I want to grow the kind of sweet potatoes that produce a vibrant lime green foliage but have been unable to figure out what species it is. Do you know, by chance? I'm watching from Phoenix, AZ. 💚
Wow! We are in zone 8b up here in Oregon, and I didn't have any sweet potatoes volunteering up this year. I even intentionally left some small roots in ground when I harvested! It's a great ground cover though, much better than the weeds that inevitably pop up. I've intentionally planted peppers, tomatoes and basil amidst our sweet potato rows, as it does such a great job as a living mulch. And the interplanted crops help suck up some of the excess nutrients that might make the sweet potatoes get super viney. Heck, there have even been some volunteer squashes I've let run their course with all of it, and everything seems to be living their best lives right now.
I've got mine in 30 gallon grow bags with a vertical trellis similar to yours. I planted them in February because it was already disgustingly warm. They have several months to go and the vines have eaten the trellis and are now thinking about eating my house. From what I can feel in the top of the soil, I will get at least some sweet potatoes!
Mine were in a 25 gal bag with what used to be an A-trellis. Now it’s just a green leafy tent with a bag somewhere underneath the brush. Looks very lively when the wind blows.
I did the same!! I was living in my camper full time for a couple years, so I made an A frame trellis as wide and almost as tall as the back wall, which was all windows and south facing, using some conduit that was being thrown away in a commercial remodel. Then I strung up a bunch of mason line and basically grew a big shade wall. It was awesome; Worked so well. I put a staggered row or two of 30 & 20gal in front of the sweet potato for melons and stuff to spill over and utilize the horizontal space. That RV pad was 25' of container garden and 30' camper. 😄 Those 30gal grow bags are the perfect size for just about everything. I'm 5 years in and still thrilled with their performance.
That is a really interesting problem- one you can capitalize on. I’m in Zone 6 and sweet potatoes never come through a winter to grow again. I almost wish i had that problem.
Thanks. I did not know this! I've got a few to put in & just looked at them this morning. 25gal grow bag it is! I was gonna put them in my raised bed...that would've sucked 😅
I’m in zone 9A, Phoenix, and I grow sweet potatoes in all of my 12 beds plus grow bags because during the summer I basically can’t grow anything else because of the heat and because we are gone to spend the summer at our cabin and sweet potatoes need little tending to except water. If I see one pop up during my fall or spring garden, I just pull it up.
I'm in zone 5, and we don't have to worry about invasive sweet potatoes here. We're lucky if we can get them to grow. We need to grow them on mounds or in a raised bed to get the soil warm enough.
That is something nobody has discussed with 'how to ' vids '. Should be the first thing cause it's so true. Plus...harvest and eat all those leaves, they are delicious stir fry with onions.
Anthony, did you ever have any luck getting the Okinawan sweet potato slips to produce? They didn't work out in your older sweet potato videos, but I'm interested in giving them a shot in my garden if you have tips!
Morning glory. The most beautiful weed ever. And the most persistent. My nasty landlords will still be fighting it long after I am pushing up daisies. Karma.
I have 5 5 gallon buckets each with 2 or 3 slips. I let the vines grow along the greenhouse walls so they dont root, hoping gor some nice big purple taters.
Good morning I am trying to grow sweet potatoes for the first time in a container and a lot of leaves are turning yellow. Do you have a solution? I follow you from France so sorry for the English it's google
I feel your pain. The key is to keep an eye on the area and when they start sprouting, you have to yank them out. I decided not to and I'll just take the "free" harvest since I wasn't using the bed.
i bought some okinawan purple sweet potato slips and planted em beginning of may. They’ve taken over 2.5 garden beds, spilled out onto the ground, and are just sprawling everywhere now. Get f***ed, grass! Next year - whole yard - sweet potatoes. Unless the 8 large grow bags of jerusalem artichokes don’t take over first… on account of rooting right through the bottom of the bags and going native…
Don't make this mistake with potatoes as well. I planted just 1 potato in a 2 ft tall 3 by 5 raised garden bed. Hugelkultur style. I cannot get rid of it. It's come back on its 3rd year now and it takes over the whole bed. Lots of foliage but very little potato harvest. I will have to really empty that bed next year.
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I want to grow the kind of sweet potatoes that produce a vibrant lime green foliage but have been unable to figure out what species it is. Do you know, by chance? I'm watching from Phoenix, AZ. 💚
yes but the leaves are delicious so it is a win.
Wow! We are in zone 8b up here in Oregon, and I didn't have any sweet potatoes volunteering up this year. I even intentionally left some small roots in ground when I harvested! It's a great ground cover though, much better than the weeds that inevitably pop up. I've intentionally planted peppers, tomatoes and basil amidst our sweet potato rows, as it does such a great job as a living mulch. And the interplanted crops help suck up some of the excess nutrients that might make the sweet potatoes get super viney. Heck, there have even been some volunteer squashes I've let run their course with all of it, and everything seems to be living their best lives right now.
I've got mine in 30 gallon grow bags with a vertical trellis similar to yours. I planted them in February because it was already disgustingly warm. They have several months to go and the vines have eaten the trellis and are now thinking about eating my house. From what I can feel in the top of the soil, I will get at least some sweet potatoes!
Mine were in a 25 gal bag with what used to be an A-trellis. Now it’s just a green leafy tent with a bag somewhere underneath the brush. Looks very lively when the wind blows.
Grow bag for me as well. Learned the hard way.
