Preparing Sweet Potato Slips For Planting

[@JK-jf7xq]

Another helpful video! For those who don't know, another way to sprout sweet potatoes is to plant them about half way in dirt in a shallow container in a warm place and keep moist. They can be planted close together and you can use small sized potatoes. I've had better results that way because if I don't remember to change the water in the jar often enough, it rots.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

Yes I am also doing this method for the first time right now this year and I am already very pleased with the results so far... but I only make videos on things I'm absolutely positive about and this water method has done me good lol but I'll definitely be recommending the soil method next year too... thanks for the input!

[@Joan-ej7wv]

Thanks you very much for your help with this information.

[@Prophets_sandals]

The master teaches again. The most accurate thorough video on KZbin.

[@beverlysuepatton1929]

Thank you! I am getting started late this year. But I'm super excited that I grew my own slips rather than buying them this year.

[@newday4551]

This by far is the best video on sweet potato slips that I have seen! I Immediately stopped video and relocated my slips to the garage (hail mary attempt to get them to grow) In zone 6 and they recommend that you should have them planted this weekend. (4th of July). So moved to garage (warmer) South facing window. Originally had them on the floor by a North facing window with a vent 20 inches away running air conditioner since I put them there in May. I do have some slips and even roots forming on most but nothing like yours. Will see my first attempt and would like to get them planted for the 110-120 days they need to grow.

[@timdolson6414]

Garden like a Viking!? I’m very disappointed you didn’t separate the slips with a battle axe! 😂 Seriously, great video. I was stuck on the best method for separating my slips till I saw this. Thanks, great job!

[@cowgirlinarizona1371]

It seems like everything the Universe is bringing us is so beautiful. May your gardens be blessed!

[@laughingbuddha28]

🍻🇮🇳best video i seen so far. Thank you so much great explanation

[@OSCARMIKEJIM]

I found your video to absolutely be the most helpful!

[@tremekaalexander-murph1724]

Me too‼️

[@LisaLux-ll2ho]

Greatful. We have a lot of wild little sweetpotatos in the backyard. I'm looking forward to try this method

[@colebesaw5225]

Nature truly is amazing. One sweet potato can yield many slips which will yield many more potatoes. This is our first year trying sweet potatoes. We bought slips this year, but after seeing how much I paid for them and now seeing how easy this is we will definitely be doing this next year! Thank you for the knowledge my friend!

[@teree211]

thank you so much..abundance of veggies..thank you again..

[@pjperalta5298]

Glad I searched for this topic. I have a sweet potato that started sprouting, so i put just the top of it in water. It's growing pretty well. Now I know what to do once it warms up enough here in ID. Thank you!

[@stompthedragon4010]

This is great. Love the detailed visual and verbal explanations.

[@monivoler]

I made a newbie mistake by buying sweet potato slips...Never again! They arrived in pretty bad shape and when I got them into some water to revive them, they just rotted. Should've known to search Nate's channel instead for guidance on DIY sweet potato slips. I'm going with The Viking's method from now on... Thank you so much Nate! You've always steered me right!

[@patmaclare4202]

Great vedio! Best Ive come thru thus far. No one has explained the slips better than you have. Definately worth subscribing! THANK YOU.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend!!

[@B30pt87]

The power of visuals! I was listening for about a minute and I had to laugh- watching was easy & completely explanatory, but if anyone tried to learn from just words, then what's easy would be frought with doubt. I love your channel. I have two big organic sweet potatoes ready to go; one in the water & one in the dirt, right now!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

lol I'm the same way if I can SEE it being done then I can fully comprehend it and I like to use as few words as possible to convey the idea!!... thank you!

[@windhamflowers]

This is CRAZY cool! Thanks for sharing this info!

[@BoAnn80]

Thanks for easy to follow video.

[@SantiagoMs31]

Thanks for easy to follow video. gratfull ,bery good method.

[@Neversink11]

Keep making these vids my friend! They're really helping!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the encouraging feedback my friend!! ... I will definitely continue making them!

