Grow More Sweet Potatoes FAST & CHEAP!

Here is everything I used:
→ Heat Mat: growepic.co/3p...
→ Felco Hawksbill Knife: growepic.co/3B...
→ Lined Grow Bags: growepic.co/3I...
Growing your own sweet potato slips can save a lot of money but I have always hated the soak it in water technique. It requires a lot of water changes, goes REALLY SLOW, and in the end you have to root your cuttings again! This method literally took 20 days to produce the slips you see here and they came with roots! Now I can just buy my favorite sweet potatoes at the store and grow infinite sweet potatoes whenever I want! Burying the slips as they emerge is the key to getting more roots, the wet soil or vermiculite encourages the roots to form since they are kept moist rather than exposed to air.

[@donnaarbaugh7596]

Where's the link to get one of those kits?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Here is everything I used: → Heat Mat: growepic.co/3pioIB6 → Felco Hawksbill Knife: growepic.co/3B6d0MB → Lined Grow Bags: growepic.co/3IaKygD

[@donnaarbaugh7596]

Oh thank you so very much. It's so very nice to have a link to products that I would love 2 try. Thank you for taking time out of ur day to answer me. God bless

[@dr.tasnuvatunna]

@@jacquesinthegarden Hi. Can there be a homemade version of the heat mat?

[@daviddoyonjr5774]

Obvious that the owner of the channel made a fake account and left this comment for advertisement

[@donnaarbaugh7596]

@@daviddoyonjr5774 that's ok. I found a product that I like !!!

[@larellesdiyhomestead]

The squirrels on my property ate all my sweet potato vines. I couldn’t figure out how one squirrel was eating so much then one morning I found a gang of 4 of them all over the planter one keeping lookout 😂

[@CookinCatWithMesoMatt]

Squirrel goes great with sweet potato

[@larellesdiyhomestead]

@@CookinCatWithMesoMatt 😆😆

[@rebeccaspratling2865]

There's a lot of squirrels in my neighborhood but there's a colony of feral cats living in my back yard so I haven't had that issue lol.

[@mightytaiger3000]

Cuuuute!

[@maylyntorres3067]

😂 Thanks for the heads up!

[@jeevanraj5305]

Please try this method too. 1. Plant one sweet potato directly on soil and let it grow naturally and let the vines mature. 2. After cut half of the vines and make cuttings of about a foot and half long and plant them again. Keep 2 feet distance between the cuttings. They will root in 15 to 20 days 3. Now you get so many baby vines and lots and lots of potatoes This is an actual farming method we follow here in India. All we need is few potatoes and now we have seedlings for half an acre. Edit: corrected spelling. Also this works only for sweet potatoes and won’t work on normal potatoes.

[@rmcnally3645]

This is what I'm doing with large containers 👍🏻

[@MaLiArtworks186]

@Jeevan Raj Do you put the sweet potato on top of the soil like he did?

[@jeevanraj5305]

@@MaLiArtworks186 we burry it 2 inches deep.

[@MaLiArtworks186]

@@jeevanraj5305 Thanks

[@notperfectbutstillbeautifu2077]

Nice tips! Thank you! ☘️

[@mardyshelton4770]

You can also use sweet potato leaves in stew and soups or salad.

[@krisredlee]

What do they taste like. Thanks

[@mardyshelton4770]

@@krisredlee it's like spinach

[@zelliahwilson7050]

Can’t wait so I have to put the sweet potatoes on a heated Mac I don’t have one

[@rman229]

@@krisredleelike dirt

[@jerseyinthephilippines1283]

Nice!

[@mariarego4257]

thank you! I have forgotten a sweet potato in my kitchen and it's growing vines, now I know what to do with it ahah

[@lovedev9308]

I just planted the whole thing 🤷🏽‍♀️ waiting to see what happens so far the twigs have grown leaves and it's beautiful

[@jchanel7183]

Me too! And the plants are growing beautifully and tall!

[@goodcitizen3780]

You have to separate the slips from the sweet potato. If you don't, you wont get any more sweet potatoes. You'll still have just one potato at the end of summer.

