My greatest sweet potato harvest ever

Back in early summer I planted 3 round tubs with sweet potatoes. The critters always get them in the ground. Here is the result, my biggest harvest ever!

[@momonie4]

I've garden my entire life from childhood to adult. I live in San Diego so we grow organic fruit & veggies all year long. There's nothing like it people don't know what their missing out on & the $$$$ they could save. Also, gardening is so cathartic, great exercise and a great stress reliever.

[@prosoperousgarden1742]

I grew veggies in my small backyard this summer and i did not had to buy veggies all summer. I shared with neighbours and relatives. love gardening.

[@ArchipelaRHODE]

I know this is 3 years later, but I stumbled upon this video and I haven't smiled this much in a while. He was so happy on the 2nd bucket and it was adorable. I hope your gardening is still flourishing!

[@djrramsey]

Thank you for the kind words. Yes the garden is still going. I now grow the regular sweet potatoes and this year I have added in the white and purple sweet potatoes. Really looking forward to what all can be harvested this fall.

[@ArchipelaRHODE]

@@djrramsey ☺️

[@vishnu-5982]

In my native its called as madhura(sweet) kizhangu (potato)

[@hisreign4me]

Nice video. Question, why do you pressure cook them? We bake, boil, fry, or cut and add to stews. Never heard of PCing them. Is there an advantage using the PC method? Also, do you cure them?

[@djrramsey]

We cure the sweet potatoes for 3 weeks before we start eating. We make our own dog food and pressure cook a lot of sweet potatoes to go into that. Our normal way to fix them for us is to microwave till almost done, then out on the grill at about 450F for 20-30 minutes. Cooks the skin and really carmelizes the sweet potatoes. So good. The smaller ones we cut into sweet potato French fries or slices and cook on the grill at high heat. We go through a lot of sweet potatoes. Far more nutritious than regular potatoes and so much more taste.

[@gardenchamp1658]

Huge potatoes !!!!Awesome to see, I've been harvesting my sweet potatoes this week also.keep on growing!God Bless you and your garden!Thank you for your video .🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔

[@Lenya66]

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[@Hima_Daddy]

How many days it takes to grow

[@missjeri566]

Fantastic. My grandfather always said. Plant 1 for the critters, 1 for the weather and 1 for us. Absolutely great haul. I am going back to see how you started. Thanks be to God. Great video

[@panulinjr903]

Ohh my god

[@sujing5908]

Utterly

[@theresamcpherson9676]

Very wise man

[@chadgrimes5119]

here in philippines we also grow tons of sweet potatoes in our little farm in the province. we call it "KAMOTE"

[@rosemoon2425]

ÇhåD Grímës In Mexico they call it Camote too

[@chadgrimes5119]

Flor del campo my grandparents says that the term 'kamote' is Spanish word. the only thing that different is the first letter. during the Spanish period here in Phil's Filipino is struggling to speak Spanish so some of the words/spelling interchange.

[@thewintergardener2873]

I loved the Philippines... I did a few TDY's (temporary duty) at Clark Air Base in 86, and 87.. Just an incredible variety of wonderful fruits & vegetables in the markets... And they went down well with a cold Red Horse, or San Miguel.. And yes, the Spanish influence was still there, as the currency at the time was Pecos..

[@simonjack8122]

Are ube the same?

[@boypoginay7509]

that was amizeng potato huhu

[@littlebits4559]

Love this! Favorite way to have sweet potatoes 🍠 is slow roasting them so they caramelize a bit. Thanks!

[@Pinkenstein]

I yam so excited to plant my first sweet potatoes! ...See what I did there? 😄 Great planting video! I'm glad to see the follow up. I'm sorry you had such a thief on that first bucket. Incredible roots in those buckets! I can't believe how huge the sweet potatoes were! How exciting!! I unexpectedly got my first ever slips in the mail today. Okinawan purple sweet potato, from Baker Creek. I thought they were sold out, but apparently I successfully pre-ordered them, ha! I'm going to put them in a temporary pot tomorrow and figure out where and how to prep a spot for them. I hope my harvest is as plentiful as yours!! I'm glad to see that if I do ultimately need to plant them in containers, I can use up some of the pine bark compost I've accumulated to bulk the potting mix. Awesome pro tip! Thanks for sharing this!!

