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[@JCC_1975]

I take a sweet potato and put it in a glass of water until it roots and plant it in a hanging basket and keep it in the house all winter it makes a beautiful looking climbing vine plant. Then in the spring snap off the vines and plant them. They'll take off like crazy and you'll have a massive crop.

[@kjbaran]

Clever! Thank you.

[@lovewins8238]

Wow! What a great idea! Thank you! 🍠

[@amalias8888]

This sounds like an easy method.

[@JCC_1975]

@@amalias8888 It is. Hope it helps you.

[@melaniebrown4947]

Thanks for sharing this! I will try it.

[@MichaelJones-fv8cd]

I started some without soaking, it took 4 weeks to sprout. I soaked some 24 hrs they sprouted in 19 days. Wow, thanks for the tip.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, I discovered that soaking sped up the process after trying it several years ago. You can't see any difference in the sweet potato after 24 hours, but the results say something happened for sure. Thanks for the comment.

[@tajl.3961]

Since watching this video I've decided to try growing my own sweet potatoes. Wish me luck.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

You still have plenty of time to grow full sized sweet potatoes. I haven't even put my sweet potato slips into the ground, and any time before the end of May will still grow full sized potatoes. Good luck.

[@aliadiarra3021]

Bonne chance !

[@aquilaclark814]

You can do it is not hard at all.. I have knee problems so I use large pots..🥰

[@gertruidasnyman7672]

Soet patat op menu ,yummy

[@robynmarler1951]

Good luck💖🌱💖

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

Sweet potatoes are life 😋

[@JhourladEstrella]

Here in the Philippines we buy sweet potato cuttings from the wet market as we eat the leaves the same way we eat spinach then we plant the stems. But I guess it's not available in the west thus the initial step to sprout the tubers. Though I think your method results in stronger plants so I guess I'll try that one.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

If it is warm enough, you can just plant the entire sweet potato in the garden very shallow, keep it well watered and moist, and skip planting in the pot. I only plant in the pot because it's still too cool at night to germinate outdoors, so I use the greenhouse. Thanks for watching in the Phillipines!

[@JhourladEstrella]

@@TheBackGardenYard Thanks. I'll try that. And yes, we do have a great climate here. It's usually 34°C (93.2°F) in my area.

[@ipomoeaalba936]

Eat the leaves like spinach? Excellent. Thank you.

[@princesszhorne]

Thank U🎉 from Atlanta Ga ❤❤❤❤ in the process of doing ur method. Thanks again ❤

[@TheBackGardenYard]

If you have sprouts already, you are right on track. Good luck.

[@jtg2323]

I hope viewers realize that you don’t need to completely bury the sweet potato in order for the slips to grow. You can just lay it on its side in warm, moist growing medium. Also, after the slips are at least 6 inches tall, you can simply break individual slips off from where they start on the potato. The slips can be rooted in a jar of water in a sunny, warm spot, then planted outside when temperatures remain warm enough. There’s no need to mess around with cutting the sweet potato into pieces to plant the slips. One sweet potato can produce numerous slips. Once the slips have a good root system developing, they can be planted out in a warm, sunny location in loose soil. Sweet potatoes like it hot and sunny. They need to be watered well, and they’ll produce more potatoes if they’re fertilized with potassium and phosphorus. They don’t need much nitrogen as that will just produce more vines. Finally, the vines can be cut back several times throughout the season since they usually get out of control.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yea, you can also just lay it on its side in water and it will usually root or rot. As another viewer commented, they sometimes just start rooting laying on the counter. I prefer to plant the whole potato because it's easier to control the moisture around the potato and it seems to make more slips. But whatever works for anyone is good by me. Thanks for watching...

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

@jtg2323 I came to say this. I line mine up in a shallow container, cover with soil, and pull the slips off as they get to about 6” long and plant them. The “mother” potatoes will keep pushing slips all summer. Also in my experience if the slips are attached to the potatoes they rooted from they make lots of vines but not many potatoes.