[@Whey2lovely]

I'm Soooooooo Godly Glad that I stumbled across your video!!!! Thank you...I truly feel empowered!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@sjmullen9011]

That is amazing! Thank you for showing us how to grow sweet potato slips. 🌱

[@HammerHeadBubba]

me and my daughter have some of these going right now. Will be fun to see what comes of it!

[@tagoboom2214]

The best video thanks for sharing

[@lauraknight5488]

Thank you! I was so confused as to how to do this!

[@tremekaalexander-murph1724]

Excellent instructions and visual, I did this was such great results, thank you‼️

[@Crazy_Garden_Lady]

Thank you for teaching! 🙏🌷 I made a hugel cultur bed in my garden and planted also 4 sweet potatos only to grow the sprouts for the bigger potato bed. They grow well and I will put them into the water in 2 days until they've roots. Before we had our rural property I planted the slips directly into a container and it worked but the potatos were very small. Now I'll try your method.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes and another thing is the sweet potatoes will only get big if the soil is loose and fluffy... they stay small and hard if the soil is heavy and dense... good luck my friend!

[@Crazy_Garden_Lady]

@@gardenlikeaviking Thank you! 🌷

[@CardiacCat]

Ooooo-weeeeee! I got about 10 vines like that in my kitchen right now and lot's of smaller ones growing. For anyone who wonders why you clipped those just below the leaf, if you have a sweet potato that has vined out, look just below each leaf and you will see a little row of knots or nubs on the side. That is where roots will start growing from if you clip and stick into the water or dirt. If you go directly into the dirt with them, keep them watered good and not let them dry out until they root. You can esentially make a new plant from every new leaf node if you want more plants.

[@tkostjukoff]

Thank you! Very informative video. You answered many of the questions I had for planting sweet potato slips.

[@monicasmith9215]

Thanks so much

[@isagoal]

Very helpful video.

[@beowolf19751]

Knowledge is power!

[@dlr978]

Thank you!

[@aminschannel4832]

Useful video, thank you for your help

[@brandonterry6194]

GRATITUDE 💥🥔💥

[@organic97]

Thank you kindly.

[@1963charmaine]

Great video! Thank you!

[@dragonshadow3707]

Thanks bud I will defo be doing this.

[@tamarasersansie2211]

Thank you for this video! New subscriber. Perfect!

[@lindas9806]

Excellent!

[@KiltedDaddyBear]

Love your videos.

[@debramccaskill389]

Thank You

[@MassiveOverkill]

Going to start commenting on each video even if I have nothing to add/ask just to help the YT algorithms.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

YES!!! thank you!

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

I think you just explained a weird issue I've been having for years with my pothos propagation. Most of the time I get extremely slow root development. This year I moved my little operation directly into the living room. (ran out of space) But this propagation is going differently and I couldn't figure out why. It's the HEAT. Although I live in the Arizona desert, I keep my house colder than most and I really do think that it's too cold for my little clones to root well. The spot where I moved them is about 5 degrees warmer than their old area. That's the only difference. I think that my icebox lifestyle isn't great for my little guys. My animal buddies have heating mats, but it never occurred to me that my little green clone army might need more warmth, too. smh

[@willcusumano8724]

Love it

[@benstoth]

Sweet!

[@jawajab5173]

Appreciate your helpful tips😂

[@isobel8788]

Another fab video 👍How can we store the slips for next growing season pls ? Took me soooo long to grow and don’t wanna waste any thank u

[@jerseyinthephilippines1283]

Viking Bro, I have a question. I'm starting late with the sweet potatoes. Can I run these from Aug and into the fall and winter in a greenhouse? Thank you I'm a new Subscriber. I love these videos. Your's is a definite go to for me now.

[@tracyflenner]

I’ve got two varieties of sweet potatoes planted and a third one to go. My problem is rabbits! There are two baby ones that ate the tops off all my tomato plants, some of my sweet potato vines and my okra. I’m trying to find creative ways to keep them out of my gardens.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

go to the hunting store and get a bottle of fox or coyote urine... dab it on strips of old t-shirt and hang around perimeter of plants and garden... you won't see another one!

