How to GROW, HARVEST, CURE & STORE Sweet Potatoes

[@mikereid2865]

No music, no unnecessary chatter, just clear confident information and advice. I'm all set now to grow some sweet potatoes. Thank you so much.

[@TheSouthIsHot]

When I lived in North Carolina, I stopped at a sweet potato farm and bought 40 pounds of sweet potatoes in a cardboard box. The farmer said they would last about 4 months at room temperature. They did and those were the best tasting sweet potatoes I've ever had in my life.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

So great. Thanks for sharing.

[@jennhoff03]

I love that you're putting this out in September bc you filmed the whole growing process. Basically every other youtuber just films the planting part. Your videos are miles ahead and soooo helpful!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Yay! Thank you! I grow them every year and really enjoy growing them.

[@emykang855]

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[@kevi504]

I love it❤ it's my favorite. Where are you from sister??? Wonna know you more. Love from Nagaland, North East of India.

[@du9163]

agreed, its content made with foresight. Great video, I took notes for this year. Our first time growing vegetables in our garden. thanks

[@lrfolkins6692]

YOU are a fantastically thorough teacher. ...and knowing WHY I am doing something is essential for success! Thank you! May you have a sweeeeet 2024 in your life and garden.

[@tennesseenana4838]

I LOVE Sweet Potatoes! This is my 3rd year for growing them in 18-gallon totes. However, the deer around my home enjoy eating the greens, which are also yummy and can be fixed like spinach - raw in salads or steamed. Have had to make a 'fence' around them with Tulle. It works great.

[@IbilolaGambo-dg9ki]

Very simple step by step explanation on how to grow potatoes. No wasting of time. I love this.

[@AmandaRPatterson]

This is a great example of why I love your videos. It clearly explains everything, including the timings, in a logical and efficient format. Thank you for being you and for all the work and inspriation!

[@aunties5798]

I am originally from Uganda and we grow Sweet Potatoes. I just learnt a new way of growing sweet Potato slips. Thank you for your tips on growing sweet Potatoes. Much love from Canada.🇨🇦

[@carolweatherman1225]

My first try at sweet potatoes and SO appreciate your sharing info with this 80+ year old woman! Mine are happily growing and vining in a raised box in Washington State!

[@CBReal1290]

Thank you for often making videos like under 20 minutes.That cover the basics get to the point.Shows nice photos or videos of what's going on in summary.Appreciate it so much thank you

[@mikefinley4367]

Awesome video. No wasted talk or unrelated to the topic, got right into the subject and much appreciated.

[@bethb8276]

The how to harvest and cure parts were in great detail, and so important to me, as I have not found anything that explained it so well. Thank you!

[@hermitholllerhomestead2080]

So much great info packed into 8 minutes. Too many Tubers repeat things 20 times wasting their time and mine. Great job!

[@deeh9495]

I’ve watched this video multiple times to master the art of creating sweet potato slips. I’m pleased to share that I have successfully started and planted sweet potatoes. Thank you for another informative and helpful video!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

That's fantastic!

[@hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-9239]

The video is so crisp and clean; and of course the presentation is very good.😊

[@rekster11]

Very thorough and informative video. Can’t wait to get my slips in the ground 🌱🍠

[@jcking6785]

Your videos are always so full of great information. It’s obvious you love to garden and share your knowledge. Thank you. 💚

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

So nice of you, thanks.

[@BrandiStClair]

This is the BEST video I’ve seen so far and very helpful and clear on how to grow sweet potatoes. Thank you!!

[@unboxinglifept]

You could do this tipe of video for every plant in the world, I would binge watch them all 🤣😍

[@gloriasandy2639]

You have said it all! Thanks for walking me through the process of planting my favourite root crop. 👍👍😍

[@la1163]

This year I grew Korean gold, Jersey yellow, beauregard , lilac beauty and purple mayanar. My purple variety are still in containers, been told take at least 120-150 days to grow properly. Happy gardening everyone.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Let me know how they turn out and which ones you like. Thanks for sharing.

[@la1163]

@@GrowingInTheGarden Will do.

[@blessisrael6455]

I’m going to get some so I’m very interested in how each turned out for you; did you use the same soil and compost for all of them … ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated on tips planting different sweet potatoes, and if and how differently they respond to growth, watering, sunlight, germination times….etc. Thanks !! ; )

[@katipohl2431]

Best video about sweet potato especially the varieties you named are helpful for me. Beauregard and O'Henry.