[@ooohlaa13]

hmmm guess then I won't try leaving the potato on the root ... thanx @@jaredmccutcheon5496

[@JCC_1975]

Yeap. I start mine rooting in a glass of water and then plant it in a hanging planter for it to vine all iver the place until I am ready to snap, root and plant the shoots. They are really easy to grow.

[@girgriffin4902]

And sweet potato leaves are edible, too. So if you have too much vibe and not enough tubers, you can eat the leaves or cover the nodules with dirt to help establish rooting.

[@cynthiacollins2668]

Smart! I never considered soaking it first. Good thinking!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Kinda like soaking seeds before you plant them. I think it stimulates the part of the potato that will make the roots. Thanks for the kind comment.

[@tednisbeth3088]

My wife loves Sweetpotatoes and we are getting ready to plant . Thanks for your example .

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, my wife is the reason I grow these sweet potatoes also. She likes to eat the leaf stems while the plants are growing. Here's a video I made of that... kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5u0n5mpe9Grnas Thanks for watching

[@annieweichal1620]

Sweet potato leaves are full of nutrients

[@royallan3717]

I appreciate how difficult it must be to do all this with one hand so a big thanks from me

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thanks Roy. Sometimes I have the camera on a tripod, sometimes hand held, and sometimes on a headband, depending on what I'm filming. I've learned a lot about filming and editing in the year that I've had the channel live, and hope the quality of the videos is improving. I had to learn to slow down, do more close-ups - and control the volume better. It's a lot of work, but just a hobby for me, so I enjoy making the videos. Thanks for your support.

[@ooohlaa13]

I think too Southern slow even for a Floridian, so I speeded up the delivery.@@TheBackGardenYard

[@lidip8700]

I used moist sand instead of soil because I battle fungus gnats so bad. TA DA! It worked! I did bury the potatoes too deep, so once I adjusted that, I've grown about a dozen or so, and have several more starting. 》Keep it moist 》Keep it warm or on a heat mat. You'll grow slips.

[@H4me7215]

I love your channel/video! When you separated the potatoe slips did you cut the potatoe in 4 pieces or just take the "Slips off?" Thank you so much.❤

[@sbubb9155]

Sand ?and no bugs ? That's why I can never plant anything in soil. I just cannot stand those knats or any other bug for/ that matter.

[@Variant1on1]

What done are you in?

[@nim3186]

The birds are so happy ❤

[@juneramirez8580]

I always have a sweet potato here and there in my kitchen that sprouted. When they are a few inches or taller I just break it off from the potato snd stick them in a little water on my window sill. They root fast for me and I then plant them out. Make sure you are planting them at the right time for your zone.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

That works too. What's I'm trying to do in the video is make a lot of slips fast, to plant a bigger crop, thus 100 potatoes from 1... Thanks for watching.

[@Ctobefree]

Can you do same with regular potatoes?

[@kbaxter1996]

​@@CtobefreeGoogle chitting potatoes. Regular potatoes are grown differently. Happy gardening!

[@Ctobefree]

@@kbaxter1996 thank you! You as well.

[@lyalljerome9300]

You sharing your knowledge and experience is doing humanity a great service! Keep up the good work. I just subscribed 😊

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you so much!

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi lyall Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@MrBeachDoctor]

nice, mine finally started sprouting when I put it on a heat pad. It was too cold in my room(55 deg).

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, Sweet Potatoes sprout best at about 80 degrees. They will need full sun if possible when you plant outdoors, and soil that will drain well. Keep them watered through the summer heat and you will get a nice crop. Thanks for watching and the comment.

[@gailsawyer]

A dollar thirty five for that bucket!!?? I saw the same one at my Walmart for $9.98! Insane!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Wow, it was an empty Easter bucker at my Walmart.

[@charlanpennington3989]

Check Dollar Tree containers. Yhey have a bucket i buy multiples of. Use for many things, but was super happy to harvest some diffrent herbs for drying. Buckets so light weight i could stack them partially full, and keep flavors separate. P.s. colors rotate at store, if you care, buy up when they have a color you like. Good for sink washing dishes when the power is out also. Good for project organizing.

