How to grow Sweet Potatoes from Slip to Harvest!
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2024
- Learn what you need to know to grow your own sweet potatoes from a grocery store sweet potato, when to plant them, what soil to use and more!
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Table of Contents:
0:01 - Intro
0:15 - How do sweet potatoes grow?
0:44 - When to start your slips?
0:48 - Calculating your growing season
1:38 - Buying sweet potatoes to start slips from
1:48 - How I start my slips
2:26 - How long does it take sweet potatoes to grow?
2:42 - Texas growing season growing season?
3:21 - How I plan when to plant sweet potatoes
3:42 - What temperatures do sweet potatoes grow in?
4:27 - Sweet potato slip growth update
4:45 - How to root sweet potato slips
5:05 - Succession sowing slips
5:36 - Planting rooted slips
5:42 - What kind of soil do sweet potatoes like?
6:23 - Making room for sweet potatoes in the summer garden
7:09 - Harvesting schedule
7:47 - Sweet potato leaves benefits
8:32 - Harvesting
10:47 -Harvest weigh in
11:44 -How to cure sweet potatoes
12:43 -My favorite varieties to grow
12:53 -Outro
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Extra video notes:
-Sweet potatoes can handle full sun but they do enjoy a bit of afternoon shade in the Texas sun.
-I do mulch all of my garden beds to reduce moisture loss and protect the soil biome from harsh sun.
-I prefer to soak my soil deeply less frequently to encourage good root growth in plants and that also helps with sweet potatoes !
I'm continually blown away by your videos, my friend. Your creativity knows no bounds, and it's a joy to witness your talent in action. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
Thank you for the link to the farmers almanac. 😊
Love this ❤I may try it myself but I grow mostly flowers on my channel ❤
Thanks for the information 😊. I’m inspired to grow in a southern garden here in Georgia!
I’m just so excited to find a gardener growing in my part of the world, that I instantly subscribed as soon as you said, you were in central Texas!
Yay! I'm glad you found me!
we live in an apartment in Pflugerville. Hoping to get a garden going once we move to a house. Thanks for the videos!
It's amazing how much biomass those greens produce. It's always a big boost to my compost.
Yes! When you think about how much one slip produces it's CRAZY
Can’t you eat the greens?
In Asia sweet potato tops are eaten as part of a salad by blanching them in hot water for 1-2 minutes, mix with apple cider vinegar, tomatoes and add a little salt. It is an amazing source of vitamins and nutrients.
@@aracelimclean5575 oh I'm aware they are technically edible but I do not like them.
Thank you.
Its such a versatile plant it can even be used for sheep and cows as fodder both the tubers and the green vegetation above ground. I really like this plant along with mulberry trees
Yes absolutely!
10:05 “I think I girl bossed too close to the sun” 🤣🤣🤣
New subscriber here, and I have already learned so much amazing information from your channel. Thank you!
Hahaha thank you!
Would love to hear about the nematodes and fire ants
Feels like a good day to start my slips inside since there will be no going out in 16 degrees 🫣🥶
Yup!
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the two-crop idea for sweet potatoes here in central Texas. I barely have to plant any slips now because there are so many broken roots in my sweet potato bed (and I also re-bury tiny sweet potatoes as I harvest). Last year I just used a few indoor slips to fill in where none volunteered. Also, they know when to grow on their own. I barely planted any and I got 50lbs or so.
I'm quickly approaching that stage with how many roots got left behind 😆
Excellent 🎉🎉🎉 I subscribed to your channel 🙏
Thank you for this video! So much info in a short video, just what I needed!
Yay I'm so glad to hear that !
Thanks for your tips on growing sweet potatoes. I am in Central Pennsylvania, but I can still help them to grow by getting the slips going early. June 1st is the earliest I can plant them.
Thank you! Very helpful. I lived in Austin then Leander for years until moving to Taylor, then to Las Cruces, NM, and now in San Angelo, TX. Amazing how the weather has been different in spite of all being in the same zone. Anyway, thanks for the sweet tater info. I have some now I just started. I've never eaten the greens, will start doing that!
Oh boy, that is a lot of change for your climate! Zones are funny and if I can share one with Washington that should say enough 😂. The greens are awesome
LOL, yes, it is! But I can deal with TX. The NM altitude and blazing sun with extremely high UV rays is what sent me packin. LOL.
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New subscriber from Texas thank you!
