, I have just planted three slips in my poly tunnel and waiting for more slips, I have thoroughly enjoyed watch you, thank you for sharing, I am new at veg growing this April 😅
This is like therapy. Love your channel!
And lastly your video was so nice to watch and listen to. Thank you!
Your welcome.👍🏻
Excellent. You’ve gone through the very basics of rooting. The best sweet potato video on you’ve.
Great video, thank you! I'm originally from the tropics and missing sweet potato green (stir fried with garlic). I tried growing sweet potato last year with no success (even though I live in the SE). I also soaked tubers in water but didn't cut them in half. Next time I'll follow your advice and hope they'll produce a lot more slips and leaves :).
You are my new guru. I am from Panama and therefore very keen to grow what I can’t find in the supermarkets! My daughter looooves sweet potatoes so will give it a go! Thank you you are a good teacher:)
Your most welcome. Glad you found the video helpful! All the best with your growing adventure! Chris
Very nice video! I owe you a tenner for how informative this was.
Thank you, very simple and direct. Much appreciated
Such a great video. I've had 6 sweet potatoes on the side for 3 months waiting for me to get round to starting the growing process. You've just given me the extra push to start. ta.
Stumbled across it whilst looking for info on how to prune my pomegranate bush that I have from a seed sown from a supermarket fruits 5 years ago. Then also seen your citrus, kiwi, ginger and dragonfruit vids all off which I've got on the go at the mo too here on the English Welsh border. Nice one :-D
robert taylor thanks. It’s great to hear other people trying to grow something different. All the best with your sweet potatoes! Regards Chris
Ta. Hopefully I'll have more success than with the coffee. Have tried that 3 times. Got rootlets but never shoots. Won't stop me from trying though :-)
I had no idea sweet potato can be grown in the uk. I bought some about a month or so ago and left it on my counter top. I noticed some shoots growing out of them. I then went to UA-cam to see if i can find a video on how to grow them in the uk and i cane across this one.
Very clear and straight to the point.
Its November now and very cold. Im surprised theyre actually growing. Hopefully once i pot them they'll I'll be able to transfer them into my allotment in spring time...around 6 months 😮
Thank you for sharing this my friend
Thank you for your easy step video , I grow in the UK
Just found your channel in time for this season, nice one, I will give this a blast.
Hi, great video thanks! Im attempting sweet potatoes and butternut squash this year for the first time...wish me luck 🙈...
Excellent video, great content and very well presented, I have learnt a lot. 👍🇯🇲
Wow, great info! thank you for sharing your sweet potato plants from sunshine state Florida. Stay safe!
Best video. Straight to the point. Thanks
Great Vid, thank you yes growing sweet potato slips is actually very easy, the leaves are great in salads. The are also great for Tortoises, Torts often suffer from Vitamin A deficiency, Sweet Potato leaves are very high in Vitamin A. Might be great to mention pet benefits for growing plants indoors in the UK, to reach more audience 😉
Also, I have have success growing shop bought non organic Sweet Potatoes too 😄
Always glad to meet a fellow sweet potato grower.👍🏻
Hey how's your sweet potato plant doing? Did you cut it in half? I have a store bought sweet potato plant basically at the same stage yours was at last year! I've just broken off the tall vine with leaves placed Into glass of water. The potato itself has tons of roots coming out of the bottom! Any idea what to do with it now? Should I grow outdoors in UK soil or indoors in a tub? How long does it take until harvest? Do you ever get new tubers when you harvest?
@@balanceskateboarding8807 Eeek, mine did not last through winter unfortunately, I have some more sprouting now
So many healthy shoots already! Well done on a great job! I have about 5 sweet potatoes suspended whole in water since February. There is just 1 slip which is all of 2 cms,! Plenty of roots though so still hoping I'll have some decent slips for my veggie patch. Thanks for the video.
Shanti Rajan great to hear someone else growing sweet potatoes! We love them in our house!
Harriett Williams I had 4 whole sweet potatoes in water since early February and one cut in half after seeing this video. The halves have produces masses of slips I'm delighted to say in just over 3 weeks! Thanks to this video this cut in half method is what I'll be following.