[@KidCity1985]

Youmade this very simple, thank you very much!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

It is simple. Once you do it, you will likely wish you had started planting sweet potatoes sooner. Thanks for the kind words...

[@westofzanzibar]

Sir, I like the way you show and explain, very down to earth, easy to understand, thank you for sharing. I am going to soak my sweet potatoes today, and take it from there. I look forward to your next video on this subject, thanks again.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

So nice of you, thanks. The part 2 video on sweet potatoes will come out next week, we have frost advisory for next 3 nights in parts of GA, and sweet potatoes do not like cool/cold weather.

[@LauraElizabethArt]

Love me some sweet potatoes. Cant wait to see the garden.

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Laura Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@sherrywoods1011]

Thats such a fun laugh thank you😊😊some people need those instructions

[@kvanly]

Thank you for sharing your experiences growing sweet potatoes!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

You are welcome, and thank you for watching.

[@nancyhartman9284]

Thanks for sharing your great, planting success. I'm Looking forward to your next one.

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi nancy Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@A1234561921]

Excellent video!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!!!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ooohlaa13]

eager for part 2 ... here are some of my notes from previous years that had decent results: I love to use japanese white organic for starts but they haven't grown very large for me so will use some of the fertilizer suggestions here and elsewhere: Seaweed which I always use, sulfate of potash or compost that had lots of wood ash and minimal nitrogen cuz you land up with too many leaves. organic 555 fertilizer and dust with bone meal to encourage roots

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Great suggestions... I usually just hit em once with the 10 10 10 and use the bagged compost manure to treat the soil, and they do well. I do agree that specific formulations of fertilizers for specific plants will produce bigger and more, but I usually don't try to get that specific. Just growing for the family. Thanks for watching.

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi BarbaraL Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@jus1taj]

That’s amazing. I’m gonna have to try this. Thanks from California.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

And thank you for watching.

[@Anne-po99]

I love the west Indian sweet potatoes. I'm going to try this. Thank you

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Please do! And thanks for watching.

[@syzygy6769]

I'm planting my slips indoors hydroponically until late spring next year when I will grow them in paper boxes out on my sunny balcony. Meanwhile, I will harvest and eat the delicious leaves through fall and winter.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

That sounds like a great way to have fresh food when you have limited space.

[@rlo912]

Great video Thank you for sharing this!❤

[@TheBackGardenYard]

And thank you for watching.

[@Mardi-LovetheLandHomestead]

Great instructional video, thank you for sharing ❤

[@robertcatlett4393]

Thank you I'm doing some backyard gardening myself going to put in some potatoes and sweet potatoes. Looking forward to your next video🎉❤😊

[@jamesmolley8636]

So wonderful, could you do a video on garlic in a pot. With sweet potato and garlic one can survive. God Bless!

[@MelissaWilliams74802]

Thanks for a great video ! I have never seen the soaking before planting in soil.

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Melissa Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@adamdaykin4052]

I’m going to give this a try in the uk. Not sure if it’s going to work as we don’t have the weather you guys have but it’s worth a try. Nothings ventured, nothing gained as they say.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

They grow sweet potatoes in most parts of northern USA, but you would need to be starting now. I'd try to root about 3 if starting now, to get enough slips.

[@adamdaykin4052]

@@TheBackGardenYard it’s on today’s list of jobs.

[@carolb5677]

I have several slips ready to go but not until after Mat 24th. This is my 3rd year trying I sure home the 3rd time really is the charm!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you Carol. Yes, remember to plant in as full sun as you can, and use mulch/manure to condition your soil, and make sure it's well drained. See part 3 of my series to see how I do it, and good luck! link.. studio.kzbin.infoPLTk0wkxv-O4_8SEyDfIeSpbTXx0lyK_8o/videos

[@carolb5677]

@@TheBackGardenYard thanks

[@ptrainingbytim]

This is fantastic. Looking forward to part 2 - blessings from northern california.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you for the nice comment. I'm so glad it's almost spring. One more hard freeze tomorrow night, and I think I'll start the tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse for late April or early May planting with the sweet potatoes.