I’m so ready to start growing thanks for the info
Good job thx for sharing Keep gardening
Wow thanks for all the great info!! I like that your real, simple ideas but great insights ..thanks again....I always enjoying learning things from fellow gardeners🙏🥰💜 God bless
nice video
thanks for sharing great job
great video! i learned a ton
Wow a lot harvest
That was such an informative and well made video. Thank you.
Thank you so much !
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Heading to my local Whole Foods to pick up some of those purple ones! I can never find them here but ive never tried Whole Foods!
I’m definitely growing sweet potatoes this year for the first time in zone 9a South Texas. Thanks for the very thorough info! Q: are you related to Jerra?
Not related but we are friends!
My biggest problem is finding a place to plant them since the vines of one plant take up a city block.
Haha yes they can get crazy. I actually grew some vertically last year and that worked well
I need more info this was so much information! Thank you. I’m in New Braunfels and just started gardening last year. (Not the best year to start lol) Do you more info about the fire ant nematode situation?
Great video! I’m nervous but looking forward to doing better this year than last. What’s the nutrient solution you use when rooting in water? Last year I left them too long in water and they developed a weird rash on the leaves
I dilute the liquid fertilizer that I'm using while seed starting as my nutrients solution
Hey im here in san antonio. Have had the worst luck growing anything here except herbs and wildflowers. Any suggestions ? I know thats a broad questions but maybe some starting suggestions?
Are you able to grow in a deeper garden bed? Shade cloth, mulch and irrigation all very important for your climate,n
Where can I find the drip irrigation you had in the short that linked to this video?
What about bone meal? Also, what is your liquid nutrient?
I loved this informative video! It looked like in that one small plot of soil that you layered onto your grass - over cardboard and grocery bags in front of some slips you were growing and were planting slips into - it was only about 4” total depth of soil. Is that correct? , and that’s deep enough for sweet potatoes to grow in if it’s spreads out enough? Thank you!
The original building of that little bed was about 4-5" soil with 2" of straw. I planted Yukon golds there in February then when I harvested the yukons I added another layer of compost which I didn't get any footage of so great question! It ended up being about 5"-6" deep plus some straw on top. I'll be honest, those slips grew into the clay below a bit but it helped them retain moisture in the dead heat of the summer with very little regular irrigation! So I would say 6" deep is the minimum if you have the amendments to bulk the area up!
@@fromthegardenchannel Thank you for taking your time to reply…that’s very promising and I’ll try that on my own section of grass! I love this space saving idea, very cheap, easy and fun!! 😃😃
I am also in Texas (Titus County) which is why I love watching you!!!! I can better relate to your gardening zone.
However, I have red clay. I saw you do the cardboard method with your mixed soil and amendments, but I’m worried if I did that, the clay would prevent growth. Any advice?
My clay isn't red but it's very compact 😅. The method you saw is a no till method that gives just enough soil depth for something to grow and over time the addition of organic matter to the clay soil softens it and helps it both retain moisture and drain better. It just takes a couple years to make a difference! At my new teaching garden we have been developing an entire in ground garden and using tons of wood chips to add that organic matter. Raised beds are a great option if you don't want to mess with all of that.
Adding green sand and gypsum to the clay soil even just layered with compost also helps with drainage and compaction!
Two questions: 1) Curing in Oct/Nov...how do you get 85* / 90% humidity? I'm in NoFlo/Jax and it's just not that hot (or humid) anymore in Nov. Consequently, I lost my entire harvest (12 pounds, not huge) as they shriveled up in the garage. Any advice welcome. 2) I've heard some say to prune the new growth/leading ends to reserve nutrients to the original roots for best quality potatoes. I notice that I didn't have well formed potatoes down the vine so I may try that this upcoming season. Do you have an opinion on that? My slips are started (and I notice I have several volunteers already poking thru). Thanks for a great video!!
I use the plastic tote but add a heating mat inside and place a small cup of water or damp towel inside and a lid just slightly ajar. I even have a cheap thermometer to test heat which are all things I have from seed starting. Yes to pruning the vines to encourage bigger tuber growth or at least getting the vines off the ground so they don't spend energy on rooting down elsewhere.
This may be a heaven sent video. I'm in Austin battling hard clay soil. Last year I was very successful growing tons of slips from WF organic potatoes and planted around May or June. I also had slips from the Natural Gardener.
Too late?
I don't know, but they grew and grew all summer, lots of vines and I was hopeful.
Come early fall I only got one or two tiny potatoes, mostly baby potato strings that never plumped up.