[@tracyflenner]

@@gardenlikeaviking thank you! I woke up to almost half of my dragon tongue beans eaten down. I don’t want to attack foxes or coyotes to my yard either. I have chickens to keep safe and I have a lot of plants growing around their yard.

[@lupitamacedo193]

👍👏👏❤️❤️ Awesome 😎

[@LifewithCJmaltese]

Great video!

[@foodreviewr5310]

Sweet potatoes 🥔 are members of the morning glory family

[@thodgecad5372]

I put my sweet potatoes into the jar upside down. Is this a problem?

[@patricianewman9554]

Good Question

[@joshualynch6574]

You drink a lot of moonshine bro, don't you😂 Jokes aside just got my first sweet potato with slips about 6 in tall now didn't know that about the heat so I'm going to put them in the window now. Thanks

[@jamestriplett790]

will there be a revised video on starting sweet potato slips soon? Or, is this the best method? thanks

[@gardenlikeaviking]

this method works great but yes there'll be a new video coming in the next couple weeks but no worries because the new method makes sprouts in literally half the time!!

[@hihosilver1234]

Tnx brotha

[@gloriajeanliuzzo3162]

What’s the best fertilizer for the slips throughout the months and how much.

[@trishann72]

Do my slips have to have roots before I plant them? I bought some slips (quite expensive) and planted them in buckets; it wasn't until that night that it dawned on me that they didn't have roots. That was two days ago, and now they look like they're dead. I have kept them watered well. Thank you.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

typically yes you should've taken those and placed into water for several days until you see the roots coming out.... they may still bounce back just be sure to keep them extremely wet for the next week or two

[@coylefamily4]

I’m sure this is a stupid question but I’ve never done sweet potato slips before… I have a sweet potato submerged in water in my windowsill and it’s growing tiny little roots. But it’s also starting to sprout out of the top dry part, is that OK? Or did I put it in upside down? Thank you for your help!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats a great question and very common... that means you put it in upside down... but thats ok... once the sprouts on the top have at least 3-4 leaves on them just twist it off at the base and place it in a separate jar of water and in about 4-6 days you'll see roots... once the roots are an inch long you can plant it...

[@coylefamily4]

@@gardenlikeaviking thank you so much for this information! I’m relieved that all is not lost.

[@purple_leaf5770]

Can you show a video where you plant slips in a container please?

[@theozarksjourneytoself-suf5420]

Can I do this in July in North Arkansas?

[@JesMarie_W3]

Is there such a thing as starting sweet potatoes in water too early? In Zone 5b could I start a couple of potatoes now for Spring planting slips? Thanks in advance!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

now is pretty early!... although you will be able to trim the vines and make more cuttings and they will just continue to grow... so yes you can do it that way if you desire to... but I will be showing a method using soil that is far superior to the water method I showed last year... much much faster and more effective

[@loisjamison3624]

Good day. Glad i discovered your channel. ? I planted some sweet potato plants (yellowish ones) from a garden center in a pot with other plants last year. At the end of the season the leaves died off so as I removed the dead plants I noticed very large sweet potatoes beneath the soil. They were huge. Are these type sweet potatoes edible? Just wondering.

[@tomfisher3117]

Excellent video. Thank you! My slips, in tap water without chlorine are just not producing many or a volume of roots. I had no trouble growing the slips but after plucking them from the sweet potatoes, the roots grow very slowly. Can you suggest a solution to have the slip roots grow faster?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

keep the jar on a heat mat at 80-95f and within a few days you'll see roots then within about 10 days they'll be bursting with roots... please watch a few of my recent "shorts" to see this illustrated

[@tomfisher3117]

@@gardenlikeaviking Thank you!!!

[@das250250]

If you have an existing sweet potato plant growing , can you just give someone a cutting or must you give them a sweet potato to grow slips?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes you can just take a cutting with at least 6 leaves on it and take the bottom two off and stick that in water and let it root....... then they can grow that and it'll produce sweet potatoes

[@littlebohemian3642]

How long before my final frost should I start to put my potato in the jar to sprout the slips? Thanks for your video, very helpful. Cheers

[@gardenlikeaviking]

between 8-12 weeks... sweet potatos are one thing that it doesn't matter if you start too early they'll still be fine... start now!