[@judithcook6275]

I've grown sweet potatoes before but never been able to get them to multiply. Thanks for the advice... Maybe this year! 👍🏻

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Mine are running everywhere now. I'm going to release an update on mine in early June. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching.

[@peach3611]

Just started watching this, love it. You have a new subscriber 🎉🎉❤

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thanks for the kind words. Those sweet potatoes are doing great now in the garden. Stay turned for the next update.

[@CardiacCat]

Good timing. I have 4 sweet potatoes that I have growing slips in the kitchen. I started mine about a month ago and now they are growing faster than Seymore in The Little Shop of Horrors. I want to get the longer runners cut down to slips and get those rooted, but I'm afraid to start rooting those too soon. I'm in Western NC and our last frost date is coming up in April but it can get chilly even at the end of April. I have frost cloth incase I need to keep things warmed up in cool snaps. I plan on getting enough slips to share with my next door neighbors and my sister. Sweet potatoes are a healthy side dish.

[@johnbutterworth1369]

I'm from WNC too. The sweet potato is on my list. Your right about the tender plants here and the frosts. April is the prime time. I made a cold frame but it gets too hot in the day time. I'm thinking that some kind of cloth soft cover might work if they are in the ground...not sure but will learn as I go. I did find out that locals will let you know exactly when to plant and what does best.

[@CardiacCat]

​@@johnbutterworth1369 I planted 5 new bare root peach trees about 3 weeks ago. It's time for that while they were dormant but they had started to leaf out by last week when we had that 29 degree night hit. I ordered a frost hoop tunnel from Amazon and covered them for about 3 nights in a row. Didn't uncover during the day. When I took it off 3 days later I was shocked that all the leaves had fully sprouted out. Looked like they had been in a cozy green house. That hoop covering is cloth fiber so I'm sold on it. Same material wrapped around my fully bloomed blueberries and the blooms are perfect after the cold.

[@johnbutterworth1369]

@@CardiacCatI had the same thought yesterday in the garden. A lot of hoop house growers are sold on the shade cloth. Guess what's next, Hoop house. YAY!

[@CardiacCat]

@@johnbutterworth1369 Same. Me and my neighbor want to do a full size hoop house. The small row tunnel I purchased had 6 hoops that are 26" wide x 32" tall and cloth that was 10' W x 30' L for $25. That covers a 2' x 30' row and allows you to double the cloth over it in extreme cold. I just used one thickness of the cloth and left the rest draped on the ground beside the tunnel. And lucky us, we got another frost warning for tonight.

[@johnbutterworth1369]

@@CardiacCatTouch base one day for seed exchange. I"m off the 107 on 40!

[@theMaryAnneR]

I have found that when I get the slips into pots the root will start to grow in a circle around the inside of the pots. If I just remove the slips from the sweet potato and root them in water for a few days the roots are straight. Straight roots always give me nice long straight clumps of sweet potatoes. When I grew them in pots before planting the resulting clumps of sweet potatoes were all intertwined in a clump. I have been getting really good results for decades in zone 5b Canada

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, I am making these slips to make vines to make more slips before I actually plant them in the ground... Stay turned for part 2... Thanks for watching...

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi MaryAnne Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@theMaryAnneR]

@@Raymondgogolf I am happy to report you for harassment

[@theMaryAnneR]

Looking forward to it. @@TheBackGardenYard

[@frbrable]

Right on! I'm going to try this for the first time this year. Has anyone ever tried this in the Pacific Northwest? Nights get pretty cool here, even at the height of summer.

[@JerZGirl71]

Thank you! I’m going to start mine using this method tomorrow!

[@patcharles3336]

My goodness, I use so much of sweet potatoes, I need to grow some! I can’t plant everything we have a serious squirrel problem and also stray cats. Most of my planting are in pots. I have to police them a lot or else , I don’t get any for myself. Thank for showing your method! I am getting excited to try it out!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Please do! And if you have deer in the area, they love the sweet potato stems, so be careful. Thanks for watching

[@SpoofMan73]

Thank you for sharing definitely trying this

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Go ahead, it works! Thanks for watching.