I did some in grow bags, one in a box and also beds, and ammended the soil in a few places but nothing!
So... just how much greensand? I'll try azomite too. And looks like a good amount of light colored straw?
Also looks like you did a mini- lasagna style bed with cardboard underneath. Right?
Any advice is appreciated as I'm not giving up, but last year was heartbreaking. I watered plenty too. Too much water? Too late planting into last year's scorcher?
Thank you in advance.
Hi neighbor!
Did you use really good soil for your areas that you planted slips?
I typically add 1 cup of each greensand and azomite to 6-8 cu feet of soil. But the bags have some instructions for them.
Geogrowers sells their thunder soil in bags and that's an awesome cheat for amending where you want to plant slips. I've had awesome results with that stuff. Yes I pretty much did a small lasagna bed for the one area in this video that did super well.
Mushroom compost also has more phosphorous in it so I feel it can be a great amendment. But lose, sandy ish soil that can still hold moisture, mulching to keep moisture in the soil whether it's with leaves, straw or whatever you have. Sweet potatoes can handle full sun but our sun can make it hard to keep that moisture in so some afternoon shade is helpful sometimes. Consider watering less frequently but more deeply and slowly when you do hand water. This helps any plant send roots down where the water soaks in instead of stay at the surface during quicker frequent waterings. That could have impacted how well your sweet potatoes produced tubers. Or your soil mixture has too much nitrogen so it prompted leafy green growth. I'm throwing lots of info at you but it sounds like you can handle it and I bet you're going to increase your yield this season!
@fromthegardenchannel oh this is so appreciated! Coincidentally, I did just get 12 bags of Thunder Garden (compost included) for my new beds before I read your comment! Lol
So, would you add Azomite & Greensand into the Thunder Garden?
I also have some free Mushroom that I picked up at Natural Gardener, so I guess it wouldn't hurt to throw that in.
What date range do you recommend for planting as ideal for round one sweet potatoes?
I'm getting my slips factory started now.
Thank you so much for taking the time. Definitely NOT too much information. ✌️❤️
@@oliveeisner8964 well perfect then! Also since you're local I just announced a local hands on soil blocking class where we are also teaching about calendula at my new teaching garden in North Austin. I can share the link if you want to check it out !
That’s sure a BIG sweet potato in the thumbnail….😂😅
Oh man. I planted a bunch of slips I produced in April last year and the bunnies (or deer?) chomped them down to the ground. It was so upsetting! I had to wait to produce more from my original sweet potatoes and didn’t get them planted until July 1st! 15th and 30th. I got about 3 sweet potatoes in November from 3 grow bags. lol. I’m trying again now! I did save some slips from the vines I grew and they’re rooted out. I’m wondering if I should try to plant them in pots in the greenhouse but so far I’ve been too chicken to plant them yet and might just keep waiting with them in a jar inside the house haha. I’m in east Texas btw. What nutrient solution do you use?
I use either the kratky nutrients if I have them already mixed up or diluted seaweed/fish emulsion in water for the slips. Unless your greenhouse is heated I would just wait until after last frost to plant them!
@@fromthegardenchannel Perfect! I have nutrients from my old Kratky setup. I’ll use that. Thank you! I didn’t think of that! 😂 Silly me. 😂I’ll just wait to plant them. I don’t think seedling mats would be warm enough in the greenhouse to keep them alive and I don’t have enough heat in there anyways.
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Have you ever heard of anybody growing them in the tires like regular ?
I have not but I'm sure you could but tires are very toxic so I wouldn't grow root crops in them
Which nutrient solution do you recommend?
I usually mix up my kratky solution or take all purpose liquid fertilizer and dilute that in water
What is the nutrient that you put in the glass of water?
Just a simple fish emulsion
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Can you please tell me how to get rid of the fire ants they kill me and my kids every time where in the garden
Yes, spray beneficial nematodes that are targeted for fire ants right now while it's cooler out!
Pretty sure that's not a potato. I got squirrels and moles to completely ruin all expectations for beets
I'm confused by your comment
I have to decide soon if I’m up for battling the possums, raccoons, and deer that show up and manage to get through whatever we use as protection…🥹
Ugh that's so much to deal with!
Hang bits of Irish spring soap around the outside of your garden. It keeps the deer/rabbits away for sure.
I never got the raccoons or possums in my garden,but those armadillos were obnoxious last year. I didn't plant last year though. I was planning a move.
@fromthegardenchannel that's what it's like in Dale, Lockhart and other more rural/subs of Austin.