[@jamee_maree]

⁠@@goodcitizen3780what’s the best way to separate them? I’m a newbie baby planter that’s watching nine million hours of YT for how to do things lol

[@monisolaelliott9346]

The Japanese sweet potatoes are getting very expensive at the store so I am definitely trying this

[@jerseyinthephilippines1283]

Yes

[@jt4369]

Precisely. I like the both the Japanese purple fleshed variety and the maroon-skinned, yellow-fleshed kind. This technique is terrific. I tried a technique similar to this from a pile of cruddy soil mixed in with some rotting leaves. Worked a charm. Don't overpay for sweet potatoes ever again.

[@avaander2065]

Exactly what I have now in my pantry. Tomorrow I will plant it in soil. I usually just put them in a ziplock bag and close it up. They grow really fast.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Yup doing this now with Korean sweet potatoes to see if i can grow a stach to keep on hand, way too expensive at HMart!

[@mamokamika4212]

Cut the top and bottom about 1-2 inches thick. Eat the middle. Burry the two pieces cut side down - keep area moist- you will get a lot of baby plants. I have it all over my garden.

[@Madenthewest]

I am fascinated with smart people like you

[@Richfxx]

If you already have sweet potatoes, just trim the vines remove all the leaves but the top mostly leaf put it in a water bottle for a week and you have a routed slips

[@SelfMadeBum]

You should plant slips sideways/flat rather than upright. Every node is a potential potato so bury as much of it as possible, leaving only the last leaves.

[@raerohan4241]

Either that, or mound them up every couple of weeks

[@roottrackerzbyyaira]

Agreed. Leave one leaf out. You will get a large amount to harvest. I just planted 2 vines like this in a huge dresser drawer.

[@margoreid7094]

Now, this us brilliant!!! Does this work for tomatoes too?

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

​@@margoreid7094 yes it does!!

[@kentuckycowboy7660]

I let mine get a 18-24 inch vines then start covering the leave mode and . Bam more roots in the ground, or coil them round and round in a 15-25 gallon potting bucket and more and more roots contained to one space

[@CinqCollines]

I did this in Quebec, Canada! I am so proud. Thank you Jacques.

[@cannaconsult]

In tropical Florida (no freeze in winter) I have 2 patches of sweet potatoes (one patch are purple inside, one orange inside) all from doing this, except outside. I go out and clip and cut slips and replant them to create a patch. No work anymore, except digging when I want to harvest some. Yard-forgaing❤ 😂

[@loverlyredhead]

Just tried this with my sweet potatoes after failing the water method last year. Fingers crossed.

[@kamoteph273]

in my 5th grade, every pupil was allotted a plot to grow these yum yum. kamote means sweet potato

[@calliehagood]

Thank you! This short, concise video was exactly what I needed to get started.

[@masonlittle2089]

Man I just threw mine in the garden, pulled it up like a month later, got rid of the “food waste” re-planted what was left and left it alone for 6 more months, a week ago we just harvested 3.5 kgs

[@PegsGarden]

That is a great way, I just stick my sweet potatoes in the ground and they just grow slips for me, I have had my 2 sweet potatoes in the ground growing slips since November here in Central Florida.

[@kawaiiLorenz1995]

Sweet potato leaves when used in soup make water taste sweeter on your next sip.

[@carolfrueh]

BRILLIANT! Just started mine. Plenty of time before planting out in 6b!

[@outoftheklosset]

Thank you for adding the closed captions!💐

[@fuyuscarlet2983]

Btw don't forget, you can eat the sweet potato leaves by stir fry it.

[@RaccoonRecluse]

If you have one potato. You have endless potatoes.

[@rickylovesyou]

Leaves are a "poor mans" spinach. Great as a spinach substitute.

[@larellesdiyhomestead]

Interesting, Ive never tried them . I will have to give them a try.