Many thanks again for uploading this video!
The purple variety seemed to grow very fast compared to the white and orange flesh sweet potatoes. Will be interesting to hear what others have experienced.
@@53peace do I need more than one? Only just done... End march
Briilliant video, nice and clear and concise. Many thanks
you are the gordon ramsey of uk gardening. we salute, sir
john smith 😂 I don’t think my gardening comes anywhere close to his standard of cooking, nor my use of colourful language! But, I do like to try and think outside the box when it comes to gardening, try new things, and with climate change, altering our seasons, we need to be open to growing different vegetables and fruit. We are able to get hold of more interesting plants now, compared to 10 or 20 years ago, so I do feel we should take advantage of that! Thanks for your comment. All the best. Chris
Nice, clear, simple, informative, thanks.
Thank you! So clear and simple. Easily the best video I've seen on the subject.
TangoCat303 your welcome! Glad it was of use to you.👍🏻
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Sweet potatoes are related to morning glory. I have that morning glory that I keep cutting back so now I have bought seeds for other morning glories (that are heirloom) and also planted hyacinth bean vines that were given to me and want to plant scarlet emperor (similar to runner except semi perennial if I could only find the seeds!) so that the hummingbirds will have a replacement for the morning glory i am trying to purge
I plan to follow your techniques and then transfer the plants to potato grow bags.
Thank you
Very well explained and clearly demonstrated, thank you.
Like you, my overwintered cuttings had high mortality and I wonder if we should propagate specifically from the survivors for useful increased hardiness in future seasons.
Another thought for our northern climes is to grow in black containers that aren’t too big and so increase the growing medium temperature.
I’m not sure if you mentioned that any shop bought potatoes are better if organic and hopefully not treated with sprouting inhibitors.
Dalesman I’m all for seed saving and plant propagation from plants that do well in our climate. I do think each generation of seed will have better growing qualities to suite the climate that it has been grown in. My sweet potato’s did really well this year, planted through black plastic. Really nice size tubers. Unfortunately they were attacked by wire worm!🙈 which make lots of little holes. I took cuttings from the plants and so have potted up about 14 plants for next year. Not sure what the variety is but they seem to do well in Suffolk. This years sweet potato harvest is one of my recent videos. Regards. Chris
Great video. Going yo try this. Bought some reduced bags of sweet potatoes.
Thank you x
I love how you talk and explain the whole process...🌟🌟🌟🌟
Skittles31 skittles31 kiki
This is so concise. Thank you for sharing this! I’m looking to grow sweet potatoes just for the leaves to use for cooking, as I can’t find them sweet potato tops in any shops around here. Have you any tips on how to care for it so it gives me plenty of healthy leaves? I don’t have a garden so I’m thinking of growing it in a decent-sized pot indoors if that can actually work.
Cheers, Mari
Here’s my harvest video... it shows how many leaves you can get...m.ua-cam.com/video/7uQ0BLgxHzo/v-deo.html
Great video, nicely explained and summarised. Where in the UK are you situated, please?
I’m based in Suffolk.👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362
Great instructional video - thankyou :-)
Hi, thank you very much for sharing, I’m from Thailand and I love growing anything from my country but I haven’t tried to grow sweet potatoes yet. I might try to grow some this year ❤️👍
Thank you for putting this video up!
The best video on how to grow sweet potato
Your welcome! Glad to help.
Thanks, you are the best teacher.
I understand everything you make it so Easy.
I STARTED MY SWEET POTATOES IN JARS IN MY HAY BARN TO KEEP THEM WARM & COZY !
Thank you! Really clearly explained and demonstrated. I'm going to plant it this spring. I hope I'm not too late: it's still rather cold here. I've bought some sweet potatoes in Israel (it called "batata" there)and kept them all winter for planting.I like sweet potatoes but they dont sell it here. Greetings from Russia))
Your welcome! Glad you found it useful. Greetings from the UK! Chris
Cheers for the video - definitely feel an experiment coming on this year.