[@satnaija6957]

If everyone know about this their we be much food in the world

[@andrearemdom9552]

sat naija

[@dhermitmorse]

There is already enough food grown on the planet to feed everyone, the problem is our inability to distribute the excess food to those who need it.

[@vireinaqueenbee7876]

Amen I'm going to grow sweet potatoes. Beets and carrots.

[@nunghayati3980]

Telo..

[@cadenrolland5250]

This is something 99.9% of the world's home owners could do.

[@RainbowGage]

Animals are so kind. It ate what it needed from one pot and did not disturb the others.

[@pandamoon8067]

It’s good thing do 2 or 3 buckets or pots In case animals eat one of the buckets or pots

[@jennifers7186]

The animals around here are glutton's. They take bites from every tomato even if it is only half ripe and pull down the corn stocks even if they are not ripe. Next year the garden will have a fence.

[@rukhsarshaikh9408]

Amazing grandpa😍😘 Love From India ❤👍

[@donnawoodman6249]

Digging potatoes is my most favourite to do. It is like digging for buried treasure, running your hands through the soil feels very good!!

[@Sparrow-wc5qj]

Then dig potatoes n make a fortune...😂😂

[@kishabryan7613]

🥰😍

[@tapsfordays5548]

Not when you use a fork to dig a couple acres

[@lunashuw]

I like digging to find them too but I mostly found black with orange strip frogs inside the soil. Damn , I scream like a siren when seeing that little beast. I have a phobia when seeing frog. I remember crying when those amphibian lept on my foot. Worst day of my life.

[@ranjeethadevi8426]

KZbin recommended me this video after 4 year😂😂😂😂

[@svdharviya]

Me too 😊😊😄😂

[@snobear41]

I planted 8 plants just in ground (my 1st time growing sweet potatoes) I got 100 lbs of sweet potatoes

[@sunshinelebanon4505]

snobear41 that's a big miracle

[@bettysantias1791]

snobear41 I

[@Saucyakld]

Wow, hope mine come out that plentiful this coming spring time!

[@thewintergardener2873]

Man, what a great harvest.. Some of those are monsters.. Great job!

[@pabitrasarkar169]

Betty SantiasI

[@OyeShubham]

4:32 sweet pototo 😂

[@mdlanor5414]

The first time I grew sweet potatoes. I fertilized them way to much over the growing season. The sweet potato vines were huge with really small sweet potatoes at harvest time. My neighbor had told me, the next planting season to not fertilize the sweet potato vines, once they were well established. I followed what he told me. At harvest time I was amazed at how big and how many sweet potatoes I harvested. Well over 100 lbs from 10 vines.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

I still fertilize. But try for as little Nitrogen as possible since that is what encourages the vine growth.

[@freddieivory625]

Man, I felt bad when I saw the first bucket. But then the last 2 made me happy for you!! Enjoy!!

[@djrramsey]

First bucket gave me that sick in the stomach feeling. Next 2 buckets made me feel better too.

[@JeeJeanVittoVlogs]

Wow! Nice idea of planting sweet potato. Thank you for sharing.😊

[@babaengilongga6170]

We use to plant sweet potato (camote in philippines) when i was a kid,my father is very good in planting also..i miss those days😢

[@dsupanga]

It should have been over 50 lbs if the first pot was not attacked by mice...

[@doitwelldoitself1194]

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[@adelindazambrano6774]

Desculpe-me por esta forma de contatá-lo, mas o tempo não me deixa escolha Eu sei que esta mensagem irá surpreendê-lo porque não nos conhecíamos mas a graça de Deus me enviou a você e desejo que leia minha mensagem com atenção . Basicamente me chamo Zambrano Adelinda de origem italiana e vivo em França sofro de uma doença grave que me condena à morte certa: é cancro da garganta tenho um tamanho de 850.000 euros que gostaria doe a uma pessoa de confiança e honesta, para que ela use 50% desse dinheiro para ajudar os pobres ao seu redor, o resto voltará para ela porque é por você que Deus me adorou. Sou dona de uma loja de venda de veículos usados ​​e perdi meu marido há 8 anos, o que me afetou muito e até hoje não consegui casar novamente, não de crianças. Gostaria de doar esse valor para a minha morte porque meus dias estão contados por falta dessa doença para a qual não tive tratamento, gostaria de saber mais tarde se vocês podem se beneficiar dessa doação. Dada a minha situação atual, não costumo estar conectado ao youtube, entre em contato comigo por e-mail para mais informações: [e-mail] .Obrigado...