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

I use organic potatoes, start mine indoors and don't cover my sweet potatoes completely - just halfway up the sides of the potatoes. I end up with dozens of slips that I plant after 5-6 weeks.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

As I mentioned in the video, there are several ways to start the sweet potatoes. I'm not claiming mine to be better than any other method, just showing what works for me. By covering the entire potato, but only with a thin layer of soil, it seems to keep it better hydrated and it seems to sprout faster. Thanks for sharing your process.

[@ooohlaa13]

sounds right, I will cover mine. Usually I bury it.

[@raylidell3613]

Thank you from Hampton, Virginia!!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

It's a perfect time to start the sweet potato slips in Virginia. Good luck with your 2024 garden. Thanks for watching.

[@ChronicallyHopefulChar]

I've never seen sweet potato slips grown this way. I'll definitely try it your way because balancing them over a glass of water, like most people do, didn't work for me. Thanks for sharing! Also, your instructions were clear to me and easy to follow. But I can see how people new to gardening might not understand fully unless shown each and every step. My sister often points this out to me when I assume she'll understand something did in the kitchen that seems natural to me, but it isn't really common knowledge for everybody unless they've been shown by somebody. So please don't worry about shortening your videos, I think most gardening people would enjoy a longer garden video and beginners would benefit from very detailed demonstrations. 😊 I look forward to part 2.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you for your kind and understand comment. I agreed with everyone that I should have shown the first cut and repotting, then cut to the end, but I don't want to change the video now. Plenty more videos coming, as we are just getting started here in N. GA...

[@TaLeng2023]

True, I can't be bother stuffing them in glass like that. But I guess I'm just lucky, sweet potatoes just start growing when left on a counter. Then I can just pot them.

[@ooohlaa13]

maybe just can you insert a suggestion to speed up the first 5 minutes to 125 on the gear icon? @@TheBackGardenYard

[@sandradeschepper9078]

Thank you for your video greetings from the South Netherlands , Limburg

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Very nice! And thank you for watching!

[@penneycoosenberry5657]

This Is The Most Amazing Video Of Instructions & Demonstrated, God bless, Penney C, Al

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you. Give it a try - if have room for sweet potatoes in your garden.

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Penney Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@jckirby7994]

Good information... Well tought

[@donhurleyoutdoors]

Very helpful! Thank you for sharing I’m looking forward to following.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you Don - the garden is starting off well this year.

[@natwil735]

Great video. I liked this and Part 2 of this video and subscribed after watching Part 2 of the video!

[@sandiepaul9421]

Thank you for this soaking idea. My purple sweet potato seems like it was dried waiting at the store. Probably, the price per pound wasn't ideal for fast sale. I can hardly wait to see the slips come up!! ❤❤

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, I have found soaking for a day will speed up the process by several days. Thanks for watching.

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Sandie Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@bizzybee852]

Great information , I've been trying to sprout a sweet potato from the grocery store in a jar of water with wooden picks stuck all around the sweet potato and nothing has happened. So far no sprouts or roots are growing, but its only been about a week.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

That way will sprout some slips, but not as many as burying the whole potato in the soil. Remember to keep the temp close to 80 degrees as possible. Good luck.

[@mascara1777]

Thank you so much. My mother was just talking about how

[@RussellBooth1977]

You can also plant cuttings of the vine & plant them which will produce more sweet potato as well. I have a rarer variety of purple yam which is all purple inside although it doesn't taste sweet which I ordered on eBay as cuttings 1 year ago,I had to repot them into a grow bag because a 10 inch or 250 millimetre diameter pot hasn't been big enough to produce decent sized tubers. I am in the process of sprouting sweet potato at the moment from the tuber itself !

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, I have a video about using sprouting the sweet potatoes from the vine. Here is the link. Thanks for watching. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIXKlKemfNRsopY

[@gertruidasnyman7672]

Purple yam patat,i want so bad.?

[@AkSonya1010]

I really appreciate the before, durring, and after. Thank you

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you Sonya - I'm thinking about posting a short video of the process soon, and I'll update the sweet potato plants as they now are in the greenhouse. They are thriving.. Thanks for the nice comment.