[@19OJ78]

Im growing my sweet potato in water and pulling off the slips as theygrow. Then I put them in water to root. Theyre growing fast. Ialso have white asian sweet potatoes already planted 😊 Thank you for all your videos..I still cant bring myself to eat beets or radishes though. Lol

[@ginab2689]

Beets & radishes are the best!

[@goodcitizen3780]

Try this... Put the potatoes in water upsidedown! Fat side down. This way they root as they grow! No need to grow slips then root them. Do it at the same time! Perfect!

[@philipm3173]

What?! Those are my favorites

[@minimumwage2169]

Sweet potato is one of those which can be planted year round.

[@suecronmiller5828]

Thank you for caring about how you teach us about sweet potato ❤

[@Pinkpumpkingardener]

Used this method & almost everyone rooted so well 😊

[@Give_Peace_a_Chance123]

Great idea! Thank you. 😊 🙏 ❤

[@ALucas73]

So here in New Zealand I would do this in mid September, plant "slips" start of October to harvest in mid April. Cool

[@daveregan8410]

Absolutely going to use this idea great tip.hope it works in the UK.

[@Crazy_Garden_Lady]

I put my sweet potatoes in the raised bed and do nothing until they have sprouted enough green, water regularly and mulch deeply with straw. This bed was previously a hügel culture bed until I made a frame after the wood is relatively decomposted. I have a great harvest every time. The straw helps conserve water in the dry season. I fertilize regularly with homemade fertilizer. This year we had a big fire here. Half of my garden and 2 buildings were burnt down. This winter I have to rebuild my garden. I used the sweet potato bed for cabbage and 3 other beds for NZ spinach, garlic and onions.

[@Elementaldomain]

I am lazy like that. Just plant the potatoes. And it’s way cheaper for me to keep going to the health food store to get different varieties as they come into season, than buy seed potatoes.

[@ms.lgraves4147]

TY!!👍🏽👍🏽 I bought 2 last week just for this purpose.

[@ponderosapondhomestead4344]

I’m growing sweet potatoes this year.

[@Myopinion-c7w]

Farmers gave sooooo much patience I’ll be back gotta run to the deli for breakfast..😂

[@Tanamanhits]

Nice video 😊

[@tnijoo5109]

That was awesome! Could you possibly make a special video explaining the whole process for really clueless inept idiots, and I mean clueless, and more inept than imaginable? That is the kind of video I need. Thank you. ❤

[@jamee_maree]

I need this too!!! I’m reading comments thinking “but what the heck is the slip part?!” Lmao

[@tnijoo5109]

@@jamee_maree I think the slip is the vine with some roots. Last fall I started growing sweet potatoes without knowing it because I have pretty severe ADHD. So I stuck the vines in water and they’ve been growing roots all winter. I kept cutting them and putting the cuttings in water to make more, since I didn’t know how many I would need. I haven’t planted them yet. I got books on gardening and watched tons of KZbins, all for these damn sweet potatoes. After figuring out all the things that could go wrong and strategizing how not to kill them, then I found out you have to cure them after harvest at certain temperatures I don’t even know if I can do. So, now I have tons of slips I don’t even know if I’ll plant. If sweet potatoes cost $30 a piece it would seem worth the trouble. But sweet potatoes are so cheap. These are purple sweet potatoes so I thought the anthocyanins might help my depression but the likelihood of failure might only make me more depressed. How are vegetables not more expensive?! Are you going to plant some? Have you grown anything else yet?

[@Sakanx]

Nasturtiums are great, loving it.

[@warriormamma8098]

Aha! Thanks. I have some growing, then I clipped some of the vines off and trimmed so there is about an inch on either side of a node & leaf. They are in clusters in mason jars of water under a grow light on the porch. Another vine is tossed into a shallow bucket with two inches of water. All from some trimmed vines a wonderful women gifted to me on Nextdoor nearly two years ago. My crop was small and not great before as I have so much to learn. I also have some that are in yard as they snuck out of planters and rooted in ground last year and even though we thought we harvested them all from yard this fall some popped up! So my husband is careful not to mow them down for me!