[@ricksuter9281]

My father used to grow regular potatoes when I was a kid. The skins you could rub off with your fingers. They were the best potatoes. Good job!!!

[@estherfan4021]

watching it, really makes my heart feeling so happy to see the harvest is so plenty.

[@adelindazambrano6774]

Desculpe-me por esta forma de contatá-lo, mas o tempo não me deixa escolha Eu sei que esta mensagem irá surpreendê-lo porque não nos conhecíamos mas a graça de Deus me enviou a você e desejo que leia minha mensagem com atenção . Basicamente me chamo Zambrano Adelinda de origem italiana e vivo em França sofro de uma doença grave que me condena à morte certa: é cancro da garganta tenho um tamanho de 850.000 euros que gostaria doe a uma pessoa de confiança e honesta, para que ela use 50% desse dinheiro para ajudar os pobres ao seu redor, o resto voltará para ela porque é por você que Deus me adorou. Sou dona de uma loja de venda de veículos usados ​​e perdi meu marido há 8 anos, o que me afetou muito e até hoje não consegui casar novamente, não de crianças. Gostaria de doar esse valor para a minha morte porque meus dias estão contados por falta dessa doença para a qual não tive tratamento, gostaria de saber mais tarde se vocês podem se beneficiar dessa doação. Dada a minha situação atual, não costumo estar conectado ao youtube, entre em contato comigo por e-mail para mais informações: [e-mail] .Obrigado...

[@sarah_farm]

You're doing such a great job at showing everyone the way you see the world! Thank you for this!

[@shasugermor6251]

Wow I am amazed I think I'm going to try this on my patio I have to watch your other video though and what kind of dirt did you use

[@judya.shroads8245]

Animals ate one tub and you got two very nice tubs f sweet potatoes. Good result.

[@SpunkyLifeGaming04]

Wow at first I tought it was a troll but seems good! I hope you enojed them 💯👌🏼

[@mercydugan7819]

Oh wow that's a lot 😲 I like your contaner and the way you planning your sweet potatoes

[@flanmaryj]

That's the loosest planting medium and biggest potaties and harvest I've seen in containers!

[@shashakeeleh5468]

Yep. I'm going to use sand and peet; peet only because I can't get untreated sawdust easily. I'll screen a little potting soil on top to darken the surface, and, will see.

[@eyeswideshut2800]

shashakeeleh try sand and 75% sawdust, saw an awesome reveal from peelings but in a bed,

[@georgiagardengirlshomestea1560]

What kind of slip seeds did you use?

[@damarisobonyo677]

@@shashakeeleh5468 Mmmmh

[@MrKiet76]

great job on harvesting those potatoes! one looks like an unborn baby with its umbilical cord still attached lol cool video thx for sharing

[@suemar63]

Excellent harvest!! Sorry the critters got the first one. Maybe some poultry netting on the bottom (and top!) would help?

[@djrramsey]

The voles that I have seen would go through poultry netting. I am going to put down some 1/2" hardware cloth on the bottoms. I bought 3 even bigger rectangular bins at Costco for this year.

[@grahammills7653]

David Ramse

[@vinniegiordano3243]

Cover the bed with dry hot pepper flakes

[@lindadykes51]

Your drainage holes looked a little big...big enough for voles (like I have) to get through. Try making the holes much smaller & plentiful & put the pots up on to of bricks or something. Will be trying this myself. Thanks for all of your videos! Am learning ...

[@bettiesuezelechowski8859]

Thankyou iv learned so much from your video

[@rauljimenez8132]

I guess one was a sacrificial bucket.

[@danbamspace]

I remember those days . When me and dad harvesting sweet potatos we got a lot of it .almost 2 sacks of it. Here in philippines we called it kamote.