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Sonya Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@cathyjoc]

Thank you sur.

[@LeteciaDegamo-vk3ge]

Thank you for sharing .

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thanks for watching!

[@winniejack2492]

Mine have been only one week. I moved it outside as it seem to not be doing anything so I’ll keep watching.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

80 degrees is the best temp. If too cool it may take a long time to germinate. Hope you are in zone 8 or 9 if you are putting it outside. Thanks for watching.

[@katrinagarland5219]

Wish you had filmed the cutting up and planting of the separate sweet potato slips... I know it's second nature to you but us 'newbies' are clueless...lol. Thanks!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

That was a common comment about the video, so I did a part 2 and showed the cut potato again. Thanks for watching.

[@veganvocalist4782]

thank you sir 😀from us here in Cornwall, UK 💚

[@TheBackGardenYard]

You are very welcome. Glad to help my overseas neighbors.

[@leehyde6610]

Thank you Forest!! Great job

[@miriamfisher4481]

Thank you, from Florida.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you too!

[@mariesonoma]

The cutest bucket😅

[@TheBackGardenYard]

It's actually an Easter bucket I picked up at Walmart for about $1.25. I always need a little bucket for something and these work well for awhile... Thanks for the comment and for watching.

[@ooohlaa13]

except that the plastic in those buckets are probably toxic, not meant to decompose with soil in it more for Easter candy. I am really cautious about using plastics after reading Brian Clements book on the gassing off of plastics in synthetic clothes, storage boxes, etc. He compares it to the mercury in teeth fillings off gassing problem. Just sayin' to be mindful what you grow things in cuz that breakdown remains in that soil and can contaminate your heath.

[@alejandraparker7272]

BLESSINGS FROM DALLAS TEXAS USA 🇺🇸 2 DAYS AGO IT RAINED HARD IN THE DFW AREA. I DIDN'T COLLECT ANY WATER AS I HAD NOT SEEN THIS VIDEO YET. BUT YESTERDAY I SOAKED A SWEET POTATO IN SPRING WATER HOPEFULLY I CAN SPROUT IT. DURING THE WINTER I HAD 2 SWEET POTATOES SITTING ON MY WINDOW SILL. THE LEAVES HAD TAKEN OVER MY KITCHEN SO I THOUGH IT'S TIME TO BURY THE SWEDT POTATOES...THEY DIED AFTER A WEEK...I HAD NO IDEA THAT I HAD TO PLANT WHAT IS CALLED A SLIP...A BUNCH OF LEAVES😢😢. I MUST'VE HAD ABOUT 100 SLIPS IN MY KITCHEN. WELL LIVE AND LEARN.....AND CERTAINLY I AM LEARNING DIFFERENT WAYS TO ESTABLISH A SMALL GARDEN.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Live and learn, oh wow, you had your entire sweet potato garden already sprouted. Yea, you likely still have time to grow sweet potatoes in Dallas, but I'd start slips from about 3 potatoes at this time to ensure enough slips. Thanks for watching.

[@alejandraparker7272]

@TheBackGardenYard OH thanks. I only had one sweet potato. I am subscribing to keep up with planting.

[@patriciakane764]

Thank you for the reply. Friends it is! Thanks.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

You bet!

[@jean6453]

Thank you for this video, it was very encouraging. I am doing just as you suggested.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Just keep it around 80 degrees in day and over 60 degrees at night and never let it dry out and it will work... If you are skeptical, use two potatoes side by side... Thanks for watching.

[@hlammers5735]

😢

[@hlammers5735]

😅😅

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Jean Good morning. I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….🌺🌺🌺

[@LynnayaLorie]

Yes I want it in my wardrobe. I will make it longer

[@samanthahendricks3600]

Ready for part two! I tried potatoes last year, I wouldn’t call it a fail.. but I definitely didn’t get a whole sized potato. My sweet potato only gave off one fingerling and my other potatoes gave off a few handfuls of medley sized potatoes 😅. Trying to learn from mistakes.