This was a great video on sweet potatoes! Thank you GOD bless
Rita McCartt-Kordon glad it was of use.👍🏻
Always wanted to try growing these. Thankyou for showing us how!!
Your welcome.👍🏻
I must say, that I appreciate how you got straight to the point,explaining how to start sweet potatoes. I am new to gardening and am excited to learn all I can. However, I am curious about the long thin stringy root like protrusions that are on my sweet potatoes. What are those? Can I still root this potato ? And if so, how? I would be so grateful for any knowledgeable response indeed. Thank you in advance for your response indeed.
Davida DAUSUEL you will need to grow it on until you get the green stem with leaves and roots. This is what you then plant. The sweet potato will probably send out roots first, then the stem.👍🏻
Very informative. Clear and simple. Thank you
Your welcome.
Bahia Philpot so nice
Nice. Very useful. Thanks for sharing knowhow! 👍.
Thankyou for the tips Cris
I'll try to plant inside my home first
Excellent video & thanks for sharing!
Your welcome.👍🏻
Thank you. Just going to chop a supermarket sweet potato in half (2 for 10p reduced!) nice banjo playing as well.
Did your supermarket sweet potatoes grow shoots?
Great, straightforward and informative video.
Do you think growing sweet potatoes in grow bags would work?
That is absolutely fascinating 💗 I’m going to try this 👍🏻
Amazing tutorial I love how you explain each step so clearly.
I have 2 store bought sweet potatoes that started to grow stems and leaves but the leaves are tiny, I was told to put the whole potatoes in water with the water coming up to halfway of the potato. They have started growing small roots but now I'm confused as to whether I should cut the potatoes in half. What would you say?
Hey how's your sweet potato plant doing? Did you cut it in half? I have a store bought sweet potato plant basically at the same stage yours was at last year! I've just broken off the tall vine with leaves placed Into glass of water. The potato itself has tons of roots coming out of the bottom! Any idea what to do with it now?
Nice and simple 👌🏽
Thanks so much, great tutorial, will try this next season for sure!
Love this! When do you start the process April?
Thank you, really clearly explained, I will be definitely trying these next year
Christian Pilling your welcome. Glad it helped! All the best with your sweet potatoes next year! Chris
So did u do it?
@@alizcool1 I bought some purple slips which grew like crazy but had very few potato's
I followed your instructions last year, and I’d successfully grow the slips. The planting was the problem, if I grow in containers, how do you suggest I go about doing so.?🤔
This is fascinating. How does one avoid rotting sweet potatoe at the slip growing stage? I've lost 4 halves as all rotted.
Hi I have wanted to try growing sweet potato but didn’t know you could in the UK. What time of year should I start the slips?
Thank you. I believe they are exceptionally nutritious. 😊
Excellent! Thanks so much. I hope I'm not too late.. Maybe a late crop!
Thanks for the video! Do u know where I can get whole sweet potatoes of this variety. I'd like to start from scratch as you've shown.
I have done as you have said. Picked up some sweet potato reduced to 22p a bag!
On some im getting g a few slips tallest is about 3/4 inches tall. But 1 container went all mucky and soft ended up slinging g those in the compost bin. How do I stop them going soft and smelly. I have been changing the water every couple of days on the first batch which are showing slips but the second batch it was daily and I had to trim the bad bits off but in the end they had to go
I’m still trying work out that out myself, as I’ve had some do the same thing. I was going to try cutting the sweet potato in half and then to let it dry out for a few days before placing it water. See if it makes any difference.
The potato in this video grew some nice slips, without any rot problems. I’ve had others that just don’t play ball.🤷🏼♂️
It’s nearly the end of April, is that too late to start some off? If it is I’ll try to remember for next year. Thanks for making the video 🙂
thanks, im starting right now, great video
Thanks for a thorough video. Do you support the plants or let them trail?
I've subscribed and look forward to more content. Jane
Is the UK too cold to get a harvest of sweet potatos if grown outdoors in the soil? If I plant out in June will it be enough time to get new growth of tubers by November?
