LIVE Sweet Potato Harvest and PRO Growing Tips

It's Sweet Potato harvest day again! Arguably my favorite day each year out in the garden because it can be full of mystery and excitement because you honestly never know exactly what your going to get. As I harvest these sweet potatoes I go into detail on how I prepare my soil, plant and care for my sweet potatoes throughout the season to consistently get HUGE harvest. Be sure to stick along for the whole video because I provide all the information you need to grow sweet potatoes like a pro.
Happy Growing!
Sincerely,
Phil
Owner & Creator at Earth, Nails & Tails | Growing the Gardener in You
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[@frankmeredith3862]

I also live in Virginia (Lynchburg area) I grow a large garden each year. I grow for others also. I have friends that are unable to garden because of age.I am planting Purple sweet potatoes for the first time. I went to Target and bought 6 potatoes and have enough now to share. I gave the same potatoes to another friend. I also have clay soil. The first time we planted the garden 17 yrs ago I planted carrots and had to dig them with a pick axe. since then I have put tons of chips in the garden and the soil is now great. If you are close I would like to meet you. I guess the camera person is your wife. We have been married 58 years this June. She is a great help to me.

[@Pinkpumpkingardener]

Sane are & same soul issues 😅I’ve had to make my soil & I save & amend the next year 😩 it’s a hard rash but once you understand the soil don’t work for much you just have to find a way learning as u grow

[@audreyjennings5230]

Your excitement is contagious! Can’t wait to try my hand at sweet potatoes next year. Thanks for the video!

[@earthnailsandtails]

Love to hear it! I’m glad I could inspire you!

[@sinuratumaimuri9100]

Grew some this year and got it in late June and harvested in September. My white ones didn’t come out great but my purple ones came out but wish I had left then in longer because they would have probably been a decent size. I added compost and fertilizer after planting but I didn’t mound it well and I think my spacing was too close. Thanks for sharing, I’m excited to grow them again next spring.

[@otishtynes1990]

Just wow 😳😳😳 great harvest and I've never seen purple sweets potatoes that size! Amazing!!

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thanks so much, it was really fun!

[@terrireis2093]

I just tried sweet potatoes this year. I am still learning. I planted too late but still got some small ones. That tasted great. I am hooked.

[@mompuff]

Great video!! Thank you!! Beautiful purple sweet potatoes 🍠!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@virginislandwild]

Amazing harvest!!

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

Awesome harvest! Yes, we grew mostly purple Japanese sweet potatoes this year, along with a few Garnet sweet potatoes. The harvest was unbelievable, even though they grew in a 4' x 4' bed.

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

Oooo sweet potato, I’m growing them for the 1st time this year very excited! I hear they store very well!

[@earthnailsandtails]

They do indeed! Hope this info helped 👍🏼

[@mariasaldana7830]

Wow! Good job!!

[@AdeniyiDamilareDada]

Awesome. Thank you

[@grounded7362]

I have struggled to grow my own slips for years, trying every method there is and end up ordering slips every year that are questionable even from the big names in the business. This year I ended up with very few and very small sweet potatoes and decided to take cuttings from the vines that did grow and am overwintering them in hope of having some great starts for next year. So far they are doing great. They took root within two days in the rain water I put them in and within a week had tons of roots on them. I decided to put them in a planting tray to up my odds of successfully over wintering them and I will take new cuttings from them close to spring for my new starts. By the way I am in zone 3b and am able to grow sweet potatoes. I love it.

[@earthnailsandtails]

This sounds like the start of an amazing success story!

[@BroadnaxLife]

Absolutely love your channel and the way you present your material! Sooo inspiring and helpful. I found you on TikTok first and went learned so much. I’m in the process of finding land for my mobile home but once I do, I will feel prepared because of you. Thank you! Keep it up PLEASE 🎉😊

[@earthnailsandtails]

Celeste, thanks so much and it makes me so happy that I can educate and inspire! Means a lot :) I’m excited for you to start your own adventure!!

[@katrinagarland5219]

So glad I found your channel... I live in Virginia too so this really helps. Thanks

[@earthnailsandtails]

Awesome! Happy you are here neighbor 👍🏼

[@patriciamorrison5372]

Absolutely gorgeous!! God is Good.😊 Phil I just watch another Gardening Farmer , Leslie Caza you should see her sweet potato viedo, it was Amazing just like yours 😊.

[@victoriajohnson5304]

AWESOME VIDEO!!!🌞🌻🌞

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thanks so much!

[@ImNonsensePerson]

Wow great Harvest,,,watching from Philippines 😘

[@earthnailsandtails]

thanks so much, glad you enjoyed!