[@freelivingtennessee]

I do mine in a solo cup vertically to save space but this is a great idea too to save space! Love it!

[@maryellenk5965]

I'm so trying this thank you!!

[@TheMichael285]

I like best about sweet potatos is the leaves are delicious too.

[@angelaefferson8620]

This is the best way of sprouting slips

[@graceuponblessedbeyond370]

❤❤❤❤ Wow,I.m so glad. Thankyou t Sandra

[@NicolaiAAA]

Just waiting for my new grow bags to get here! 😊

[@bachempenius]

Wish I knew this sooner. Tried It in just water and the potatoe rotted away giving me 1 slip without any root. Next year I'll try your methode.

[@WigglyTuffStuff]

Why not try it again now?

[@goodcitizen3780]

Do the water method again too but this time put the fat end in the water, not the skinny end. Rooted slips just as fast.

[@ChauNguyen-sm3iv]

Hello everyone, I started my sweet potato in February. Go to Asian market, selected a big one that we love to eat. Go home, cut it into two. Stick 4 toothpicks about 1" from the cut end. Put each half on a glass of water, the water reach up about 1/2". The shoots start coming out two weeks later. The roots is showing now, along with other seeds. I spray some roots fertilizer so all of my seedling are growing strong.

[@brianmoore4299]

Thank you for this short. I don't grow alot of sweet potatoes but I assure you this works. Have definitely used this method in the past. Just a different container for me.

[@aadyae]

You don't need to plant the potatoe. Just leave it on the counter in a cool place. I have 2 that keep rooting..4 month now. I keep throwing the roots away. I won't anymore. I'll plant the roots and let the potatoes keep sitting on the counter and producing more roots for me!

[@Sharkdog11b]

This is the best seeet tatoe video I’ve ever watched thanks

[@superslyfoxx1]

I did this earlier this year and it worked very well. Thanks

[@Naturelover00023]

I love this!! I’m going to try it today

[@roxannerodriguez7075]

How many sweet potatoes will come from that one slip/root you planted in the pot?

[@goodcitizen3780]

Theoretically you can get unlimited slips from one potato

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

His update video showed about 12 sweet potatoes from one slip

[@boredguy4251]

My sister lives in an apartment and I saw one sweet potato that she left growing on the plant pot. The thing is that plant pot is right in the center of the room and the environment is so dark, somehow it still sprouts some leaves lol.

[@fadzilahjaafarsidek8087]

So simple to plant sweet potato don't need large place so smart👍

[@tarac704]

What are those beautiful pink flowers in the background growing so tall! Watching from Santa Cruz , Ca ! You guys are so fun to watch and learn from !

[@ptenglandprincess]

Awesome tips mate cheers from Australia 👌👍

[@PintuMahakul]

👍 An excellent and amazing video. We greatly value it. Thank you.

[@nildaotero2933]

Great video. Thanks for sharing

[@sheldonharvey8306]

Fantastic! Do you know anything about how to grow avocados? Keep up the good work.

[@barbarastefani254]

Thank you for this video this is gonna be a lot easier to do the slips

[@angellee9307]

So timely! I will try this at home.❤

[@shamfuentes1158]

Im awe at the tree haha. So citrucy

[@pedromunoz4468]

The master keeps on teaching us😊

[@atevnavarro655]

The top leaves are deliciuos and very nutritious

[@SquatYot]

Never thought my beast would start a garden

[@IberianCraftsman]

Mine ain't sprouting, does it need more heat or to wet it more?

[@goodcitizen3780]

Put it fat side down in water. Change water every few days. It will grow slips and roots just as fast with less uncertainty.

[@jennky8447]

That is super helpful! I use the toothpick & water method. I'll try it this way! BTW, the Asian store has the best variety for starters.

[@dreamervanroom]

Heat mat is the key.

[@alanakline2347]

I am inspired. Thank you! Though, they will have to go into my greenhouse.

[@RubeeRoja]

Mine is already doing this. And by mine I mean that I left a sweet potato on the counter for 2 weeks and now it's starting to grow slips.