[@lxmzhg]

Potatoes are survival food. Don't give up trying.

[@samanthahendricks3600]

@@lxmzhg I’m trying them again this year I’m a few different parts of my yard. I really wanted to do containers this year for them and I may still do it, but I put a few in an area that gets more shade and a few more that gets more sunlight, where I live our summers get super hot somedays, super humid but we’ve been under drought for the last couple of years so trying to keep them cool and watered properly was a hassle last year. I was advised to put them out now, even though we haven’t even neared our last frost date, but our new house, no matter how much is filled up, it’s still unbelievably rocky.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

The sweet potatoes like mostly full sun and soil that is loose. Try digging a hole about a foot deep in your garden and about 2 feet wide, and save the soil. Then take bagged compost and use and equal volume of compost to soil and return to the hole and then after a couple of days for it to settle, plant your potato slips there. Good luck.

[@sherronhardin2127]

Thank you🙏

[@TheBackGardenYard]

You’re welcome 😊

[@fionamcormac7786]

Thank you for sharing ..

[@TheBackGardenYard]

You bet! Thanks for watching.

[@lydiawilsonknight828]

Love Sweet Potato's

[@TheBackGardenYard]

A meal all by themselves... Thanks for watching

[@ABAUBI-jd1fb]

Saya pernah mencoba membuat bibit ubi jalar dari umbinya dan hasilnya bagus, dan say memindahkan bibit ubi jalar untuk ditanam di pot

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, this method always works well for me. Thanks for watching in Indonesia

[@squigglymunchkinmechanic]

Great video! Going to try and grow my first sweet potatoes this year! Hope it goes well😅

[@TheBackGardenYard]

They are really easy to grow. Get your sweet potato rooted and sprouted, and follow along with me as I'll show you what to do.. Thanks for watching.

[@petraheighway6701]

I started off my sweetpotato in March (indoors) and the little tiny shoots just literally popping up now , June 🙄 We had frost until early May this year. Looks like it will be Spring by the time I have strong enough slips to plant at this rate 😀

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Probably the indoor temp was not warm enough. 80 degrees is the ideal sweet potato starting temp, imo. A "seed starting pad" would probably be needed next year. I would go ahead and plant the whole potato with slips into the spot you want to grow potatoes, fertilize with a sprinkle of 10 10 10 or similar fertilizer, and harvest whatever slips you can in about 2 weeks and plant. Sorry to hear about your slow starting... Thanks for watching.

[@oliviastar3812]

Is there a follow on vid to this one to show them running in the greenhouse plz?

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, try this link - studio.kzbin.infoPLTk0wkxv-O4_8SEyDfIeSpbTXx0lyK_8o/videos

[@heavenlyscentzsoycandlesth2850]

My slips have been planted in grow bags and are vining like crazy outside the grow bag onto the ground. I went to lift them up to rest them against the bag and they are rooting in the ground which is clay/red dirt. Not sure what I do in this case. Or how to make sure they getting nutrients. Any suggestions😢

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Sounds like you are doing it right. You should trim the slips back to about 1 foot off the ground and continue to trim back as they reach the ground again. You don't want them rooting outside the bags. If you used compost in the bags you don't need a lot of fertilizer. If you have bone meal, that will stimulate root growth, but I wouldn't buy it only for sweet potatoes. Use 10 10 10 if you have it, but only sparingly as the nitrogen will stimulate leaf growth. I usually only use 10 10 10 about once a month, the first couple of months. Thanks for watching.

[@Wisdomseeker_777]

Thank you for sharing this. New subscriber

[@Angie-ci1lp]

Thank you for sharing!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

I seem to have found a topic that people are very interested in. Glad I can help folks get started with their garden sweet potatoes this year. Thanks for watching

[@Raymondgogolf]

Hi Angie good morning how are you enjoying your beautiful morning.

[@MozBizResources]

Great stuff! ❤

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you. I'm working on part 2 now, please check back in a few days.

