Sweet potato harvest from three slips | How did we do?

[@RhunogkDracovich]

They're much sweeter if you age them for several weeks before you eat them. Learned that the hard way

[@carlottawalker6185]

Just saw your video for the first time . What I like most is the fact that you got right down to it. I hate when people do a lot of talking going nowhere. I get frustrated and turn off. Now you have a new subscriber.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you, I appreciate that 👍

[@deltorres2100]

I see sweet potatoes 🍠.,fries.,pies.,and More…GREAT HARVEST!!!🌱

[@debbybrady1246]

I didn't plant any sweet potatoes this year...and just harvested 25 pounds. lol I have two that weigh over 2 pounds each.

[@WeepingWillow422]

I see a lot of sweet potato casserole in your future. Maybe some pie, too. Just in time for Thanksgiving!

[@erikahopkins6463]

U have a great laugh I enjoy hearing u laugh. Also don't forget to cure sweet potatoes the flavor is even more great

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@Ljoy23]

Watching from India, you sound like an Seventh Day Adventist, because I too believe we are nearly there , the time of trouble. Growing our own food….

[@eldorawillie6108]

Out of three slips of sweet potatoes plants you got a very good harvest. Very nice enjoy the fruit of your labor! 🙏🙏

[@kelleclark]

Curing them will make them much sweeter :)

[@deborahthompson5041]

Little ones make good fries stovetop or baked in oven. Good harvest. The bigger the better, great for pies and casseroles. Use a cake mixer it will catch most of the strings. Always trim both ends before cooking. Always cure them first. You can overwinter the small ones for slips and never buy again. You are correct, never throw any food away. Its all God's gift.

[@zhanc8631]

I’m from Australia kiddo. All our sweet potatoes are big like yours…. We cut ours the same..sprinkle olive oil on and toss them into a pan for half an hour… the oil helps , trust me.

[@tcjk377]

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[@GeorgiasGarden]

We love roasted sweet potatoes. As long as we cure them at least three weeks, no problem cubing and roasting. Delicious. Our favorite way. I do pressure can them as well. Not as good but food on the shelf is better than nothing.

[@JanetteMartin-mg9qu]

Hi I’m from New Zealand and like yours our Kūmara- sweet potato are also normally large. We peel them and cut into good sized chunks when this large then toss in oil and season, then roast.

[@JoHart-mb2uo]

What’s an easy way to cure them?

[@eldorawillie6108]

For three slips you planted you sure got a very good harvest.All the potatoes look quite healthy.

[@donnajean9805]

I live in Chicago & have an average sized yard. Using raised beds, grow bags, containers & some ground I have zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, asparagus, sunchokes, purple & orange sweet potatoes, cucumbers, garlic, green onions, lettuces, green & asparagus beans along with a whole array of herbs growing . I am a retired nurse & am trying to get the message out for younger people to garden. Where there is a will there is a way ! I almost forgot about the broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, strawberries, blueberries, dwarf apple (3) & dwarf pear(2) trees !

[@JL-hw5hu]

I make mashed sweet potatoes with butter, cinnamon, & brown sugar delicious ❤. You can also make chips & soup. The skies the limit for recipes.

[@kennymartin379]

I appreciate all the farmers

[@davidward1259]

Pete, those look like Murasaki sweet potatoes. They came out huge!!!! You definitely did something right with those 3 slips.

[@noraalvarado8178]

Digging for sweet potatoes is like an early Christmas. I just love it! Im growing my slips now . Im in N.Y zone 6a and will be planting them out in June. This is my 4th year growing them.

[@BpGardening]

That was a nice harvest it was good Sweet potatoes When I grow Sweet potatoes that Was not big .

[@isabelladavis1363]

I planted 6 slips in a 8 ft run very insignificant and harvested 88 pounds with one weighing five LBS 3 oz „Beauregard „variety those guys get BIG! We ate off it for two meals my family of 4 ….we had them in the ground from April through October …and yes they live FOREVER had five plants come up this spring on their own… great FOREVER plant to have in the garden…and they were very tender

[@MeBeingAble]

That is kumara, polynesian favourite. IF it gets woody its only the outside 1cm. But they do grow quite large. Those hand size ones you said were normal are actually just young😉

[@brenda0823_]

They are all edible!

[@anandacaroline8633]

Loving your videos!!! Great sweet potatoes!

[@barbkovell7644]

The little sweet potatoes are excellent peeled and cut and used as a vegetable to add to scrambled eggs.