[@bankeworanola7503]

Should the whole potato tuber be inside bottle water to produce slip

[@jaimeparker3804]

Nate I miss your videos on your regular Nate muri channel. It’s been a month 😢

[@gardenlikeaviking]

awww Jaime you've made my day!!.... what topic shall I do a video on that channel?

[@jaimeparker3804]

Hummm I’m not sure but I always love hearing what you have to say.

[@jaimeparker3804]

I would like info on different types of water alkaline and the benefits, I like the videos about preparing for the future.

[@jaimeparker3804]

I loved your mini house tour! Maybe more of that

[@jaimeparker3804]

Lol sorry I keep thinking of things to say, What about vitamin b12 shots, and better ways to get vitamin b. How important it is for the body

[@incognitoalias2808]

Was my lucky day to find you at Ice Age Farmer, what's the chance of purchasing a sd card of your videos or a written manual for your Great knowledge during the internet shut down.......

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thats a really good idea!!!... creating this channel is actually helping me organize my thoughts and experiences into a form that is conveyable to others so I see a manual coming at some point! thank you

[@mightythor1339]

Hi great video , I’m in uk would it be best to grow these in a polly tunnel

[@gardenlikeaviking]

it wouldn't be entirely necessary but if you had the option yes they'd produce much more plentiful in a polly tunnel with nice hot and humid temps!

[@josephkwabena8942]

Thanks.... I started but at a points the sprouts and i noticed it started getting rot at bottom making impossible to stick to class jar.... Can i go ahead plant into the soil?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes remove them and put into water for another week until they sprout roots from the stems then plant

[@benstoth]

Is February too early to start the slips?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

depends when your last frost is... I've started in late Feb to plant out middle of may ....

[@juanaguilar8840]

👍🏼

[@rab7889]

Nice! How many times can you "reuse" a sweet potato?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

it will keep sprouting for at least one more "flush"... but it'll take 2-3 weeks to form more

[@upliftspirit36]

Is the sweet potato itself still good to eat after the process?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

no its rotten

[@upliftspirit36]

@@gardenlikeaviking Oh ok thanks. I tried around 40 stems directly planted on soil, soaked them for a few days but only half of them survived and grew. The other half died and were rotten. I'll try your method.

[@sharonhochberg3671]

Yikes. I am in zone 8b and would love to grow sweet potatoes or any potatoes for that matter. Will it be possible? thanks

[@gardenlikeaviking]

absolutely you can grow both sweet and regular potatoes... it will have to wait until spring though... I'll make videos about how to when its time

[@joelfastidio5901]

Can I ask? What kind of nutrients do sweet potatoes needs?thanks!!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

good quality compost is best followed by additional fertility like wood ash and fish fertilizers both from videos on this channel

[@rachellestrachar2562]

will A CUT POTATO WORK?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes it will

[@nilanperera4774]

My sweet potatoes ave vegetation but they are not connected to any roots..they are from asian sweet potatoes...help!

[@lpmoron6258]

As usual I wait till May to think of sweets. 😕

[@EdwardsComment]

cant wait to see em going in the ground

[@joannmcculley8253]

Not a fan of sweet potatoes but can feed to livestock

[@gardenlikeaviking]

I know I've had to come up with creative ways to make them just because they're so incredibly nutrient dense and they literally last a full year just sitting in the pantry .... try to stretch your culinary horizons my friend

[@monicasmith9215]

2023 15 September

[@philweaver457]

My timing was off this year for sweet potatoes. And in my climate I've got to be on plus have some luck with weather. Mother Nature is still flexing this year here. I DM'd you in IG

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes and sweet potatoes take a full long season to really produce well... just replied to your DM... thank you!

[@demilovesmusic85]

What if the roots grew at the bottom of the potato and the slips grew at the top of the potato, separate from the roots?

[@tooshieg2059]

Thank you