Planting Sweet Potatoes in New Containers. Step by step to success.

[@DianeHasHopeInChrist]

I grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, heirloom tomatoes, okra, squash, zucchini, garlic, ginger, red onions, etc., in my apartment, using a grow light system. Considering what is going in, and the demoncraps's New World Order, everyone should start growing their own food. I used a 5 gallon tub, drilled holes, put medium to large river rocks in the bottom to facilitate drainage, for growing my sweet potatoes, red & golden potatoes. My veggies look great and already harvesting. Been growing jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, Anaheim chili peppers, etc. They produced a lot of food! All grown inside of a small apartment! If I can do it, anyone can! Thank you. Oh, and I am from Orlando, FL, so I know all about heat & humidity. I now luve in Southeast Idaho....love it! I will succession grow all year round, too. And I just threw potatoes with eyes into the soil.....and any potato will grow jyst fine doing tgat. No need for potato slips. Just make sure your potato has eyes growing. Can even buy a store potato, put it galfway into water, let roots grow, put in soil. Easy, and no need for slips. You can grow ANY fruit & veggie bought from a store to grow in your home/yard. Yep!

[@djrramsey]

Way to go with the containers. Nothing says freedom like growing your own food, knowing exactly what is in the soil. And living in Southeast Idaho has to be a great bonus.

[@rebeccaggarcia7250]

Wonderful and creative ideas. Kudos!

[@suzanneweary9739]

I'm in Columbus, in the same zone. I've been looking for someone with the same climate and soil conditions for a month. Let's not forget this heat! Let's just say, I subscribed immediately! Thank you for this guide!

[@zhovonsescape2539]

It makes me happy to know you grow out here in Atlanta. Now I can see when you plant stuff lol thanks for that

[@GrowAndEatThis]

So far this winter is not at all like the last 2-3 years. Much colder. Even so, I am looking forward to getting the spring stuff started in another 4-6 weeks.

[@Hatfield_Country]

Empty livestock mineral tubs make a good container for growing sweet potatoes and are readily available on Craigslist and Facebook marketplace.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

I can never find any in Gwinnett County or nearby. I would really like them but the developments have driven off all the farms around here. Such a shame.

[@marc895]

Great I'm going to try this planting sweet potato

[@SandcastleDreams]

We've been getting 90's here in Central FL after getting drowned with about 3" of rain...the empty kiddie pools were almost full after one rain! LOL! Use it to water the corn and stuff.

[@SandcastleDreams]

My plan...is to circle the vines over the surface of the pot and hope they take root! Or cut some for more slips! I'm getting a real late start on sweet potatoes this year too!

[@tthappyrock368]

Great idea to use the 18 gallon rope barrels! I may end up doing that! This will be my first year growing sweet potato and yams. I just prepared the trays to set the parent roots in today.

[@nolasmith1790]

love the birdsong!

[@sandieblack4860]

Perfect timing! Planting out my sweet potato slips is on my list of things to do today. I am in Ontario Canada and have to wait until early June for the weather to settle and warm up some. I did plant a couple of tubs up and sit them in my greenhouse about 3 weeks ago just in case the weather didn't cooperate. This way I can be pretty sure I would have a few potatoes for seed next year in case the entire crop failed. I have been growing sweet potatoes in raised beds for the past 4 years with pretty good success. Last year wasn't great but I had problems with chipmunks and squirrels eating my vines shortly after they were set out. I think once the roots take hold the critters are not as interested , maybe the leaves and vines get a bit too tough or bitter for them.So this year I am planting most of my slips in large planters similar to yours and that way I can protect them easier when they first go in until they are well established. Thanks for the video, take care and stay safe. Sandie.

[@jeremiahr7585]

Have you grown Japanese sweet potatoes up in Canada? Also, do the plants grow back on their own when winter is over or does the frost kill then for good?

[@JMJc3337]

I would cut some of those long slips and planted them too😊

[@jackshipman9209]

I appreciate the info. I have a bunch to plant.

[@markjenkins1217]

Basically desired to point out Now i am pleased I stumbled on your vlog !

[@elisazulueta9535]

Thanks for sharing your video.. Informative and good tips for success harvest.

[@zouheir2651]

Awesome video thanks for shairing

[@norhayatiabdulhamid3026]

Good info for new beginner to plant sweet potatoes i like it but i need to see the outcomes.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

check my other videos on sweet potatoes for past year outcomes. Amazing results. This video is of the sweet potatoes I just planted, so the outcome is months away.

[@aaustin3704]

Found the tubs @ Goodwill Outlet fow $1.00 a tub. But put the wholes on the bottom. Also got other tubs for $ 1.00

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Good for you. Every time I find big tubs at Goodwill around here they want almost as much as the tubs cost new.