[@reginajohnson1746]

Wow

[@pinkyrejil4023]

Yummy sweet potato may ❤❤❤❤

[@blessedone8147]

Great Harvest 👍 im now a Subscriber, keep posting,blessed Hands.

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thanks so much, we sure will 🙏🏼

[@deborahthompson5041]

What a beautiful harvest. They are very good size, especially for purple sweet potatoes. I planted some last summer. This year I have Beauregard and organic. I am waiting for 120 days. Right now, its 100 days. I may go 130 days. I will check the end of September. S.C. STILL VERY HOT HERE. Thanks for sharing.

[@earthnailsandtails]

Would love to hear how they turn out!

[@deborahthompson5041]

@@earthnailsandtails I will let you know. Thanks for your interest.

[@LauraG313]

Hi there! I want to plant the slips in containers. I purchased pro mix premium garden mix (yellow bag) and want to know the ratio you suggest to amend with compost (and ???). Thanks!!! (sorry if you’ve already provided this information but I can’t seem to find it in your videos.)

[@edjo3430]

I'll give you a story. I grew up in NW of Iran in a 2000 year old Christian village. Everyone had 5 acres to live on. Passed on from fathers to sons. You weren't allowed to sell. This village had its own micro climate. Green all year. About 80 families with 80 orchards. They grew alfalfa, wild flowers between rows of trees and let them die and compost naturally every year. Sheep would graze in it. This was 2000 year practice. They planted fruit trees and vegetables in this soil and let weeds grow around them. They never fertilized, never sprayed. I remember digging a 4 foot deep hole when I was 7 years old. That's how soft it was. The next day, half the hole was in ground water. While farms outside our village owned by others were dead half the year, brown, with rock hard soil. they used all types of fertilizer and got less food. They even resorted to sabotage and even trying to claim our lands from us by force. Let weeds have their place. We used to harvest fruit with 4 foot tall weeds all around the trees. They told us kids, never pull weeds. They will enrich your soil.

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thank you for this! It’s such an amazing story and shows how important life is and how it benefits all other life around it. I will keep this in mind and strive to create living soil like your ancestors 🌱

[@annetteharding6484]

Amazing harvest especially for only fertilizing once. hooray

[@earthnailsandtails]

its crazy how much they grow!

[@jakey28]

I can't really grow sweet potatoes. I don't have the room or growing season for it. I have, however, watched quite a few youtubers planting and harvesting them and your haul appears to be on par or better than most for the area planted. Good job!

[@earthnailsandtails]

Awesome, thanks!!

[@jeffreyimperial4891]

wow! very large sweet potato nice soil

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thanks so much! Been working on the soil 🪱 and it sure does show 🌱

[@witch.with.a.capital.B]

Hi, here in New Zealand we call them kumara. Just thought you may like to know that. Anyway thank you for your gardening tips

[@laurenmariebishop8409]

You can also get the young lesves blnch and eat them as samashmi sorry spelling.

[@rosem4280]

Here in philippines i like the 70 days kind of sweet potatoes its very delicious and not little dry when its cooked. This kind of sweet potatos is a bit mushy

[@chazpage]

Impressive! What type of sweet potatoes are those?

[@potagermalo]

Wow superbe bravo 😉 😉 😉 A bientôt 🤗

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thank you!

[@potagermalo]

@@earthnailsandtails de rien c'est avec plaisir 😊 😊 😊

[@adityaghoshal3114]

Do you have purple sweet potatoes that is Okinawan white from outside and purple inside seeds please i want to buy

[@jarvismoore8320]

Which Purple variety are those?

[@laurenmariebishop8409]

Yes and you can eat them shasmi style. Make hot water put them in then put cold water.

[@user-jz1hf9ki5l]

Вы хороший фокусник! Я кое-что заметила, когда вы так легко доставали клубни один за другим...

[@earthnailsandtails]

Nature is the magician 🪄

[@grounded7362]

I may have missed it in the video if you mentioned the variety of purples you grew. So I am going to ask. What variety of purple sweet potato are these that you grew?

[@earthnailsandtails]

I honestly don’t remember 😅 we’ve been growing them for so long

[@ajayanpg9227]

I am from India and may be the latest subsriber of your channel...i am also like farming and interested to know about your methods of farming..

[@earthnailsandtails]

Thanks for subscribing! I like to test different methods but I really love practicing no till and have seen huge advances in the last few years

[@barringtonsmith9147]

What zone are you in 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

[@earthnailsandtails]

7b!

[@GraysonVoisinet]

I don't know if I can ask this. Is he what I think he is? My radar is picking up. All I can say is cute.