[@manilynsalazar8632]

wow i like sweat potatoes is this yummy and healthy i miss Philippines

[@mohammedojiullah1282]

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[@1stBumbleBeeMaster]

Wow That is awesome! That first pot with the critter damage. I think they may of hitched a ride on the actualy sweet potato plants when you planted them. Sweet Potato Vine Weevil larvae live inside the sweet potato for example. Anyways that is an awesome harvest considering you lost a whole pot to critters, That would of been at least 60-70 pounds. One of the best sweet potato vids on all of youtube.

[@alaskansourdoughwormsgarde4392]

Awesome sized potatoes.

[@berekethobiye4125]

Wowwww...i appreciate your creativity mind and in our country Ethiopia we grow it on earth and we call it "MAXAXESSA"...

[@h0tie]

I am happy to witness the joy you had of your Greatest harvest!

[@djrramsey]

Thank you very much. I think this years harvest is going to be even bigger.

[@jennybeccar8506]

Beautiful sweet potato, how many months do I have to wait until harvest?

[@GrowAndEatThis]

4 - 5 months. I wait until it gets cooler in the fall.

[@edwardedward4691]

wow I really enjoyed watching this. thanks for sharing

[@almanca-ingilischazrlq9923]

fuck out, only i can enjoy watching it.

[@jamalgepolio]

When i saw this video i was thinking already to plant sweet potato tomorrow 😅

[@en-enbartocua8386]

Wow, i feel like planting my own this time...now is already spring..

[@KortCam1]

En-en Barto Cua I think they can grow year round

[@mayshomesteadchronicles]

This was strangely satisfying to watch. Liked/subscribed! Thanks for sharing

[@luckellyjones8468]

Its si amazing you only got 17K subscribers but viewed a million times... BTW super nice...sweet potato..so big... its so delicious to fried and put a sugar to sweeten...

[@sundetjumatov8669]

Казк

[@jlyrics6141]

Filipino

[@mayhmmaydn]

I bet you have some that grew through the holes in the bottom. did you check under the pots? thank you for sharing#

[@ИндираИсекенова-ы7п]

Картошки с патологии что ли или я о таком не знала?!!!

[@ИринаСтеценко-ф2щ]

Наверное это батат

[@ГалинаСавыр-ь9з]

Да похоже на батат.

[@poblacionsigay8353]

Wow... I appreciate your work father. Very good gardening. Its a great harvest from the pot. I think the dirt your used is a fully compost material with a little amount of soil.

[@cheristeelersgirl5910]

Wow! Those are beautiful 😁💙

[@ghari005]

Lucky fellow..gr8

[@teshamiller6001]

Keep the tiny ones and make tater candy!❤

[@mamamaters]

Great job, and those darn critters, well, your second tub made up for the first one that for sure and the third , yaaaay

[@bboysatanpoland3692]

wow nice harvest

[@HariKristiyanto]

Boled time..boled = sweet potato in my country

[@lets.get.lost.]

Oh my gosh they’re gigantic! Nice grow

[@dhermitmorse]

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Damn, what kind of soil or fertilizer did you use? How did they get so big?

[@davidknight114]

I cover the holes with Screen wire

[@mariamnantale4701]

Massive fabulous thanks for teaching us useful things never give up may Allah bless you always

[@diantiasgar6014]

wooow I like it

[@مهديمرتضئ-ذ7ي]

ما اسم هذا الانتاج

[@jakobtrahey846]

I think this is the first time I've subscribed to a channel from a video with a few thousand views then find this...

[@djrramsey]

Thank you for subscribing. I try to be helpful for people in the south or zone 7 to see what all can be grown.

[@JesusisKing602]

This is oddly satisfying

[@clarissamiles]

IKR! It's nice to see other folks success:)

[@modhukhan3345]

Herokhan💪🇮🇳indiaboy..⚽️football. Cup🏆🥇

[@mexicancartel4333]

If you let the sweet potatoes go through a frost the starches get turned into sugar makes it sweeter and more nutritious

[@djrramsey]

I waited until we had a couple of near frost. Then it was supposed to be rainy for a couple of days. Had to get them out before the cold wet days made them rot. They have been fantastic. And except for some small ones sprouting for this year's crop, they are all eaten. Out 2 dogs get sweet potatoes in their homemade food and we eat a lot of them.