[@pansywalkerrn4186]

I take the the slips off the potato. and root in a glass of water.

[@msjoy2005]

They’re at Walmart for the same price. 17gal

[@riahappy]

nice, grandpa! 👍

[@ramonamacabugao1613]

Do you have the video of the harvesting? Thank you!

[@djrramsey]

check the other videos on my channel. GrowandEatThis for the videos on the harvesting.

[@andreawilson5789]

Thank you so much for sharing I try it but n the ground not thing so I am going to try it look you

[@Chainyanker007]

That Japanese variety sounds like it’s the Murasaki variety. Some seed companies sell slips in the Spring.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

It most likely is a Murasaki. Just started with store bought potato and keep reusing saved potatoes year after year.

[@lieblee3063]

Whoever your wife is she is lucky 👍

[@clowilliams17]

Thanks I Needed That !!!!

[@MaryDavidson911]

Great and very informative video. Thank you!!

[@greggrundle8853]

Drill holes would work better if drill wasn't in reverse

[@sasquatchdonut2674]

The variety of the Japanese one is probably murasaki. If it has the red exterior with the white inside, that’s what it is

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Like a cross between a baked potato and a sweet potato. We love them grilled out until the skin is carmelized. Eat it all.

[@pn3940]

grow for how long? any maintenance during growing season?

[@GrowAndEatThis]

how long? at least 100 days. 120 is better if your season is long enough. I fertilize every 2 weeks, more often if we get a real heavy rain. Organic fish emulsion, worm castings, worm tea, any of the xxxxTones tha are all roughly 4-4-4 more or less. Even watering is very important if you want sweet potatoes and not just a ton of hairy roots.

[@sermsrikradungnga4163]

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[@bjohnson2143]

I got my tubs from MENARDs in illinois. The price has gone up to over $11 for them, but I've had them for 3 or 4 years and they are till in great shape.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Prices are just crazy. I am trying some grow bags from Amazon in the 20 and 25 gallon size. % or 6 for about $25. They will need more water but the price is way more reasonable. Good luck.

[@mariabradford1689]

Great Video! David I enjoyed it. I'm in zone 8 I would like to try to grow me some sweet potatoes. When can I start it is late July now.

[@djrramsey]

The potatoes will be small but you should still get some. And the small ones are fabulous tasting and cook up quickly.

[@Meskarune]

Every time I plant rooted slips, they wilt and die. They will grow in water forever but won't grow in soil. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Good reason to start them in dirt from the beginning. That is what I do now. If you have water roots and want to make them 'dirt' roots, be sure they are very wet all the time. If you do that they should make dirt roots pretty quick. Hope that helps.

[@Meskarune]

@@GrowAndEatThis Thanks so much!

[@Ed1Ward]

Start at 8:00

[@Darealjennifromtheblock]

I cannot get my sweet potato slips to grow for the life of me!

[@GrowAndEatThis]

You can not get sweet potatoes to develop slips or once planted they are not growing?

[@AddLoveTM126]

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[@djrramsey]

soil3.com/ I think they have a location up near you.

[@shadowdancer1358]

How do you get the slips without the potato?

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Have to start with a sweet potato. Place flat half covered in soil. Water gently. About a month should have some slips starting.

[@flgardener1155]

The variety you are probably planting is called Murasaki. It was developed by Louisiana State University. Murasaki means purple in Japanese. Murasaki have a purplish skin but a white interior. Choosing the Japanese name has caused no end to the confusion associated with this variety.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

That is what they are, Murasaki. They are really good. Basically a cross in taste and texture with a baking potato and a sweet potato. They are really expensive here in Georgia so I grow lots of them. The orange ones are more readily available but I still grow all I can.

[@eustacerobinson8393]

I like organic fertilizers, but are these other chemical substances good? yes you get a good harvest but what about consumption are they really safe ,regarding all these cancers

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Check the bottom of the container and see what kind of plastic the container is. Type 1,2,4 and 5 are considered food safe. Other numbers or no numbers are not. That is a very quick way to 'maybe' know.

[@miaaustin1508]

Hi Grown and eat I like your Growing potato’s , Where do I buy that the pots ? Thanks

[@kevinkissingersr2015]

He says he bought the pots at Aldi I have also bought containers online you get 6:15 gallons for about 20 bucks they're not plastic oh they're more like a burlap Amazon

[@workphone4210]

What about growing from store bought sweet potatoes.

[@djrramsey]

My original sweet potatoes and japanese purple sweet potatoes were slips from store bought. Just get organic to start with. Many times the not organic are sprayed with something to keep them from sprouting.

[@workphone4210]

@@djrramsey THANKS

[@7spiritualcompass706]

Do you leave the worms in the new soil? What are slips? Thank you, David.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Worms are always good. Slips are the plants that will grow from a sweet potato. Either. Suspended in water or half planted in soil. Break them odd, plant and they will grow new sweet potato plants

[@johnkawage8165]

Top gardening mate..