[@marjoriepark1198]

Best comprehensive info I have searched for. Growing up in the south east part of the US with a southern mama who always got her sweet potato slips started in a canning jar with toothpicks in the living room and then she let the vines grow all around the ceiling. Then somehow she would create the slips and always have a place to throw some in the ground. We must’ve taken for granted, always having sweet potatoes wherever we lived as opposed to “ Irish” potatoes 💕

[@jJaqStone]

Thank you, Angela. This was very helpful, especially the practical advise about curing.

[@almagjim]

I love how you explained everything so throughly 😊 I will definitely be trying growing my own sweet potatoes 🍠 this year. Thank you 😊

[@melindawolfUS]

I feed meat rabbits with sweet potato greens and I don't mind the slightly smaller root harvest I get from picking 5-8 leaves a week per plant. The bunnies are healthy, they make perfect fertilizer so my garden is happy, and it keeps feed costs cut about in half :)

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Good point. I find I’m feeding my chickens a lot of the greens as well for the same reasons.

[@theresaluvilleorozco6031]

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[@tessloneill7978]

Well I started these sweet potatoes late. I probably won’t get them in the ground for a few weeks. I am new to gardening and saw one of your videos and went out directly to get a couple of sweet potatoes. Next year I will start them earlier. However all may not be lost considering I live between San Antonio and Austin. We really don’t have winter until January. Thanks so much for this recording. Very clear directions.

[@robinwilliams5608]

Wow! Thank you for all the helpful information. I wish I had run across your video 3.5 months ago, when I planted my sweet potatoes. I thought I had watched enough videos to have the hang of it but you mentioned quite a bit more than I had heard in a bunch of other videos. Getting ready to harvest my four plants in a week or so. Wish me luck.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Best of luck!

[@JenniferCFoung]

Your videos are so clear, informative, and encouraging! Thanks for all of the sweet potato growing information! I'm off to try these on my Japanese yams. :)

[@abrahamalemayehu6572]

Thank you from Ethiopia.

[@ferme814]

Thank you for showing the entire process. I live in central Texas, planted sweet potatoes in late August and they are doing well. I’m hoping to harvest in late November.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Sounds great!

[@Raymondgogolf]

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[@mariaavery5004]

This is my first year growing sweet potato. It's been fun seeing them grow and using some of the leaves to eat. This was very informative. I found growing the slips with the potatoes in dirty was the best thing. Have a few weeks before harvesting.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Wonderful!

[@melissabean8144]

As always your videos are very interesting and informative. I was curious as how to grow these. Now I know. Thank you so much 🥰

[@gperk929]

Great video I just planted my first year I have a raised bed and a few grow bags so excited!!

[@hubhukhozingenjabamjongile7474]

This is one of my favourite crops

[@kristihill3895]

What a great video. All the details you gave are so helpful. I made plenty of notes and I am ready to plant my slips! Thank you so much.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

This was the most helpful tutorial i found so far. Im in a 6B so i wont be able to plant till june, so ill start around the second week of may. Our weather has been weird for the past few years, so we should be abke to count on 80 degree temps till the second week of september before the storms and soggy weather hits, but here's hoping.

[@the3dprintingdm322]

Always love your videos! Thanks so much for all the great info!

[@henriettaflores9923]

One of the best videos I’ve seen on sweet potatoes!

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

im growing sweet potatoes fort the 1st time this year, im getting my slips in may. I am so excited to hzve them and be able to plant them. I LOVE SWEET POTATO! but I have never grown it! I have bought a load of different ones about 20 starts! should be enough I hope. I heard they store super well so thats so exciting.

[@Andbygrace7024]

Thank you so much for this lesson. I appreciate your teaching style.😊

[@kathyengland3534]

Thank you for this very well done video. I plan to follow your advice and look forward to watching them grow! (and eating the harvest, of course.)

[@hannahwanjiru8901]

Thank you for an educative video. I have learnt how to grow and store sweet potatoes.

[@somadinasmbg]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@stevetrivago]

Awesome… I just ordered some purple sweet potato slips.. Thanks for the wisdom 🙏🏼

[@willie9767]

Thank you for your show

[@denagooler3959]

Thank you so much for this video. You're very informative and super appreciate that.