[@jackipalmer5680]

Mexican cartel ! Thanks for the information! Can you please tell me how long it takes from planting the slips to harvest...? I’m a teacher and I have planted a garden with and for my students. I have been researching how to grow potatoes, but there is so much conflicting information about growing potatoes that I am confused at this point! Someone said that the leaves can also be eaten... do you know anything about that? Thank you for any feedback/help you are willing to give me! The slips were put in the ground in late January/early February and the last day of school is May 24th, so I figure I will be tending the garden all summer so that when my students return next school year in August I can teach my students about harvesting, cleaning, preparing and cooking our bounty! My students also want to invite the administrators to enjoy our bounty...! What time of the year do you harvest the potatoes please Sir? Do I have to wait for a frost? I live in Central Florida so it doesn’t get cold here until Christmas or even January! Do you have any information about growing other vegetables and fruits? I appreciate and want to thank you in advance for your kindness and compassion with all my questions, but I have been planning this garden for many years and I am humbled by my lack of knowledge in this endeavor!

[@dadybig6522]

good work do a video in how to plant them and how long you leave them

[@anayana9356]

hoo... somebody was hunggry😂😂😂

[@theresemarie9980]

Not gonna lie. I thought those were buried fetuses when i first saw the thumbnail

[@sansaviera]

What in the world! Congrats on the great harvest. Seed time and harvest time will never end. God bless your land!

[@boiginkuki6816]

If you harvest in spring it will be much sweeter then in Autumn

[@joycelawrence1434]

Holy Moly awesome harvest!

[@amayvloger]

Wow I love it my favorite Sweet potato thank you for sharing

[@marialeonoraisleta1541]

Aha! Thank you for giving us that bright idea ! I will plant sweet potato in thè plastic pots. Yeheey!

[@HGGLP]

Wow It is amazing sweet potato harvest you have....I would like to your growing method ...thank you for sharing this valuable video....good Lick...!

[@alids6003]

Вон сколько земли, а он вёдрах выростил.

[@александракосьмина-ъ9ф]

А что это за сорт

[@ИринаСтеценко-ф2щ]

Это батат

[@shairasantos187]

Here in the philippines we cook sweet potatoes/ KAMOTE as Camote Cue, its fried in cooking oil and will put brown sugar once the sweet potatoes are golden brown in color. It taste great! And oh by the way it's cut into long pcs. Like french fries

[@ryanwxbm]

Amazing! I just bought 18 slips today and hope we get a good harvest like yours. Great video!

[@JanahLife]

Is hard to growing sweet potatoes in Europe I been trying but always winter destroy the plants.but in Indonesia is very easy to grow them

[@ATown36205]

That is remarkable!

[@mhaldithomalware4667]

Scandal

[@rickyradioactivehorsehunte2247]

I was getting rather concerned for ya until you pulled the first good sweet potatoe out of the 2nd pot.

[@joyherdiles6594]

wow! Subhanallah

[@vasimakrammulla5136]

Hi

[@baguiobestmmafighters2001]

It is sweeter when you boil all that, 1/4 of water until the water disapper and become sticky..

[@PetalsonthePavingSlabs]

First pot aside, that was an impressive harvest! I enjoyed watching this thank you, subbed!

[@benjieorpilla6115]

In my country here in the philippines we have plenty of sweet potatoes but thats not the name,we filipinos call it "kamote"..that is a very delicious and tradisyonal food..visit philippines & learn how to live longer and survive in life.

[@kimseokjin124]

Wow! Good job kuya! May the good Lord bless the works of thine hands. Greetings from Cebu, Phils. Kamoteque na yan!💕

[@eustacerobinson8393]

Am taking note of this harvest, didn't reap much this around, but I never give up thanks for the inspiration

[@НикаНика-ж1ю]

Что это такое?

[@aleksandrajoksimovic8135]

сладкая картошка

[@ЕкатеринаКолганова-л3ф]

Ника Ника это батат.

[@sardorabdurahmonov4363]

Катошка наверна

[@olgakochubej4724]

@@sardorabdurahmonov4363 Батат.