[@ijahdagang6121]

Nice...enjoy harvesting sweet potatoes...love it....

[@mariomarcial1487]

Those big ones are good to bake.

[@billylee9121]

You are right about what you said about food and The Times that are to come. Bless you all.

[@doraw7766]

The big ones are still very good and I use a savory recipe/mashed for those instead of trying to make them into a sweet casserole. That was a very nice harvest.

[@pamelabrown9800]

Great Harvest 🔅

[@frodrickfronkensteen9241]

Not sure which was more impressive... the footlong pounders or his guns. Good video. NOTES: - the finglerlings (smaller finger-like potatoes) are more tasty. Definitely don't toss them. - for the more "seasoned" viewers... look into container or bag growing. Results are more concentrated and you can elevate your work space. My back went into spasms just WATCHING that lad pulling roots and turning that gardening fork. Again, good video. Appreciated.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thanks 👍

[@ai-aiirene]

Wow that's my favourite sweet potato

[@LyndaCherney]

Lol I guessed 40 minutes baking time like your wife and was right. Love your videos! I just subscribed. Thank you for sharing.

[@janicemason-dorah2327]

Nice harvest from 3 slips

[@kayadread2006]

Amen brother never waste food , Happy sabbath from here Canada

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Happy Sabbath

[@georgestraughn8613]

My brother, I am seeing your Chanel for the first time, hearing you speak of the country and the time of trouble. I acknowledge that you are a seventh day Adventist. Am I right?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Yes I am and I hope you enjoy my channel. 🙂

[@saswk1]

Very suspenseful episode while you were digging then guessing if your potatoes are edible

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

It always fun digging up sweet potatoes and regular potatoes just because you don't know what you'll find.

[@harpladyshomestead5278]

The wireworms don't seem to like the Japanese reds as much as the orange ones. We always do well with them! And yes, aging them is important. I wash them then spread them on an empty countertop for a week till they darken and dry. Steaming or boiling works better for the red ones. They tend to be too dry otherwise. We had dozens of little ones, we boiled them and they were delicious!

[@search...5758]

Hi..i am from Indonesia. Sweet potato common in my country..many varieties. Its really nice n enjoy see people Harvest this potatoes.I also like it baked or steam it for meal ❤❤❤ I enjoy watching your video ❤😊👍

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Thank you 🙂

[@deltorres2100]

I live in Houston I have a backyard garden. I just finished about a week ago harvesting my last watermelon and yesterday..my last Honey due Meleon 🌱😊

[@erichodges2471]

Pete we been useing azomite for the last couple years I cannot believe how good the vegetables are was just eating salad tonight and had to thank you for the information..

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Awesome 👍

[@aggiekromah6254]

Thank you for the word of knowledge it is all true God bless you brother✌️❤️❤️

[@jamesvatter5729]

Those ones near the 7:00 mark were definitely huge! Have started my own slips for the first time this year. Waiting for this crazy weather to settle so I can plant them.

[@sofiaceleste6299]

Hermosas batatas , dale un suelo suelto y te sera mas fácil la cosecha , buen apetito, gracias por mostrar. 😊

[@donhgr]

Cut the big ones up and boil then mash, little brown sugar or syrup and some butter they are great.

[@Pinkpumpkingardener]

First time slip grower here So excited 😆 ❤🎉🎉

[@rogerrathbun444]

If I have too much vegetables I set a stand out by the road and bless my Neighborhood with extra

[@stantheman5163]

I recommend cooking them as sweet potato tempura Japanese style. Mix up a tempura batter and deep fry them like potato chips. Cut them potato chip style about 3mm thick slices. Good luck!

[@chicoetsonjardin9215]

Ola magnifique 👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏 bravo Chico

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Gracias 👍

[@florenceschneider3315]

Probably should’ve peeled it first before you baked. It looks delicious great video.

[@TeresaKae702]

God bless you and your beautiful family! I came across to you as I am about to grow some slips and plant some sweet potato potatoes, myself! I’ve been thinking of putting the slips in bales of hay… That’s another incredible way to grow them with a huge harvest, and really easy to harvest without digging…. I love this video!🥰🙏🏻✨

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Personally I would rather grow them in some richly amended soil so the potatoes can take in all the nutrients. The more nutrient dense your potatoes are the more nutrients your body will get.

[@diyoregonnowtexas9202]

I didn't get very many, but I planted late. I left many roots and small sweet potatoes in the ground hoping they will over winter and come up in spring for a big harvest next year.