[@aimei5287]

Hi, do you need to drill holes on bottom of the container?

[@GrowAndEatThis]

I put 5-6 holes in the bottom. Roughly 3/4" size. Then I will put some on the sides close to the bottom in case the bottom ones are clogged or get blocked if the container is on the ground.

[@victorfreeman5413]

When you decide to replace your drill, do get a milwaukee, you will love it

[@djrramsey]

I actually bought a Dewalt drill and Dewalt impact drill. Wow what a difference a newer drill makes. My old ones was very old, at least 20 years I think.

[@doantp]

David, where you got the Sweet potato seedling?

[@GrowAndEatThis]

I started out with organic sweet potatoes from the grocery store. I have several videos up on how to get them to sprout. I will be starting them in a couple of months. They want it hot outside so don't rush to get plants that won't live outside too early.

[@Chainyanker007]

You have to get the sweet potatoes from an organic store or farmers market because the supermarket ones are sprayed with a chemical that prevents the potato from sprouting. No amount of scrubbing will make those sprout, they have to be organic.

[@meeakuga6694]

How to grow purples sweet potato

[@JamesDavis-lz7xt]

Well the 18 gallon tubs now are $17.00 to $ 19.00 dollars time has change .

[@djrramsey]

They were $11 at Walmart a week ago. Best time to buy tubs in spring. Aldi's will have them for $5. They go fast. Big Lots or the over a dollar type stores will have them for $7-8 in the spring. Square tubs will be a good buy around the new year.

[@toddmcglauchlin6201]

Try going to a seed store if you’re out near country farms. A lot of them sell similar tubs for a lot less money that are used after selling other products in them

[@helenclayton8259]

Can you use just compost or do you HAVE to have other things in the compost too ? Im brand new to gardening lol

[@djrramsey]

you can use just compost. Just don't use regular yard dirt. It will compact too much and there won't be room for the sweet potatoes to grow out.

[@helenclayton8259]

David Ramsey oh great! thanks so much for your reply.

[@carolynhamersley6480]

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[@joannesmith3991]

what size bucket do i need to grow these ty

[@djrramsey]

The smallest container that I use for sweet potatoes is 18 gallons. Bigger the better.

[@sojournsojourntraveler1203]

WHITE NOISE ?

[@MaryDavidson911]

Is it too late to plant sweet potatoes from sweet potato chunks at this point? I live in northern Missouri

[@SandcastleDreams]

I wouldn't think so! If you are in zone 5b or 6, you are actually a little early to be planting out. Just make sure your soil is warm. Sweet potatoes are a warm weather crop. But why are you using "chunks"? With Sweet Potatoes you normally either plant out small sweet potatoes that have started sprouting or slips.

[@kevinkissingersr2015]

Can't plant sweet potatoes from trunks you have to gross lips or by slips they don't grow like potatoes regular potatoes do

[@tranthiduyen615]

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[@thel2348]

Khoai lang

[@superbuddyfranklin]

9:37 You should have planted that big bastard right in the middle of the pot and let it go apeshit and not discarded it . End of story. Great vid by the way.

[@helenhe4047]

请问：你为什么不直接买有洞的桶呢？谢谢赐教！

[@angieharguess974]

Do deer eat the vines which kills the plant/harvest?

[@GrowAndEatThis]

We do not get much deer activity here in the summer. So not a problem for us

[@angieharguess974]

@@GrowAndEatThis thanks!

[@margaretwittman1912]

angie harguess I’m in west central Florida in a rural area and the deer loved my sweet potato vines

[@angieharguess974]

Oooff course! Thanks

[@julitalibatique8728]

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[@tater357]

Not sure why you have blocked me, but I was only intending to help. Good luck with your garden.

[@sherlynpatterson4304]

Surprised you did not plant the whole potato that had roots and leaves. This how most children in science classes are taught to grow a potato. In the 1960's many children did this with much success.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Planting small whole potatoes or cut pieces of potato is the way to do the regular potatoes. Russets, red, yukons, etc. Sweet potatoes do better with slips. When I plant small whole sweet potatoes and do not get many roots to eat. Lots of tops but no roots.

[@sherlynpatterson4304]

@@GrowAndEatThis Thank you.

[@dianadavis8709]

@@GrowAndEatThis I grow some just for the leaves to add to my salads, so I plant one or two whole sweet potatoes with roots and vines for using the greens they produce. I use my slips to grow the sweet potatoes I want to eat later.....Enjoyed your video...

[@LeeLee-nw4db]

Technically, the sweet potato is not a potato, but is from the morning glory family. So unlike a regular potato, the sweet potato is best grown from slips.

[@esmevermaas1823]

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