[@RASHiDALi143]

My favourite hobby. Thanks man....love from Pakistan. We called it shakarqandi. Means sweet potato..

[@dianafitro5645]

wooow

[@monstaro19]

Balcony sweet potatoes grower here in a massive 18 gallon 5$ walmart container. Using salmon & shark and fish water. And 200 red wiggler worms.. i use seakelp & CINNAMON TO KEEP OUT CRITERS and mychhos to make everything get along. I also using water oak dried leaves n burnt pine m palm bark with pure maple syrup.. ..and azomite or volcanoc rock ash im 2 months in and my sweet potatoe tree is holding itself up.. im a happy army veteran now.. cheers and great job.. use dried leaves in tge mix with msny different chopped fruits and bananas so the BUGS CAN EAT ON THAT..LOL

[@topannet8453]

Hey you inspiring me to do same hehe

[@rainielsayson6257]

here in the phillipines we called that "kamote"

[@jessielibgan6708]

Shout out To me Lol LMAO

[@jamespatrick5062]

This is some wholesome content, just happy old man and his potatoes

[@lisalisa1880]

GREAT job! How did they taste?

[@GrowAndEatThis]

Lisa Lisa the big ones taste the same . they do not get woody or bitter.

[@farookshekh4160]

HII

[@farookshekh4160]

HII

[@Sureshkumar-ew4bu]

Lisa Lisa has

[@potatocrisp2523]

salted potato

[@ksseo506]

saids,when there is a lot of garbage in to landfill,the descendants will curse to forefathers,and it seems that difficult things can happen after aging and dying.not-perishable things and plastics must be recycled as collections to reduce trash. your recycling work need more yourself(plus) recycling work for children,for elderly,for patients,for those who lack the concept of recycling,etc. saids,when hungry,eating possible,foxtail and crabgrass(medicinal herbs),mugwort,edibility weeds,etc,leaves of fruit tree,for food. God Lord,givens this messages.

[@traceyosterlind14]

How can I start container gardening w/o spending a fortune? My soil is the stuff of adobe bricks. In a high population density area, my yard is size of postage stamp (call zero lot line). and shaded by two story house next door. i hv a patch, about 10'x20' that gets full sun from noon until sundown. I can get all the free compost I can carry from the city. Potting soil and amendments are too freaking expensive! Nurseries used to take back used containers & let them go for a song. Now they do not due to spread of disease. I'm thinking of going vertical, saving 2-liter bottles, growing mostly green, perhaps a potato tower.

[@GrowAndEatThis]

You have a great size area for gardening. garbage bags to go get the free compost. You can use the black garbage bags for containers. Just pile in the compost. May need to buy some lime to add. That is cheap. Cut some holes in the bottom of the bags for drainage. Ready to go slightly raised bed. Fertilizer? Easy, compost everything you can. Leaves, veggie waste from the kitchen, grass clippings are great. If people put out their grass clippings in bags for the garbage then go for it! Already packaged and ready to take home. Decide what you like to eat and grow that. My fav is peppers so I will have a lot of pepper plants. Trimmed limbs make growing up easy.

[@benjoseph8387]

+GrowAndEatThis grass clippings from yards with no weed killer and fertilizer for my garden nice video...thnx!

[@ГалинаГородецкая-ю8ь]

Стоило ради двух картошек огород городить,он бы и в грунте вырос.

[@chiledoug]

fine looking sweet taters

[@iloveyou1434ever]

CHILEDOUG KIZERIAN lol fine looking? More like potatoes had cancers

[@AudreyHeadley]

Totally enjoy this video 👏👏👏👏

[@owensrayfeilds6800]

hello,,what dirt used,,,good mix,,how you mix..

[@GrowAndEatThis]

1/2 Miracle Gro Potting mix and 1/2 my compost. I add organic fertilizer during the growing season every week/10 days.

[@owensrayfeilds6800]

thankyou,,,nice,,...

[@talagirl8647]

@@GrowAndEatThis how many months did it takes to grow and wait for the harvest?

[@lysntumba7969]

Félicitation pour la récolte et pour une expérience facile et simple pour ceux qui ont veulent avoir un champ mais n'ont pas d'espace 😉😉 nickel!!