[@Forevertrue]

You can take the smaller ones and mash them up and put a couple of tablespoons in biscuits, cornbread, pancakes, and soups as well. You should dig them at 100 days dead vines or not.

[@milkweed7678]

Wow, what a great video with such a great harvest! You didn't even have to cure them for that first meal did you, and still tasted great?

[@tigerguitara]

Beautiful harvest and yes we all know bad times are coming…

[@1Gibson]

God bless you sir. Unfortunately we, my children and I live in the city. I desire to move away so much but it is in the Lords hands. I grow what I can in the backyard and I give God thanks.

[@GuillotineStare]

thanks!!

[@pilsplease7561]

I grow Beauregard sweet potatoes yearly. They really produce well and taste amazing.

[@DavidWotor]

Great work and I am grateful because I never had any idea.

[@debbiedavid4392]

Hello N Central TX. here. I love this video. You and I had such a blast digging these taters. I started getting slips on my SP in the fall, started sticking them in a glass of water. Have had gardens in the past, now getting back to it. Feb. 7, 24, slips still in water. Comments welcomed! Also… Do you have a special soil ? Thanks for sharing !!! DD n TX ! 🇺🇸

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

That's great that you're getting back to gardening. Plant those slips as soon as the last frost is over. Amend the soil with lots of compost and work it into the soil as deep as you can so the soil is very loose, add some organic fertilizer and you're ready to plant.

[@RobinsTinyHomestead]

I'm interested in what you said about the time of trouble. If you don't mind could you share with me where I can read up on it or a pastor I can watch that has sound information on it? Wonderful harvest sweet potatoes are one of my favorites.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Absolutely, here are three videos on the Great tribulation or time of trouble. Here's part 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqGlY3atatCdkLc here's part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqqci3ePnregrbM and here's part 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKG7kppsnbCcqJY

[@RobinsTinyHomestead]

@@petebeasttexashomesteading thank you.

[@karinatoussaint187]

My favorite legumes to harvest waw.. great harvest..

[@wdwtx2.0]

That's some big ol' poot roots.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Yes they were. I wish more of them roots produced potatoes though.

[@belladuncan9985]

Great job! I may have missed it but what type of sweet potatoes did you plant? I did my first bed if these this year from slips and was astonished. Still eating them in January. I also ate the greens this summer once I learned you could. Also dehydrated greens and now use in my smoothies. God bless!

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

I don't remember the name of the potatoes but I know they are Japanese with red skins and white flesh inside.

[@kimberlyhughes4515]

Try sweet potato & chickpea curry! It's addictive if you like spicy stuff!

[@MispelledOnPurpose]

I had planted one or two whole ones that were sprouting into my raised bed many years ago. I couldn't get rid of them after that, but they never produced any quality tubers, just the long thin tubes. Then 2 years ago I planted some slips in the ground and they had weevil infestation. I have the worst luck with gardening.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

I know, it's not easy sometimes.

[@kathymyers1023]

Love how tickled you are at each one. Agree 💯 about not wasting food!

[@jodygrant1255]

Wonderful harvest. God be praised.... The Lord will take care of His people in the time of trouble. The only thing we can store up for that time is Faith. God always takes care of His children. We have many examples of that. Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat or drink etc. Store up faith in God and do the work that God has called us to do. Leave these crazy cities and work them as God leads. Thanks for sharing again, God bless

[@dottiemizenichols7785]

You can put the little potatoes in roast

[@riveryzen]

It's recommended to cook them at 400 degrees F for about 55 - 60 minutes.

[@harrygatto]

Great crop. When you planted only three slips in that bed how did you space them? Just equally along the length of the bed? Thanks.

[@georgestraughn8613]

My brother, thanks you for your words of wisdom. There is no problem with the size.You spoke of the time of trouble. Spoken of in the book of Daniel. Are you a seventh day Adventist?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Yes I am, Jesus warned us in Matthew 24: 21 to study Daniel 12:1 but it seems that most of the churches are asleep just as the 10 virgins were in Matthew 25:1-13

[@JL-hw5hu]

What a workout & worth it I love sweet potatoes. Thanks for posting. Those are huge sweet potatoes!! Are those garden beds edged with concrete blocks? If so, do you prefer that over wood or metal raiswd beds?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Yes they are concrete blocks and should last forever. But they need to be repositioned now and then. I wanted something that would not rot or rust so that's why I went with concrete blocks.

[@MOHANKUMAR-qj4ce]

What kind of fertilizer or compost you given to grow big tuber super

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

The beds are amended with compost, horse manure and azomite minerals with a layer of mulched leaves on top when I planted the slips.