Really like to do this! i grew some lovely sweet pots from slips i bought last year so i can follow your instructions. however i am wondering when i should start? it is late february now and i am thinking to put the cut potato into water maybe end March? would welcome advice on timing!
hilde morris you can start anytime between now and the end of March. 👍🏻
Hey how's your sweet potato plants doing? After you pluck off the vine what do you do with the potato if its whole? cut it in half? I have a store bought sweet potato plant basically at the same stage yours was at last year! I've just broken off the tall vine with leaves placed Into glass of water. The potato is whole & has tons of roots coming out of the bottom! Any idea what to do with it now?
Thanks for your informative video. I'm a new learner wanting to grow sweet potatoes. Do you plant your sweet potatoes outside in a garden bed in the summer? When do you plant them out and when do they mature for harvesting? I live in a cool/cold climate (snows in winter) so I hope I can grow sweet potatoes. It's challenging growing watermelon in my area @ times. Don't have a greenhouse yet. 😮
D E they are planted out in my area around the middle of may, when soil temps are about 17c. They love the heat! So the warmer your summer the better! They are harvested about October/November before the first frosts. I have a video on growing watermelons which may be if use to you as well. All the best. Chris
GoTropicalUK - Thanks, will check it out!
👍🙏❤️ very nice n to the point information thanks
Is there anything you can add to the water, like Miracle-Gro or Schultz that would help?
Very helpful
Thank you great information and video
Thanks I really wanted to grow my own.
Awesome video
Thanks the explain, super clever🙏🙏👍👌
Great info. THANKS
Hey...did you build your greenhouse? It looks home made and i mean that as a compliment. I want to build a greenhouse fro reclaimed materials so if you built this one that way...would you mind sharing your plans? Now I am going back to watching your video
Good stuff mate. Thank you
Thank you for sharing
Which is most important for sweet potatoes, sunlight or warmth? They may sound one and the same, but I can choose either a very sunny area in my garden without cover, or a greenhouse bed that is partially shaded from shrubs that have grown up over the years. Which is best?
Sun and heat
Thanks.
Question can you pot them in buckets like spuds can they grow outside or greenhouse !!! GT information and update thanks for your time 🐞🐦👍👍👍👍👍
Graham Thomas although we call them potato’s, they aren’t really related to the potato, (only distantly). They are in the morning glory and bindweed family. They grow well planted in a containers in a greenhouse. It’s best to start them from slips tho, rather than planting a tuber. Regards Chris
Thank you, for first time growing sweet potato, from indoor it has grown wild like a vine. So I need to plant it now one leaf is yellow. What do you think.
When temperatures are warm enough then they can be planted out. 👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 thank you
Thank you for the video .made more sense .
Can you reuse the old sweet potato once you have removed all the slips?
Awesome dude just awesome ahahah love your greenhouse and you're a fisherman 👍🏾 can I be you're friend please hahaha !!
hi, very interested in your method of growing SP. When (ie which month) is best to start the process? Im in Surrey UK. Cheers
Nigel Edwards I usually start my slips around the end of March, beginning of April.
When do you start this procedure please? I only plant in 10 gallon fabric pots or largish rectangular plastic containers. How many potatoes does each plant usually generate?( I realise they are not like your bog standard potato). When is the best time to harvest please?
Very helpful, thanks for sharing :)
Thank you!!!!!😊😍
That’s a neat job mate well done and nicely explained as always. Can we cut the seed in quarters, chit them and grow them like potatoes? Cheers Vinny
Fruit Nut I’ve never done it that way before so am not sure. If you try it let me know how you get on... cheers.
Although they are named as Sweet Potatoes...they are in fact NOT. The Sweet Potato has to be grown year on year from the slips produced as in the vid...hope this helps.
Started sweet potato slips two to three weeks ago. However to date 2 have got white mould on them , one has some long roots and a 2 cm shoot that has now flopped over rather than continuing to go up and the 4th one looks like it might be going to go mouldy too.What did I do wrong or is this the expected failure rate?? Sadly yours...😥
that sounds like what mine are doing. Did you end up having any success?
Thanks buddy 😎💜✌️
Thank you very nice 👍