I got mine in 30 gallon bags
I did the same!! I was living in my camper full time for a couple years, so I made an A frame trellis as wide and almost as tall as the back wall, which was all windows and south facing, using some conduit that was being thrown away in a commercial remodel. Then I strung up a bunch of mason line and basically grew a big shade wall. It was awesome; Worked so well.
I put a staggered row or two of 30 & 20gal in front of the sweet potato for melons and stuff to spill over and utilize the horizontal space. That RV pad was 25' of container garden and 30' camper. 😄
Those 30gal grow bags are the perfect size for just about everything. I'm 5 years in and still thrilled with their performance.
I dug around the mound and we got sweet potatoes! Some are huge ! I planted April 2
That is a really interesting problem- one you can capitalize on. I’m in Zone 6 and sweet potatoes never come through a winter to grow again. I almost wish i had that problem.
If you spread them around, you'll have them coming up everywhere. It can become a real problem.
Zone 6 b is my grow zone plant them about 10 inches deep mine pop up yearly you can do it with regular potatoes aswell
Luckily the ground freezes up here in Michigan, not a problem up here
As a floridian I do not understand this "freezing" you speak of.
Thanks Anthony. Thumbs up from Iowa. Big hugs for Dale.
I like your Grow Bag idea, im gonna try that next year for sure. My best sweet potato grows have come from growing in Straw bales.
Thanks. I did not know this! I've got a few to put in & just looked at them this morning. 25gal grow bag it is! I was gonna put them in my raised bed...that would've sucked 😅
I wasn't expecting to learn about crop rotation clicking on a sweet potato video... and i'm loving it! Thanks!
Yup! I learned that the hard way lol but my goats an pigs are happy😬
Love the leaves delicious!
I’m in zone 9A, Phoenix, and I grow sweet potatoes in all of my 12 beds plus grow bags because during the summer I basically can’t grow anything else because of the heat and because we are gone to spend the summer at our cabin and sweet potatoes need little tending to except water. If I see one pop up during my fall or spring garden, I just pull it up.
I'm in zone 5, and we don't have to worry about invasive sweet potatoes here. We're lucky if we can get them to grow. We need to grow them on mounds or in a raised bed to get the soil warm enough.
That is something nobody has discussed with 'how to ' vids '. Should be the first thing cause it's so true. Plus...harvest and eat all those leaves, they are delicious stir fry with onions.
Even in costal jersey I've seen overlooked sweet potatoes ( beauregard) pop up next season
Anthony, did you ever have any luck getting the Okinawan sweet potato slips to produce? They didn't work out in your older sweet potato videos, but I'm interested in giving them a shot in my garden if you have tips!
Sweet potatoes are part of the morning glory family.
The leaves are also edible .
Morning glory. The most beautiful weed ever. And the most persistent. My nasty landlords will still be fighting it long after I am pushing up daisies. Karma.
What a surprise, I did not know this. Thankyou🎉
You’re welcome 😊
I have 5 5 gallon buckets each with 2 or 3 slips. I let the vines grow along the greenhouse walls so they dont root, hoping gor some nice big purple taters.
Good to know. Thanks
You're welcome!
Good morning
I am trying to grow sweet potatoes for the first time in a container and a lot of leaves are turning yellow. Do you have a solution?
I follow you from France so sorry for the English it's google
What about garlic? Can I plant same bed over few years?
I just learned this the hard way.
I feel your pain. The key is to keep an eye on the area and when they start sprouting, you have to yank them out. I decided not to and I'll just take the "free" harvest since I wasn't using the bed.
In 110° desert heat, anything edible that volunteers and doesn't need babying is a welcome addition to my garden. 👍 (Edit: hello ground cover! 🤣)
Shade cloth will change your life: ruclips.net/video/SbWcCxV7OOE/видео.htmlsi=5k3macmUY9SL07C3
They've basically taken over my entire raised garden bed and are spreading into the yard. Ugh. But I've heard the leaves are edible.
The leaves are good.
i bought some okinawan purple sweet potato slips and planted em beginning of may. They’ve taken over 2.5 garden beds, spilled out onto the ground, and are just sprawling everywhere now.
Get f***ed, grass! Next year - whole yard - sweet potatoes.
Unless the 8 large grow bags of jerusalem artichokes don’t take over first… on account of rooting right through the bottom of the bags and going native…
You need to give us a little bit of Dale in these 2min vids.🐶
I'm already routinely overruning the timeframe 😂
@@2MinuteGardenTips You know we love Dale!
I love growing my sweet taters in an old holey pond every year 😄
I have them growing in 50 gallon grow bags with a trellis. I'll be lucky if the mice and voles leave me even one
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Thanks for watching!
Don't make this mistake with potatoes as well. I planted just 1 potato in a 2 ft tall 3 by 5 raised garden bed. Hugelkultur style. I cannot get rid of it. It's come back on its 3rd year now and it takes over the whole bed. Lots of foliage but very little potato harvest. I will have to really empty that bed next year.
Container only. And they DO NOT compost
I composted the vines last year with great success. Just wait until they're hit with freeze.
Must be southern problem. I've grown them over 30 yrs up in Illinois and never saw this problem
With respect to Anthony, I do not have this problem in Mississippi.
Your frost line may be so deep that it freezes them dead. They are very resilient.
Asians eat the sweet potatoes leaves
I've tried them, but they're just not for me.
Just cut the vines back
Sweet potato vines are very vigorous. They'll come back shortly after you clip them.