How to Grade and Cure Sweet Potatoes

[@YoooItsRex]

Very informative. Thank you very much!!!!

[@vitaliyg3516]

very good video

[@stropefarmsllc7630]

Hello great video did you guys make your sweet potato grader if so can you tell me the dimensions any help would be great thank you

[@uknowvideos]

Yes, we made our own sweet potato grader. We used simple PVC pipes and spaced them according to USDA size grades to sort our sweet potatoes. It was a two layer sorter: first with PVC pipes which were 3.5 inches apart and second 2.25 inches apart. Any sweet potato above 3.5-inch were called Jumbo grade and sweet potato less than 1.5-inch diameter were categorized as small.

[@CarolAnn61]

What fertiliser NPK rating do you use? Do you trim the vines or just let them run? Any other information you can give for a home grower would be appreciated :)

[@ajayagri]

Hi Carol, Please find my responses below: 1. Amount of N is based on soil organic matter present. My plots had on average 2.5% organic matter and I applied between 80-100 lb N/A. With respect to P and K, recommendations are made based on soil test results. 2. No, I do not trim vines. I mow the vine before harvest and then dig the sweet potatoes out.

[@lukemus1944]

great video!!

[@Shannyfrizz]

what does it mean when you say "use for processing" is that like puree?

[@ajayagri]

Hi Shanny What I meant was its use in the processed food industry (packaged, puree, baby food, etc.)

[@Shannyfrizz]

Ajay Nair thank you!

[@MetaView7]

LOL the Asian supermarkets are selling the small ones as gourmet sweet potatoes. They are charging a premium for these, according to you, non-marketable sweet potatoes. LOL

[@ournovascotiaadventure1619]

Could you sell your bad ones to pig farmers? At least you can make some money off them, or do you use the compost in your fields? Great video

[@uknowvideos]

Yes, it would be a good way to efficiently use the bad sweet potatoes but I do not know how the pigs would respond to a rotting sweet potato (chuckle). The root will still have most of its nutritious charactersitcs except in portions that are rotting or disintegrated. Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene), C, and B6. Additionally, they are a good source of dietary fiber. - Ajay Nair

[@shirleybryant2510]

Cooking sweet pudding

[@llamasoup6865]

Why am I here. This isn't a meme

[@shirleybryant2510]

Cooking sweet pudding