[@BooBuKittyPhuk]

"And if you don't know,"... now ya know! *_BOOM_* 🎤 ⬇️

[@BestGranny10]

Yep! Just planted mine

[@leticiarodriguez7349]

GRACIAS,POR ENSEÑAR ESOS HERMOSOS CAMOTES,FACIL😍🙏🙏🙏👏👏

[@got2kittys]

The soil method is what commercial farm growers do.

[@scottvergin4732]

I never cared for sweet potatoes. Mostly can only eat a few spoonfuls before I’m done, but I appreciate spreading the knowledge of how to grow these foods. Even if I won’t enjoy them as much as the rest of the family

[@Elementaldomain]

There are a hundred varieties. You only see the one kind in U.S. markets. Probably because of the Thanksgiving tradition use. There are many varieties that aren’t super sweet, some are dry, some are more juicy. I won’t supply a link because most states have shipping restrictions for sweet potatoes. Just put sweet potato slips with your state and you should get a few hits.

[@GardeningWarrior]

this is how I root sweet potato slips!

[@gerrylaksono1222]

Bruh you don't need to bury the whole sweet potato. Just the top part 😌

[@goodcitizen3780]

Yes. You can just bury it upside down, fat side down. Also you can do it in water upside down as well

[@russellroot2670]

Thanks, I'll remind myself for next yr.

[@micheleolson9914]

Wish I would have seen this a month ago before I threw out a sweet potato in my potato bin that was shooting 12 inch roots upward! 😢

[@dreamervanroom]

Roots go down Sprouts grow up.

[@JohnRayCancinoBautista-qb2qt]

Should you put holes on the bottom?Please tell me because I want to grow sweet potatoes.😊

[@simarobinsoxcukon1308]

I'm going to try this 😊

[@karandeepsharankaur8770]

love this Jaques 😁💚

[@readingdestination9025]

I put my sweet potatoes in water UPSIDE DOWN and I too get slips with roots on them.

[@goodcitizen3780]

Yes! Super fast. Best method.

[@kerencrispe95]

sweet potatoes are the best food to grow honestly.. they grow relatively fast, you can eat the leaves(we put them in Sinigang in the Philippines, or blanch them and season with soy sauce and vinegar) and the sweet potatoes themselves are highly nutritious and filling(and delicious!)

[@777butterscotch]

Oooohh im trying thisss❤

[@carolgreen1822]

Great video! What is a "heat mat" and where do you get one?

[@Elizabeth13506]

Amazon has them. It is just as the name implies, a mat that produces heat for germinating seeds.

[@sunnyandashy]

👌🏾

[@karandeepsharankaur8770]

Thank you Jaques love the gtowing tips. Can i ask what soil mix your using please? Eg; organic veg home compost, vermiculite, perlite, horticultural sand, horticultural grit / ratio! Lol that was long😅 Thank you in advance 💚

[@brendajoycewhite5747]

OH Great. Going to do this.❤

[@cynthiadenham7215]

I did that last year and mine were about the size of pencils. What did I do wrong?

[@dreamervanroom]

How can anyone tell with you not giving any information. Are you drunk?

[@HannieRie]

Sweet potato leaves can be eaten too. My late mother used to plant alot of sweet potatoes in our backyard before.

[@stevenschaefer3530]

How did you get your nasturtium to trail up that orange tree? Love that!

[@cadenphillips4235]

this is a really cool video

[@1LightWarriorPrincess]

I’m on my way to the store to get me a sweet potato 🍠 😁

[@theseus4737]

THANK YOU SO SIMPLE

[@remysgarden2769]

Nice sharing

[@pinasarappamore]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@elisabethjones4917]

Love your homemade potato mattress. Can't you just use half of a potato to get the slips? 🤔 I cut the point ends off maybe 2-3" and I still got slips. Of course I ate the rest 😊😊

[@dianacraycraft524]

I'm in Oregon, it's end of June...can I still plant?

[@goodcitizen3780]

Depends on where in Oregon

[@tenaoconnor7510]

Gona have ta try that 😮