[@pennythatcher1306]

I had a sweet potato that was growing leaves so I just stuck it in the dirt in my plant. I came here to see what to do with it and how to know when it's ready to harvest. I know it's not ready yet. I just stuck it in there less than a month ago. It's about 2 ft tall already and super thick. I didn't mean for it to actually start growing. I thought it was going to die. I'm in Southern California so it will probably be fine over winter. I just thought it was crazy how fast it's growing.

[@live_troublemaker]

I'm in SoCal too 🙂. I was amazed to find about 10 lbs of sweet potatoes today. Especially since I live in the desert. Next year, I am going to grow even more!

[@levenscott645]

Excellent presentation and information.

[@LouiseNcube]

Thank you for this informative tutorial on ploughing, curing, harvesting and storing. I will try it and share the msg.

[@alice_rabbit8345]

I was given some slips from a friend and since I have a small garden I’m planting them in grow bags

[@BeADad2447]

So thorough! Don't need to watch another video!

[@makingaflippingliving]

I’m starting a garden and this is going to come in handy! Thank you!

[@tonysullivan9552]

I've watched many planting videos, with a whole lot of talking that aren't nearly as informative as this one. Thank you, job well done!

[@DisneyUpBoilerUp]

Quick and to the point. Appreciate!

[@cdinaz]

Love the vid and info. My first attempt in grow bags in Phoenix area everything died, too hot and dried out I think. Next year the vines grow like crazy but the tubers were super small after 5 months and yellowing foliage. This year we're trying self-wicking tubs and making sure the soil is not too nitrogen rich. I'm addicted to the Stokes purples and really want to get it nailed down so will keep at it.

[@ijahdagang6121]

Great information..love your video..wish you success and be healthy always

[@swflorida]

I harvested my sweet potatoes about 3 weeks ago. instead of composting the vines, I buried them in the spot where I had just grown them. I added some new soil on top and planted corn in that spot. I now have sweet potato slips EVERYWHERE. the vines I buried grew roots. I had no idea they grew like that. I see about a dozen or so slips shooting up. I dug a few out and the roots look great. what a pleasant surprise.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

They will definitely do that!

[@DavidBLo100]

Excellent tips. Thank you.

[@she_greene]

Your videos are very informative. Thank you! 💚

[@gpsinai]

Thank you!!!For all the informations.

[@jasonmclean531]

Exactly the information I what was looking for. Thank you ✌

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@texasrvgenerator558]

Wonderful tips. Thanks so much for sharing!!

[@lisawatson3467]

Thanks for sharing and being so informed about the process

[@remoniabrashear4524]

Thank you for sharing I'm going to try it this spring in Perryton Texas

[@julieugolini4195]

You are so helpful and thanks for putting temp in 'c also as I'm in South Australia...... down side is, when you give months I have to do the opposite....! 😱 we have just started Spring Cheers Julie ⚘ 🇦🇺

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Enjoy your spring. Thanks for watching and hello from Arizona!

[@lajwantishahani1225]

Julie, I'm in India and it's hard to find many gardeners growing in my kind of weather, except possibly Arizona and Florida! Happy gardening, Lajo

[@brokenenglish3897]

Great video. Greetings from Poland ❤

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thank you! 😃 Hello from Arizona!

[@christenascott5280]

Thank you this was very imperative and I think I will try to grow sweet potatoes in 2024

[@jonalyrabaca]

the young leaves of sweet potatoes we make it like a salad,just blanch it and add some tomatoes little vinegar and onion if you want!really good !

[@132435465768798030]

Strait to the point, really informative, thanks for the video :)

[@vetgirl71]

Thank you! Well done! 👏🏾👏🏾😃

[@Arcticdi]

excellent presentation!

[@blessisrael6455]

This is by far the most accurate specific description I’ve found; If I want a big harvest for the winter, to plant sweet potatoes at the beginning, would I use a deep container of regular potting soil (most say add %50 fertilizer and %30 compost like food scraps or manure), do I water daily since the sun drys out the fertilizer, and should they be buried or sit at the top .. ? Thanks !! ; )

[@ROSARIOFLORESG]

Congratulations on your crops, these are very delicious 🌵🌻👩🏻‍🌾🇲🇽

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thanks so much

[@Raymondgogolf]

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[@kareenwatson6084]

Thanks so much. Got so much clarity.