[@cosmicconnections8519]

Can’t wait for part 2

[@ChrisCarnage-jp4fc]

Loved it ! Thanks for sharing.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@matthewbim10]

minmax sweetpotato speedrun, world record. thanks I'm gonna plant some here in south florida

[@TheBackGardenYard]

That would be a perfect place to plant sweet potatoes, as they like loamy soil, so I'd throw a couple of bags of composted cow manure into the soil before I planted the slips. Thanks for watching.

[@jerseyinthephilippines1283]

Thank you from Missouri.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Thank you for watching. Just getting started - I'll be planting peppers and tomatoes in the greenhouse soon, and by mid-April everything will ramp up...

[@melinda3196]

Great video

[@petermorhead4160]

Put some mulch on top of the soil while you are waiting on them to sprout.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

That's a great suggestion. I usually water them daily because of the 80 degrees or more temp I am using to sprout them, but it would help even out the moisture level. Thanks.

[@margaretunderwood6835]

I grew sweet potatoes last year in containers. Can I reuse my dirt again when growing sweet potatoes this year

[@TheBackGardenYard]

I would not recommend using the same soil in containers 2 years in a row to grow sweet potatoes. However, the soil could be amended, fertilized, and some compost added and you could certainly reuse it for a different crop this year.

[@tommyluck19]

Thank You, Sir ❤

[@joanies6778]

We are having high 60's in the days and freezing temps at night, but I don't have a greenhouse. However, I do have a sunroom, though it has no heater... the temp is likely at 80 in days and down to 50ish inside at night. What if I put this in a shallow pot on a heating mat at night? I need the extra time for growing in zone 5.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

That will likely get them sprouting for sure. Good luck and thanks for watching

[@christinashurina1008]

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[@TheBackGardenYard]

And thank you for watching!

[@hisroyalblueness]

Hi there, that was very inspirational, thank you for putting it up. So that I can maybe relate to your timeframe / weather windows, can you please tell me what hardiness zone you’re in? I’m in Shropshire, in the UK, and I think I’m in an area that would correspond with the very upper end of a USDA zone 8. The coldest nights in recent winters have barely touched -7°C, so it’s zone 8 bordering on zone 9 from my reconning. Thanks again👍

[@TheBackGardenYard]

I'm in North Georgia, Zone 7 - And I recommend starting the slips, either indoors or in a greenhouse for most zones. 80 degrees is ideal...

[@azeemrana6024]

Hello youngman i loved it ❤

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Glad you enjoyed

[@batcactus6046]

I think the smiling bunny face water made all the difference.

[@TheBackGardenYard]

It did seem to add to the character of the video!😄

[@ChiPham-b4p]

In Vietnamese super market they are very expensive about ten stems (60-70 cm long) $6-7 .

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yea, I have never bought them, because they are so easy to start. Thanks for the comment.

[@jgrady9553]

Thanks!

[@carol07643]

This is very informative!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Glad it was helpful!

[@1ashleysylvestre]

Thank you.

[@CaptTony107]

Thanks! That's a bit different from the original method I saw, but they all end up in the same place, I guess! I may end up trying your way 🙂

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Yes, I mentioned in the video there are several ways to start sweet potato slips, but I like this one because the slips are stronger and don't take as long to recover when planted.

[@arbel7655]

I would like to have seen how you cut them into sections. I'm assuming you just sliced them at the points between leafy sections. Thanks for this video!

[@TheBackGardenYard]

Your assumption is correct. In the video I showed how I intended to slice it with my fingers, but in hindsight, viewer comments say I should have shown some of the cuts... Thanks for watching.

[@southerngirl7008]

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[@brandyburgess8267]

After planting the sweet potato in the soil did you leave it in direct sunlight or did you put in a dark place like a garage, shed or etc for the slips? Can the sweet potato be eaten after slips are grown?

[@TheBackGardenYard]

I think the most important thing is to try to keep the temp as close to 80 degrees as possible to root a sweet potato. I cover mine completely with soil, but just a thin layer on top, so that when the slips appear, they will instantly get sun, and start growing. And no, I wouldn't eat the sweet potato after growing the slips, but sometimes they do look like they would be ok to eat.