[@Soggybottomnz]

Nz here. So this is from only 3 slips? I have 70 right now to share the slips with my friends..

[@babbulooka3208]

That thing you said about hunger ..... In the near future ? "Truth"

[@Nikotromus]

So sweet potatoes are like asparagus? Plant once and then don't worry about replanting ever again (hopefully). This sounds awesome! Question: If you're only going to have one bed of sweet potatoes, what variety would you recommend planting?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Here in east Texas your sweet potatoes will come up again next year because we don't really get that cold for the ground to freeze up. Not really sure if that would work up on the northern states.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

There's many different varieties of sweet potatoes and all are very healthy. But try to choose a variety that has some color to it.

[@Forevertrue]

TO get sweet potatoes you have to plant slips to get slips you have to plant the potatoes or put them in water.

[@riveryzen]

It's all personal preference on what type of sweet potatoes to get. I prefer Asian varieties such as Korean sweet potatoes. If you can't find any slips online to buy, just go to an Asian grocery store and buy the sweet potatoes there. You can grow slips from them. The texture and taste of Asian varieties are different than the typical ones grown in the US. I would recommend you go buy different types and eat them to see which types you like before trying to grow them.

[@Nikotromus]

@@riveryzen good advice! Thank you!

[@brenda0823_]

How long did you ler them cure?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

About two weeks

[@bpfsu]

Did you cure them at all?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

We usually do, but this time since we don't have a whole bunch, we'll just eat them.

[@desertflower9557]

So, there was no curing needed for these sweet potatoes?

[@timbova]

Question... Do you let the vines attach and root yielding more potatoes or do you go through regularly and raise them to keep them from rooting.? Dumb question but i am a newbe at it first time this year...i planted several in raised beds and have a bed full of beautiful vines...some rooted and some not....what is the right way please ?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

The right way to grow them is on a plot of land, not a raised bed so the vines can root when they touch the ground and make more sweet potatoes. If you prepare the ground properly by tilling in compost, then planting the slips. The sweet potato vines should grow thick enough to keep the weeds down as long as you water them enough.

[@jeanpaeth7424]

Would it have tasted better if cured? Just curious

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Maybe a little sweeter but they taste great as is.

[@rogerrathbun444]

Do they grow directly under the plant like normal potatoes ? I live in Michigan and Im going to try growing them next summer.

[@belindaventry3978]

What variety is that

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Japanese sweet potatoes, or satsumaimo in Japanese, they are reddish-purple skin and pale yellow to white flesh. Mine are red skin with white flesh. Delicious 😋

[@charlenequinilty7252]

Finger potatoes could be chopped and put in stir fried

[@georgestraughn8613]

You can eat the skin since you grow them yourself. Most of the nutrients are in the skin

[@missmary1712]

Pete, did you give the bed extra water or was it just rainwater?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

We watered it twice a week during the summer drought with water from our rain water harvesting system.

[@j-r1277]

Was that really only 3 slips!? I planter 5 in a wine barrel. Did I screw up?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Sweet potatoes like a bigger area for growing, regular potatoes do well in a container but not sweet potatoes.

[@CarolNason]

"Oh man, that's good!" Were these potatoes cured? I'm told "10 days at 85 degrees/90% humidity, then store at 50 degrees." But it looks like you don't really have to do that?

[@riveryzen]

You don't cure your sweet potatoes?

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Curing them will make them sweeter but you can eat them right away too.

[@TrumpDesantis-zm3kg]

You put some muscle on fast, muscle memory is definitely a thing. Just curious if youre on trt.

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

When I train, I train hard. The first three months of lifting is the most crucial because that's when your body produces the most testosterone and that's when you get the most gains. After that it's a slow but steady gains.

[@kennymartin379]

You're right one day all this free stuff is going to be cut out we need to depend on God we don't need to depend on the government

[@petebeasttexashomesteading]

Absolutely 👍

[@andielliott7721]

Oh no...we don't waste food either. And we eat lots of sweet potatoes...better for a diabetic too. And you are right...our world is in a heap of trouble. City folks won't do well.

[@debradelarue9717]

You need to cure the sweet potato or else it's a tasteless.! What are you doing!

[@artinfluence]

What's with that accent?

[@allandownton]

I can see why I am now using large grow bags as I surely don’t need the deep roots in my raised beds.🥒🍅🍆🌶️🫑🌽🥦🥬🥕🌽🫑