[@kolapyellow7631]

Very useful information. Thank you.

[@beowolf19751]

Excellent informative video!

[@DanielGarcia-pu3eb]

Thanks for the video ! Very informative and to the point !

[@rosangelysantiago2042]

so informative thank you!

[@shirleyk623]

You answered my question I believe, about all the extra vines. As I understand, they should be trimmed to allow more energy for the sweet potatoes. Is that true? Because my sweet potatoes vines have gone crazy. I'm cutting them and giving them to a friend for her chickens. Thanks for this informative video. Happy Gardening 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

It's best NOT to trim them - let them grow and provide energy for the tubers.

[@ko-ne-de-do]

This video is amazing.

[@belvera5976]

When I was still in the Philippines I was living with my grandparents , they plant sweet potatoes 🍠 in the block of land

[@termodog7951]

I did not know the leaves were edible. I started quite a few slips in jars in my living room and I like the plants so much I just leave them for a house plant. Are these leaves still edible? Because I have 8’ vines growing in my window…lol. They look awesome. How are the leaves prepared to eat?

[@theroyalcrane]

They are the older leaves are tougher though. Pick the leaves off the vine wash them really well. The stem end of the leaves leak a sap so rinse well. Shred the leaves and cook them in stews they get a bit slimey and thicken the soup. Also, they can be sautéed whole with some garlic, onions, and your favorite herbs and served as a side dish.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Great tips below from The Royal Crane - best of luck to you!

[@tammywinter9268]

Fantastic information, thank you.

[@brandonterry6194]

GRATITUDE 💥🤩💥

[@kolapyellow7631]

I am trying it this summer.

[@gerdadewinter2520]

Great information, thanks

[@pn3940]

I grow mine in pots and for some reason, tubers don't form at the crown, but they go deep in the pot. some roots even through the pot's holes and form tubers in the ground, or even block the holes :)

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Such an interesting vegetable. Thanks for shairng.

[@teejonesactie]

It's July in MD, can I start to make slips for fall/winter sweet potato harvest? Thanks

[@ms.lgraves4147]

This video is sweeeeeet!

[@goducks20101]

Regarding soil mix; I'm wondering what you'd suggest. Some You-Tubers mention adding sand, some don't. If it helps, I live in So. Calif. Zone 10A and the temps. are pretty mild. I'm happy to have discovered your channel, thank you.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Good drainage and friability helps. Depends on what your soil is like now. I generally don't add sand because I'm gardening in raised beds and the texture is very good.

[@lisafahrner8257]

Awesome!!! Video!!!!

[@Spfreedom247]

Great video thank you so much!

[@Gogrannygo55]

Great video. I am definitely going to try growing sweet potatoes 🍠. Thank you for this valuable information!!!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gurangnavlogger262]

I support your channel

[@carolwallace9911]

Excellent info thankyou

[@HungryHobbit12]

I really hope you read comments on these older videos 😅 I just harvested our sweet potatoes. I should have done it earlier but life gets in the way. My 6 year old helped so I’m pretty sure most are bruised but we can use those quickly if needed. I don’t really have anywhere to cure them other than a closet. Will that work? I have them in a plastic bag wrapped loosely in a towel. Now I know that in the low desert planting time is March so when it’s time to cure they will have a warm place outside (I assume the plastic bag keeps them humid)? Or would planting slips in April/May and harvesting in September when it’s still hot, curing them outside and then storing in the garage from November on work?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Sure, should work. Idea is to tighten the skin a bit and sweeten them up.

[@UsterKoolageArt]

Have you ever eaten the leaves? Thanks for your informative videos. We live in the very hot NW AZ and I can't wait to plant in this hot, hot summer and actually have some! I love red jewel yams. Do they also grow the same way?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I think yams are similar - but I don't know for sure. I've tried the leaves but my chickens like them more than I do.

[@johnokebule3810]

Good one Angela

[@xuanmai1479]

Can you share What's soil you use for planting sweet potatoes .Thanks

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Sure: growinginthegarden.com/best-soil-for-raised-bed-vegetable-gardening/

[@shalimar1792]

Thank you for your tips...